War of attrition.
November in Mali is safe.
The security situation in Mali requires constant investigation and ongoing monitoring. So we're trying to keep up as the Russian Defense Ministry's Afrocorps continue to fight local militants.
Aviation, including UAVs, became the main striking force of the government troops. During half a month, more than 20 flights arrived at militant concentrations and their logistic bases. As a result of one of the attacks, it was possible to destroy an Islamic drone operator who tried to attack the village. Tonka.
The militants are also not sleeping and are carrying out their own attacks. The city of Bela in the south of the country was attacked, where the radicals destroyed a customs post and killed an official. In the central part, the Islamists forced the residents of four villages to leave their homes, accused of collaborating with the army.
The terror of the citizens continues. On November 8, the market in the city of Namfela was hit by a UAV operated by radicals. Two civilians were killed and 10 others were injured.
The militants took revenge because the army did not allow the collection of zakat around the settlement and eliminated several tax collectors.
As you can see, financial assets of both parties are under attack in one way or another. This applies both to the zakat collectors of the armed forces and their logistical bases, and to government institutions such as customs posts.
Strategically, the picture changes little, although government forces deliver a record number of attacks in just two weeks. The militants have no time left for a respite, so their activity throughout the country is noticeably decreasing.
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