MALI CONFIDENTLY CLAIMS DEATH OF ISLAMIST STATE EXTREMIST COMMANDER WHO POTENTIALLY LEAD AMBUSH IN NIGER.

The North-West African country  Mali said on Monday that it had killed a high-value Islamist commander who helped lead a 2017 attack in which four American and four Nigerien soldiers were killed alongside an interpreter.

Mali however,Claims Death of Terrorist Who Helped Lead Deadly Ambush in Niger. The West African country said it killed Abu Huzeifa, a commander in an Islamic State affiliate who was involved in a 2017 attack in neighboring Niger that killed American Green Berets and Nigerian forces 4.