France says head of Islamic State in Sahara has been killed

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — France's president says the caput of the Islamic State successful the Greater Sahara has been killed.

Emmanuel Macron tweeted that the decease of Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi was a large occurrence for French forces successful the Sahel.

Adnan Abou Walid al Sahraoui, cook du groupe terroriste État islamique au Grand Sahara a été neutralisé par les forces françaises. Il s’agit d’un nouveau succès majeur dans le combat que nous menons contre les groupes terroristes au Sahel.

— Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) September 15, 2021

The French subject has been warring Islamic extremists successful the Sahel portion wherever it was erstwhile the assemblage powerfulness since a 2013 subject involution successful bluish Mali.

It was not instantly wide wherever al-Sahrawi was killed, though the Islamic State radical is progressive on the borderline betwixt Mali and Niger.

It was not instantly imaginable to independently verify the assertion oregon to cognize however the remains had been identified.