France and its European partners operating in Mali have announced the coordinated withdrawal from the country, where they are present with Operation Barkhane and the European special forces Takuba. "The political, operational and legal conditions are no longer satisfied" and the countries, according to a joint statement, have decided "coordinated withdrawal" from the country [...]
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"France cannot maintain a military presence in Mali at all costs". This was said by the French Defense Minister, Florence Parly, during a radio interview. "What we want is to be able to continue the fight against terrorism because this is not the end of the fight, terrorism is also conquering the border states of Mali", [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Macron last week launched an appeal to the US and other Western countries to form a coalition of special forces to replace the French operation Barkhane, which cost several billion and 55 casualties among French soldiers. Paris has decided to withdraw from the Sahel thus marking the failure of a presence [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) NATO changes its skin, from a purely defensive alliance, under the dictates of art. 5, to a more modern, cooperative and reactive version that directs its attention towards crises, on a global level, capable of destabilizing the peace and security of the allied countries. The Secretary General of NATO, Jean Stoltenberg, in the press conference [...]
read moreTwo hundred soldiers, 20 land vehicles, 6 helicopters (four Mangusta). Italy is thus ready to strengthen its presence in the Sahel, fully joining the Takuba Task Force, which will be operational by the summer. The mission will be to support local security forces in contrasting the growing jihadist phenomena in the area between [...]
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In La Stampa Domenico Quirico explains without mincing words the quagmire of the Sahel, an area of the world where the regular armies have failed and where the terrorist militias have a greater hold on the local people, a bit like what happened in Afghanistan after almost 20 years of war. useless, considering the results left on the field [...]
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