A Kidal-based military officer of the Tuareg-led Azawad Liberation Front, or FLA, said hostilities "will resume soon," while a spokesperson for the Malian general staff said during an April 6 briefing that the junta is pursuing a "strategy of war," RFI reported on May 7. The report also noted a highly unstable security environment in northern Mali, as al Qaeda Sahel affiliate Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin, or JNIM, continues attacks in central Mali and maintains a blockade near the capital, leaving hundreds of cargo trucks stranded and dozens burned.