Jihadists, including affiliates of al Qaeda and Islamic State, have stepped up attacks on military and civilian targets across West Africa’s Sahel region this year, particularly along the porous borders between Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso. Zakaria did not identify the perpetrators of the attack, which is one of the deadliest against the military in Niger’s west in recent years. ISIS released a nine-minute, 17-second video online on Sunday showing the deaths of three American soldiers in the deserts of Niger in an ambush that took place last October. The mothers of two of the four soldiers killed in a 2017 ambush in Niger say recently discovered video from the battle is more proof that their sons’ valor awards should be reevaluated. Last October, some 50 militants affiliated with the Islamic State launched an ambush in Niger against a U.S.-Nigerien patrol, comprised of 12 Americans and 30 Nigeriens, as they were en route to. soldiers in early October, here’s a timeline on what happened based on new details from the Department of Defense. As questions continue to mount about the Niger firefight that killed four U.S. special forces and four Nigerien soldiers in an ambush in October 2017, spokesman Abdourahamane Zakaria told Reuters. Niger ambush killed four US soldiers: Timeline of what we know. The attack on Tuesday occurred near the town of Tongo Tongo, where fighters from an Islamic State affiliate killed four U.S. NIAMEY (Reuters) - Gunmen killed at least 17 Nigerien troops in an ambush near the Malian border, where several jihadist groups are active, and another 11 soldiers are missing, a government spokesman said on Wednesday.
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