The French military confirmed on Oct. 21 that a leading senior member and four other terrorists of the African-based al-Qaeda affiliate Katiba Serma were killed in an airstrike in Mali last week. Nasser Al Tergui was spotted by a drone on Oct. 15 while in a vehicle carrying five individuals about 60 miles northwest of Gossi, a rural commune in Mali, according to the French military. “The cross-checking of various information made it possible to confirm the presence … of Nasser Al Tergui,” the French Ministry of the Armed Forces said in an Oct. 21 statement, French news agency AA reported. Barkhane military forces, under which France has about 5,100 soldiers deployed across five countries in the Sahel region, launched a military operation the following day to intercept the vehicle, which refused to stop. “In cooperation with the partner forces, after having again confirmed the presence of Nasser Al Tergui aboard …
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