{"id":1081,"date":"2026-05-15T15:39:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T15:39:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usglobalnews.com\/?p=1081"},"modified":"2026-05-15T15:39:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T15:39:37","slug":"malis-forces-target-rebel-alliance-in-juntas-fight-to-keep-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usglobalnews.com\/?p=1081","title":{"rendered":"Mali\u2019s forces target rebel alliance in junta\u2019s fight to keep power"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Army supported by Russian mercenaries launches airstrikes after offensive by coalition of Islamist extremists and Tuareg separatists<\/p>\n<p>Mali\u2019s armed forces, supported by Russian mercenaries, have launched airstrikes targeting a rebel alliance of Islamist extremists and Tuareg separatists as the ruling junta struggles to maintain its hold on power in the unstable west African country.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week warplanes targeted the key northern town of Kidal, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/apr\/27\/mali-attacks-insurgents-seize-towns-kill-defence-minister\">which was lost<\/a> when the rebels launched a surprise offensive across much of Mali in late April.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/may\/15\/mali-airstrikes-rebel-alliance-separatists\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Army supported by Russian mercenaries launches airstrikes after offensive by coalition of Islamist extremists and Tuareg separatists Mali\u2019s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1082,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1081\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}