icon bookmark-bicon bookmarkicon cameraicon checkicon chevron downicon chevron lefticon chevron righticon chevron upicon closeicon v-compressicon downloadicon editicon v-expandicon fbicon fileicon filtericon flag ruicon full chevron downicon full chevron lefticon full chevron righticon full chevron upicon gpicon insicon mailicon moveicon-musicicon mutedicon nomutedicon okicon v-pauseicon v-playicon searchicon shareicon sign inicon sign upicon stepbackicon stepforicon swipe downicon tagicon tagsicon tgicon trashicon twicon vkicon yticon wticon fm
23 Feb, 2018 12:33

French soldiers killed 'around 10' jihadists during Mali operation – armed forces spokesman

French soldiers killed “around 10” jihadists during an operation in Mali last week, France’s armed forces spokesman, Colonel Eric Steiger, told AP. He went on to state that the Saturday operation against “armed terrorists” came three days after a separate one in Mali killed several “enemy combatants” from “a different terrorist group.” Steiger’s comments follow the EU’s pledge to allocate an additional €50 million (US$61 million) for a joint counter-terrorism force in West Africa’s Sahel region. The area, which includes Mali, has fallen prey to extremists.