Rebels jeered Putin’s troops out of a key African town. Now his regional grip is slipping away
The retreat follows a coordinated assault by al Qaeda-linked militants and Tuareg rebels that exposed limits in Moscow’s security role in the Sahel.
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Rebels jeered Putin’s Africa Corps out of a key Sahel town. Now his regional grip is slipping away
When Russian forces withdrew from Kidal in northern Mali, retreating from the very rebels they were sent to crush, they surrendered more than just territory.
The withdrawal of Russian forces from the strategic city Kidal, northern Mali, is considered by analysts to be one of Kremlin's most serious imaging hits in recent years on the African continent.
When in April Russian troops were forced to retreat from their positions in the town of Kidal in northern Mali, they lost some More than just territory.
Following the outbreak of Tuarez separatists and Al-Qaida-affiliated militants, the Russian African Corps abandoned the strategic town of Kidal in northern Mali.
The loss of control of the city of Kidal and the subsequent Russian withdrawal represents, to a large extent, a failure for the Kremlin.
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