Military

French forces kill militants in Mali forest

A statement by its regional force said air and ground forces were involved. It did not identify the militant group. A French soldier was killed in the area earlier this month. Mali suffers frequent attacks by Islamist militants despite a French military operation in 2013 to drive jihadists from northern cities. A French military spokesman […]

A statement by its regional force said air and ground forces were involved. It did not identify the militant group.

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A French soldier was killed in the area earlier this month.

Mali suffers frequent attacks by Islamist militants despite a French military operation in 2013 to drive jihadists from northern cities.

A French military spokesman said the militants had been targeted in the Foulsare forest, in the south-west of Gao province.

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