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Ministry of Defense estimated initially that all fifteen militants were killed or injured, but later revised this to thirteen killed and two jihadists taken prisoner. Only one jihadist was able to escape. Abou Aasam El Mouhajir, the spokesman for al-Mourabitoun, was one of the jihadists
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Nigerien forces supported by American intelligence. On the evening of October 9, 2014, French forces attacked the convoy as it reached the
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September 2014, French and Nigerien forces conducted an operation in Niger and one in northern Mali that led to the arrest of a close confidant of
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