CSP fighters, with JNIM claiming a role, rout a Malian–Wagner column near the Algerian border, killing dozens including senior Wagner figures — the group's heaviest publicly documented loss in Africa.
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Tinzaouatène — the separatists' revenge
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Why it mattersProof the northern movements retained real combat power after Kidal — and an early, contested signal of tactical convergence between separatists and JNIM against their common enemy.
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