Major hotels popular with tourists or Westerners across the globe have been prime targets of jihadist groups for years. On August 1, 2016, a bomb-laden truck struck at the Northgate, a hotel for foreigners in the Afghan capital. On March 20, 2014, a Taliban squad hit the same hotel, leaving nine dead including an AFP journalist and members of his family. - Mali: nine-hour siege -On November 20, 2015, a siege at the luxury Radisson Blu hotel in Mali’s capital Bamako left 20 people dead, including 14 foreigners. - Libya: Islamic State assault -The Islamic State group claimed a January 27, 2015 assault on Tripoli’s luxury Corinthia hotel.

Source: Hindustan Times January 22, 2018 03:22 UTC