Hundreds of jihadist fighters, mainly from Pakistan, Sudan and Western Sahara, arrived in northern Mali over the weekend to support the Islamist groups ahead of a threatened regional intervention, witnesses and a security source told reporters Sunday.
"In the Timbuktu region and around Gao, hundreds of jihadists, mostly Pakistanis, Sudanese and Sahrawis, have arrived as reinforcements to face an offensive by Mali forces and their allies," a Malian security official said on condition of
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