UAE condemns Mali terror attack

Nearly 50 soldiers are understood to have died on Friday

(FILES) In this file photo taken on September 22, 2018 Malian soldiers take part in celebrations marking Mali's 58th anniversary of independence in Bamako. Fifty-three soldiers were killed on November 1, 2019, in a "terrorist attack" on a Mali military post in the northeast of the country.
The assault is one of the deadliest strikes against Mali's military in recent Islamist militant violence. / AFP / Michele CATTANI
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The UAE government has condemned a terrorist attack in north-eastern Mali in which 49 soldiers died.

The attack took place at an isolated military post in Indelimane in the Menaka region on Friday.

ISIS has since claimed responsibility for the killings, although has not cited any evidence for the claim.

A statement from the UAE’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation denounced the attack, claiming the deaths were “completely incompatible with all religious and humanitarian values and principles”.

Officials reiterated the country’s position of rejecting all forms of violence and called on the international community to unify efforts to confront terrorism.