Mali

By Lauren Weber

Friday November 20th, 2015

GUNMEN HAVE TAKEN OVER 170 PEOPLE HOSTAGE IN MALI "Islamist gunmen stormed a luxury hotel packed with foreigners in Mali's capital Bamako on Friday, taking 170 hostages in a former French colony that has been battling rebels allied to al Qaeda for several years." Malian state TV reports that 80 people have now been freed. [Reuters]

Waarom zit het Nederlandse leger in Mali? Doen ze daar nog wat? Het kost veel belastinggeld.
FIGHT TO KEEP SYRIAN REFUGEES OUT JUST THE BEGINNING Republicans are reportedly drafting bills that would deny access to asylum seekers. [Bloomberg]

THIRD BODY RECOVERED IN SAINT-DENIS PARIS RAID APARTMENT Police have identified the final body as a woman. [AP] 

THE ISIS SHIFT TO AL QAEDA-STYLE ATTACKS "U.S. and European counterterrorism officials believe Islamic State has changed its operational tactics by borrowing from al Qaeda’s playbook, deploying trusted lieutenants to engineer larger, more coordinated plots against the West." [WSJ]