Tombuktu: The Azawad army announces control of Lere and downing a Malian army plane
The Azawadian National Army announced in a statement issued by the “Media and Communications Cell for Military Affairs in Azawad” this evening, Sunday, September 17, 2023, that it had carried out a violent attack on the military base of the Malian army in Lira at 15:30 pm. The Azawadian Army confirmed in its statement that “it was carried out.” Taking control of the base after two hours of battle,” adding that “two planes intervened, one fell, and the other left.”
It is noteworthy that the Azawadi army previously shot down two Malian army planes during this month, the first in Tin Aukur, September 9, and the second in Bourem, September 13, 2023.
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