Jama'at Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin is a Salafi Jihadist organisation in the Maghreb and West Africa formed by the merger of Ansar Dine, al-Mourabitoun and the Saharan branch of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. From Wikipedia
These twin assaults expose how Mali’s junta, supported by Russian mercenaries, has failed to contain an escalating insurgency.
