Not by chance have some Tunisian would-be jihadists recently confirmed that their aborted trip to Syria had the Sebbah area as an exit point. It was also not by chance that some of the fighters captured by the French army in north eastern Mali, in the Adrar Ifogas mountains, confirmed that they were coming from southern Libya. As for the Red Crescent C-130 Hercules aircraft that left Gao airport just before French troops arrived, many wondered about the true nature of the ‘mobile chirurgery equipment’ left in haste on the tarmac; but few are aware of the destination of the plane — Sebbah. According to German intelligence sources, 30 jihadists were on board.