[ColonelCassad] After many years of deploying French troops in Mali and conducting Operation Barkhan, France is withdrawing its army contingent from Timbuktu without having achieved any significant success in realizing the stated objectives of the operation.
The key military base of the French army was transferred to the Mali army (there will be a Mali Air Force base), which has already invited Russian military specialists to the country instead of the French.
The strategic retreat of the French in Africa continues. CAR, Mali... What's next in line - Burkina Faso, Niger, Mauritania...
According to the statements of the French Ministry of Defense. From the summer of 2021 to the summer of 2022, the number of the French contingent in Saheil will decrease from 5,000 to 3,000, and from 2023 the reduction will continue.