Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Musi wa31 Kurume 2012, zuva rimwe mushure mekutora Kidal, mauto eMali akadzoka kubva kunzvimbo dzechiuto dzaGao, achibvumira kuti igarwe nevapanduki veTuareg
nhengo dzeMNLA neAncar Dine. Timbuktu yakatorwa zuva rakatevera racho. Musi wa 6 Kubvumbi, MNLA yakazivisa dunhu rakazvimiririra kubva kuMali senyika yeAzawad. Mushure meHondo yeGao musi wa 26 na 27 Chikumi 2012, MNLA yakarasikirwa nekutonga kune veIslamist militias.