French army deploys drone strike for first time in Mali operation
by Agence France-Presse in Paris from World news | The Guardian on (#4WZ57)
President Macron says 40 jihadists killed, delivering 'heavy blow' to Islamist group
France's military has said it carried out a drone strike during operations in Mali in which 40 alleged terrorists were killed.
On Saturday, the French president, Emmanuel Macron, announced that French forces had "neutralised" 33 jihadists in the central Malian region of Mopti, in an operation that had started the previous night.
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