Fifth French soldier killed in Mali fighting
Paris: A French corporal was killed during fighting in northern Mali, bringing to five the number of French deaths since the January 11 intervention to...
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France bombs Islamist hideout in Mali
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GAO, Mali: France has bombed an Islamist rebel hideout in northern Mali’s largest city, intensifying a security lock-down against guerrilla attacks as the French-led campaign...
Fresh blast in Mali city hours after street battles
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GAO, Mali: An explosion shook the largest city in northern Mali early Monday, hours after Islamist gunmen battled French and Malian troops following two straight...
Suicide bomber hits north Mali, troops clash in capital
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GAO, Mali: A suicide bomber blew himself up in northern Mali on Friday as a dramatic turn towards guerrilla tactics by Islamists and an outbreak...
‘Hundreds’ of Mali rebels dead: Paris
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GAO, Mali: French and Malian troops clashed with Islamist rebels near the large town of Gao, Paris said Wednesday after reporting that hundreds of insurgents...
‘Hundreds’ of rebels killed, France to leave Mali from March
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GAO, Mali: French-led forces have killed hundreds of Islamists in fighting to reclaim northern Mali and with the rebels’ last bastion secured, France said Tuesday...
France calls for peace talks in Mali
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Bamako: France called for peace talks between Mali’s government and “legitimate representatives” from the north, after French troops took up positions at Kidal, the last...
French forces enter Mali city of Kidal
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Bamako: French troops have entered Kidal, the last major town in their lightning drive to rout Islamist fighters from northern Mali, military officials said Wednesday....
French troops at gates of last major city in north Mali
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Bamako: French troops were at the gates of the last major city in northern Mali still outside their control early Wednesday after their forces landed...
French troops launch ‘total reconquest’ of Mali’s north
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Bamako: French troops on Sunday consolidated gains in Mali’s Islamist-held north as Paris said the aim was its “total reconquest” and Russia, Canada and Germany...