イフォガス山地
On 23 May 2006, it launched attacks on the towns of Ménaka and Kidal in northeastern Mali, claiming that the agreements ending the previous conflict in 1995 had not been met by the government of Mali. Its leadership was drawn from the then defunct Mouvement Populaire de l'Azawad which was formally disbanded in 1996. The Secretary General was former MPA founder Iyad Ag Ghali, although operations were directed by Ibrahim Ag Bahanga, who himself had fought with the MPA. The group was based in the Adrar des Ifoghas mountains, and launched attacks near the city of Kidal and south into the Gao Region.