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Mali:Russian African Corps abandoned some of its armored vehicles amid fierce strikes by the Azawad Liberation Front
2026-07-10

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🚨 #Azawad Region: Yesterday in two tweets, I wrote about the second military convoy. In the first: "Doomed to fail: a rescue force that needs rescuing itself" and in the second "All indicators say it won't arrive (to Anfis [Anfis])"

Just now in Tabankort [Tabankort], the Russian African Corps🇷🇺 abandoned some of its armored vehicles amid fierce strikes by the Azawad Liberation Front [#FLA] and the Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims [#JNIM]

A convoy of the Malian Armed Forces🇲🇱, the Russian African Corps🇷🇺, and traitors from the GATIA movement [GATIA] suffered heavy losses in lives and military equipment, and even in drones.

And according to journalist Dr. Mohamedn Aïb Aïb @ayoubaaayoubaa2, about the traitors from the GATIA movement: "General El Hadj Gamma's group returned from whence it came"

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A fierce battle is underway in the locality of Tabankort, approximately 50 km southwest of the village of Anefis

Translated Text:

🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🔴 Clashes erupt again in Mali

#Azawad: A fierce battle is underway in the locality of Tabankort, approximately 50 km southwest of the village of Anefis, between the Malian army, supported by the Russians, and the Azawad Front coalition, backed by JNIM.

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#Mali Despite what I see written by many accounts, the Russian convoy did not arrive yesterday in Anéfif. Last night it had stopped for the night (a logical thing, not traveling at night), 70km away. Anéfif has not been "liberated," also because if the soldiers at the base had had the strength to do it, they would have done it earlier.

Simply, the FLA withdrew from the city (also to avoid Russian drones), and the soldiers from the base went to resupply, taking a few photos before waiting for the convoy (another logical move here). Rumors say that the Rebels are also bringing reinforcements to the area (particularly JNIM), and it's possible they choose to intercept the convoy before it arrives in Anéfif.

Everything is still evolving and there hasn't been a battle yet.
Related:
Anefis: 2026-07-09 Mali: Situation Update as of 08/07: Anefis retaken, JNIM forces withdrawn
Anefis: 2026-07-07 Mali: Situation Update as of 07/06
Anefis: 2026-07-05 Major attack underway in Mali
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Tabankort: 2023-10-07 Mali: Army claims to be close to Kidal, rebel stronghold
Tabankort: 2019-11-20 Clashes between the Malian army and #Takfiriterrorists have claimed the lives of 24 soldiers and 17 fighters
Tabankort: 2017-07-27 2 die in UN chopper crash in Mali
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