Tag: Mali

The legal team for Tony DeDolph, a Navy SEAL involved in the hazing death of Green Beret Logan Melgar, says he will plead guilty at trial.

This is your chance to catch up on all the news and SOFREP reports you probably missed this week, December 28th – January 3rd.

The killed soldiers were identified as BCH Tanerii Mauri, 1CL Dorian Issakhanian, and 1CL Quentin Pauchet, in a Twitter post by the Army. 

Catch up on all the reports from around the world and at home that came out of SOFREP this week, November 30th – December 6th.

A series of coordinated attacks hit French outposts in Mali on Monday, marking the first such attack by Islamic Jihadist groups in the region.

Abu Obaida Yusuf al-Annabi is an Algerian national and is replacing Abdelmalek Droukdel who was killed by French forces in June.

Under Takuba, operators train, equip and assis troops from the G5 Sahel in their fight against Islamic jihadists from ISIS and al-Qaeda.

French commandos in Mali killed around 30 jihadists and captured or destroyed weapons and vehicles after “several hours” of combat.

The French forces in the Sahel have made little progress during their seven years in country leading critics to see it as an unwinnable war.

Get a skinny on all the news from across SOFREP that you probably missed this week, November 2nd – November 8th.

Airstrikes carried out by French forces in Mali on Tuesday have neutralized scores of fighters and enemy vehicles.

American envoy to the Sahel announced that the suspension of military aid to Mali will continue until the west African nation holds elections.