The Small Arms Survey Project revealed that Libya has remained a source of illicitly smuggled materiel to what it describes as “extremists” in northern Mali in recent years.
The project, affiliated with the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, added that there is evidence documenting the use by “extremists” of Jordanian-made anti-tank bombs, Serbian mortar shells, and guided mines, which entered Mali through illegal trafficking from Libya.
The project said that “militants” in Mali carried out more than 700 attacks with anti-vehicle explosive devices between 2015 and 2022, which were smuggled from Libya, in addition to rifles and machine guns.
