The Nigerien Defense Ministry has issued a statement this week revealing
a 10-day joint military operation carried out by their military, along with US and French forces, and carried out on the Niger-Mali border.
The statement claimed that the target was a group of ISIS fighters who
were behind a mid-May ambush in which 28 Nigerien soldiers were killed.
They were believed to be int he Tongo Tongo region.
Officials say 18 ISIS fighters were killed in the operation, and five
others were captured. Of the captives, three are Nigerien, and the
nationality of the others is undisclosed.
Officials added there were “no human or material losses” on their side
in the operation, and that substantial military equipment which ISIS had
taken from them in the mid-May ambush had been recovered.
Funny, I don’t recall CONgress authorizing the use of force in Niger. More war crimes committed by the empire.