A mainly Tuareg separatist coalition on Sunday claimed a major victory over the Malian army and its Russian allies following three days of intense fighting in Tinzaouatene district on the Algerian border.
鈥極ur forces decisively obliterated these enemy columns on Saturday... A large amount of equipment and weapons were seized or damaged鈥� and prisoners taken, according to a statement by Mohamed Elmaouloud Ramadane, spokesman for the CSP-DPA alliance.