French Resume Attacks on Mali Insurgents

Author:
Euro News
Publisher:
Euro News
Publication Date:
3 February 2013
Tags:
Mali, Arms and Military Affairs, Conflict, Peace and Security

French warplanes have bombed fresh targets in northern Mali in their efforts to rid the country of Islamist militants. The so-called "major" air strikes were carried out overnight in the Tessalit area north of Kidal. Military commanders describe it as the last bastion of radicals who occupied the desert north for months before France's intervention.

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