Using attack helicopters, ground troops and a drone, French forces kill 33 Islamist militants in Mali, near the border with Mauritania, where a group linked to Al Qaeda operates.
French forces have killed 33 Islamist militants in Mali using attack helicopters, ground troops and a drone, near the border with Mauritania where a group linked to Al Qaeda operates, authorities say.French troops killed 33 Islamic State militants, took one prisoner and freed two hostages, President Marcon said
The UN, France and the US have poured billions of dollars into stabilising the Sahel, an arid region of West Africa A spokesman for the French army's chief of staff declined to say at this stage whether Koufa was the target this time.
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