According to US media reports on the 22nd, the Trump administration is considering military action in the West African nation of Mali to attack an extremist group linked to al-Qaeda. The US “Washington Post” reported using a number of former and current US government officials as sources that the Trump administration is considering cracking down on “pro-Islam and Muslim” organizations. The extremist group was formed in 2017 by merging several branches of al-Qaeda. In April of this year, the organization collaborated with the Malian separatist armed “Azawad Liberation Front” to launch attacks in many parts of Mali. Then-Minister of Defense Sadio Camara was killed in the attack. On the 18th of this month, the two groups jointly attacked a convoy of Malian government forces, killing more than 50 people.

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