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| Video.. Hundreds of JNIM Fighters Chase Malian Battalion That Fled at the First Shot Near Gao |
| 2026-07-20 |
Translated Text: Video.. Hundreds of JNIM Fighters Chase Malian Battalion That Fled at the First Shot Near Gao #Mali #Sahel #JNIM #Azawad #Anefis #Gao A video shows the moment hundreds of fighters from the "Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin" organization closed in on a battalion of the Malian army near Gao. The footage depicts the Malian force withdrawing immediately upon the start of gunfire, before the armed fighters spread out on motorcycles and on foot in a wide-scale pursuit across open terrain. "Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin" and the Azawad Liberation Front stated, in separate communiqués, that the battles ended in their favor and inflicted heavy losses on the Malian forces. The confrontation comes as an extension of the ongoing Anefis battles since July 4, during which the Front and "JNIM" targeted Malian and Russian forces along with their supply convoys. The latest toll reports the killing of at least 50 Malian soldiers and the capture of 24 others in an ambush targeting a convoy leaving Anefis toward Gao. More 50 Malian soldiers were killed on Saturday in an attack carried out by armed men against a convoy near Ansongo
Translated Text: At least 50 Malian soldiers were killed on Saturday in an attack carried out by armed men against a convoy of the Malian army that was leaving the strategic city of Ansongo in the north of the country, according to local and military sources cited by AFP. The attack is considered one of the operations that the Malian army has suffered the heaviest loss of life in since the start of the conflict in the country about 15 years ago. A local elected official from northern Mali close to the ruling military council said that the initial toll is very heavy and includes more than 50 killed in the ranks of the army, in addition to at least 24 prisoners. Related: Gao: 2026-07-12 Azawad Front announces toll of 'Six Days Battle': 'We broke Russian, Malian and Sahel state's largest deployment’ Gao: 2026-07-11 Mali: Situation report as of 07/10, the day after the clashes between the FLA/JNIM coalition and the Africa Corps/FAMa convoy Gao: 2026-07-09 Niger: Azawad-Mali, Neutrality as a Political Imperative Related: Ansongo: 2026-07-12 Azawad Front announces toll of 'Six Days Battle': 'We broke Russian, Malian and Sahel state's largest deployment’ Ansongo: 2025-06-30 Malian Army announced that a commander and his bodyguards from the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS) were killed in the northern Ménaka region Ansongo: 2023-11-21 Mali: Minusma hands over 9th base to authorities |
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