Terror Alert Al-Qaeda chief in north Africa Abdelmalek Droukdel killed...

Droukdel died in a joint operation by France and partner forces, the French government says France says it has killed the leader of al-Qaeda in north Africa, Abdelmalek Droukdel, in an operation in Mali. Defence Minister Florence Parly said Droukdel along with members of his inner circle had been killed in the north of the country on Wednesday. French forces had also captured a...

Terror Alert Al-Qaeda leader killed in French raid in Mali

Issued on: 06/06/2020 - 13:12 Modified: 06/06/2020 - 13:12 Abdelmalek Droukdel, a prominent Al-Qaeda leader, was killed this week in a French special forces raid in northern Mali, France’s minister for the armed forces, Florence Parly, said Advertising Read more “I congratulate and thank all those who have enabled and carried out these daring operations, which have...

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Terror Alert France says it killed al-Qaeda leader in North Africa

Some 4,500 French soldiers have been deployed since 2014, when Mali requested help | Philippe Desmazes/AFP via Getty Images Defense minister says Abdelmalek Droukdel, emir of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, was ‘neutralized.’ By David M. Herszenhorn 6/6/20, 9:54 AM CET Updated 6/6/20, 11:03 AM CET French military forces killed the top al-Qaeda leader in...

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ISIS French Forces Kill Leader Of Al-Qaeda In The Islamic Maghreb

French forces have killed the leader of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, Algerian Abdelmalek Droukdel, in northern Mali, French officials said Friday. Droukdel was killed on Thursday near the Algerian border, where the group has bases it uses to carry out attacks and abductions of westerners in the sub-Saharan Sahel zone, French Defence Minister Florence Parly said. "Many close...

ISIS French Forces Kill Al-Qaeda In The Islamic Maghreb...

French forces have killed the leader of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), Algerian Abdelmalek Droukdel, in Mali, French Defence Minister Florence Parly said on Friday. Droukdel was killed on Thursday in the northwest Mali town of Tessalit. "Many of his close associates" were also "neutralised", said Parly. "Abdelmalek Droukdel, member of Al-Qaeda's ruling committee, commanded the...

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U.S. France Says It Killed Al-Qaida North Africa Chief With US...

PARIS - French authorities said they have killed the leader of al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb, Abdelmalek Droukdel, in Northern Mali. If confirmed, this would represent a major victory in the fight against terrorism in the Sahel region. Abdelmalek Droukdel and several of his associates are believed to have been killed on June 3 by “French forces with the support of their partners.” In...

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World Outbreak may transform the way America's spies do their jobs

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