Splendid Hotel Siege

At least 26 people, many of them foreigners, were killed in an attack overnight on a top hotel in the capital of Burkina Faso, the latest country to be drawn into a regional jihadist battle against the West and its allies.

Security forces in Burkina Faso ended a siege at hotel and a restaurant that were stormed by the Al Qaeda-linked gunmen, killing three terrorists and freeing 126 people, but another assault was ongoing at second hotel nearby.

At least 26 people, many of them foreigners, were killed in an attack overnight on a top hotel in the capital of Burkina Faso, the latest country to be drawn into a regional jihadist battle against the West and its allies.

Security forces in Burkina Faso ended a siege at hotel and a restaurant that were stormed by the Al Qaeda-linked gunmen, killing three terrorists and freeing 126 people, but another assault was ongoing at second hotel nearby.