Mauritania

Security forces killed 12 al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb fighters during fighting along the border with Mali. Five Mauritanian soldiers have also been killed in the fighting. Fighting has spilled over into Mali.

Bill Roggio is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal.

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