Chadian forces claimed to have killed Mokhtar Belmokhtar. The MNLA said captured al Qaeda fighters told them that AQIM commander Abu Zeid is dead. A French military spokesman said as many as 130 Islamist militants were killed in air and ground operations over the past week. French and Chadian forces are focusing on a 15-mile area in the Adrar des Ifoghas mountains near the Algerian border, where hundreds of militants are thought to remain. The militants have dug in with plenty of weapons, and are proving "surprisingly resilient."
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