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AQIM claims Tuareg youth killed in US airstrike

Thomas Joscelyn | December 5, 2018

Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb has released a statement claiming that the victims of an American airstrike on Nov. 29 “were a group of Tuareg youth” and not members of the organization. US Africa Command previously said that 11 AQIM “terrorists” were killed and three vehicles destroyed in the “precision airstrike near Al Uwaynat, Libya.”

Tuareg alliance claims recovery of US Special Forces vehicle from Niger ambush

Caleb Weiss | March 14, 2018

The Tuareg alliance says the vehicle, which was reportedly used by US troops in last October’s deadly ambush in Niger, was recovered after recent raids on Islamic State-loyal militants in northern Mali.

Tuareg militias battle Islamic State-loyal militants in northern Mali

Caleb Weiss | February 25, 2018

The operations, which occurred alongside French special forces, were to reportedly kill or capture Abu Walid al Sahrawi, the leader of the so-called Islamic State in the Greater Sahara.