The Azawad Liberation Front has claimed responsibility for a series of coordinated attacks targeting the Malian capital, Bamako, and other areas across the country, according to military and media reports.

Some 275 people were killed and 460 others injured in separate terrorist attacks in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province during the first 11 months of 2024, the counter-terrorism department (CTD) of the province said in a statement on Friday, News.az reports citing Xinhua.

"Türkiye responded to the terrorist attack on the Turkish Aviation and Space Industry Company (TUSAŞ) by destroying terrorists in northern Syria and Iraq," Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said during his speech at the SAHA EXPO defense aerospace industry exhibition, News.az reports

In a recent video interview with News.Az, Russian expert Dmitry Solonnikov discussed the ongoing terrorist activities in Dagestan, attributing them to international efforts aimed at destabilizing the North Caucasus region of Russia and the Caucasus as a whole. Solonnikov highlighted the external influence on radical Islamist groups, noting several instances of targeted informational campaigns and the indoctrination of youth and the local population.