Cika wannan jumla:
Tawayen Tuareg na 2012, mayakan Islama sun kai hari kuma sun lalata kabarin Sidi Mahmoud Ben Amar. A watan Afrilun 2012, mayakan Ansar Dine sun kwace Timbuktu kuma an bayar da rahoton cewa suna kokarin aiwatar da dokar "Sharia". UNESCO ta nuna damuwa game da amincin wannan da sauran wuraren a cikin birni. A ranar 30 ga Yuni, wani dan jarida na gida ya ruwaito cewa Ansar Dine ya lalata kabari gaba daya, tare da wasu biyu, kuma daga karshe zai lalata wasu makabarta da makabarta 13.