US military operations across the Sahel are at risk after Niger ends cooperation
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DAKAR, Senegal — The United States scrambled on Sunday to assess the future of its counterterrorism operations in the Sahel after Niger’s junta said it was ending its yearslong military cooperation with Washington following a visit by top U.S. officials.
The U.S. military has hundreds of troops stationed at a major airbase in northern Niger that deploys flights over the vast Sahel region — south of the Sahara Desert — where jihadi groups linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group operate. ---More...
Niger terminated the agreement with the US military and demanded it leaves the country immediately
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Americans just lost their main base in the Sahel, where they have MQ-9 Reaper drones, C-17 planes and special forces pic.twitter.com/lfV6RW2nKS
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