Additionally, RFI reported French forces have also conducted joint operations with the Tuareg groups. The clashes have continued, with the two groups claiming to have killed or captured dozens of ISGS fighters. GATIA and MSA first reported offensives against ISGS militants in February. The US Department of Defense has released a harsh statement regarding the bloody video, saying вЂњyou are complicit in amplifying ISIS propagandaвЂќ if you view or share it. The vehicle, shown above, matches one of the vehicles seen in the video. The footage was largely from a captured US helmet cam. The Long War Journal cannot independently verify the claims, but they came after Islamic State supporters uploaded a video of the ambush. Some Tuaregs have fought briefly for extremist Islamist groups, but their overall focus is some sort of autonomy or indpendence from the Black-African controlled Malian government in the South.

The Tuaregs, while being Muslims and of Arab desacent, are largely not supportive of the radical brand of al-Qai'da or Islamic State inspired Sharia law. Photos of the vehicle and weapons were also released. Two rifles supposedly used by the soldiers were also reportedly recovered from the Islamic State-loyal militants. Four US Special Forces soldiers and several Nigerien troops were killed in an attack by the so-called Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS).ДЄccording to these Tuareg groups, its forces recovered one of the vehicles used by the US soldiers through recent clashes with ISGS in northern MaliвЂ™s Gao region near the borders with Niger.

The Tuaregs (nomadic Arabs of Northern Mali)Imghad and Allies Self Defense Movement (GATIA) and the Movement for the Salvation of Azawad (MSA) alliance claims its fighters have recovered a vehicle used by US Special Forces from last OctoberвЂ™s deadly ambush in northern Niger.

Recovered helmet cam video ambush mali