The assault was the newest towards military positions in northern Mali, which in current weeks has seen a resurgence of exercise by armed teams and separatists.
An assault on two army camps in northern Mali claimed by armed insurgent teams killed 5 troopers, whereas 11 others are lacking, the military mentioned late Monday.
The military mentioned on social media that it had additionally misplaced a aircraft through the combating within the city of Lere, within the Timbuktu area of northern Mali.
Round 30 assailants have been “neutralised” within the assault on Sunday, which the military mentioned was carried out by “terrorists”.
The Coordination of Azawad Actions (CMA), an alliance of armed teams dominated by Tuaregs who took up arms in 2012 searching for autonomy or independence, claimed duty for the assault on Sunday.
It additionally mentioned it had taken management of two army camps in Lere and shot down a military aircraft.
It was the newest assault towards military positions in northern Mali, which in current weeks has seen a resurgence of exercise by armed teams and separatists. Earlier this month, CAM seized a army camp in Bourem, located between the traditional cities of Gao and Timbuktu.
The 2012 insurgent riot paved the way in which for armed teams linked to al-Qaeda to beat many of the north, triggering a army intervention by France and plunging the Sahel right into a conflict that has killed hundreds.
The renewed army exercise by the Tuareg-dominated separatists coincides with the continued withdrawal of the UN stabilisation mission MINUSMA, which is being pushed out by the army authorities after 10 years of deployment.
The peacekeepers have been handing over their camps to Malian authorities, however the separatists imagine they need to be returned to their management.
Mali’s authorities – which seized energy after double coups in 2020 and 2021 – pushed out France’s counterinsurgency drive in 2022 and the UN peacekeeping mission MINUSMA this yr. MINUSMA transferred its Lere camp to the Malian military a number of years in the past, lengthy earlier than being pressured to depart the nation.
Bamako is broadly believed to be working with the Russian paramilitary firm Wagner to resolve its insecurity points, regardless of denying that.
In August, United Nations consultants mentioned in a report that the armed group ISIL (ISIS) has virtually doubled its territory in Mali in lower than a yr.
