The CMD3D1 air defence management centre deployed with the French Army's 54th Artillery Regiment on Operation Serval in Mali since January 2013 has proven its vital role in providing real-time ...

The last French armed forces in Mali have relocated to Niger, after a falling out with Mali's military government and its alleged use of Russian mercenaries. French forces have officially left Malian ...

The French request for a British Sentinel radar surveillance aircraft to support Operation Serval in Mali highlights France's shortage of tactical intelligence assets, which have advanced little ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: In January 2013, a heavy French force struck Islamic militants who had been advancing across Mali. Paris deployed 4,000 troops plus tanks, helicopters and... Over the ...

Operation Serval showed how quickly France could project force when Mali faced collapse. Airborne troops, armored columns, and rapid maneuvers helped stop Islamist rebels, retake key towns, and turn a ...

French Marine Special Operation Forces trained Mali’s soldiers under the Task Force Takuba mission. Photo by Thomas Coex/AFP via Getty Images Eight years have passed since the French military launched ...

PARIS (AP) — France’s defense minister says the French military operation in Mali “fulfilled its mission” and is being reorganized into a regional force against terrorists across northwest Africa.

The French army says it has killed one of the leaders of al-Qaida in Mali. The news comes as French forces are preparing to withdraw from the country. The French army said in a press release Monday ...