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The general adjacency of the Kidal region to Algeria explains the Front's withdrawal from Kidal
2026-10-08


Translated Text:

Military expert Ahmedou Mubarak Al-Iman 🇲🇷 in an interview with Sahara 24 channel:

The curse of geography with regard to the Azawad Liberation Front,
… ALF, in French FLA, the current iteration (since 2024) of the Islamist Tuareg liberation movement in northern Mali, which has been known to team up with JNIM, the Saharan branch of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. Algeria, Mauritania, France, drone operators from the Ukrainian Main Directorate of Intelligence (HUR), and the Qatari royal family are said to be supporters…
and the general adjacency of the Kidal region to Algeria 🇩🇿, make it compelled to meet these pressures, which explains the Front's withdrawal from Kidal.

Historically, Morocco 🇲🇦 and Algeria 🇩🇿 handed over Azawadi rebel leaders to Mali in 1963.

The actual ruler of Mali 🇲🇱 today is Russia 🇷🇺, not Goïta or anyone else.

Mauritania 🇲🇷 stands neutral, as it is not involved with either Mali or the Azawad Liberation Front.

Ukraine 🇺🇦, France 🇫🇷, NATO, and the West in general will not leave Algeria alone if it is proven that there is a Russian–Algerian–Malian alliance against the Azawad Liberation Front.
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