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Ansar Dine Terrorists Agree To Cease-Fire, Apparently With Conditions

November 02 2016

Mali

The head of a leading jihadist group in Mali says Ansar Dine has accepted a cease-fire, reports the Voice of America News.

Mahmoud Dicko, the president of Mali's Islamic High Council, said on Sunday that he asked Ansar Dine for the truce and received a letter of acceptance from its leader, Iyad Ag Ghali.

Ghali's letter also said that Ansar Dine "rejects whoever rejects sharia," Dicko said. It was not clear if Ghali was setting a condition for the cease-fire.

Ghali was named...

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