"We can’t deny that our deteriorating relationships in other parts of the world: the Gulf, Israel and others, all have an influential impact on our bilateral relations in countries in West Africa”

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

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
— What the media hides. (@narrative_hole)March 17, 2024

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"We ﻿can’t deny that our deteriorating relationships in other parts of the ﻿world: the Gulf, Israel and others, all have an influential impact on ﻿our bilateral relations in countries in West Africa”

US military operations across the Sahel are at risk after Niger ends cooperation

"We can’t deny that our deteriorating relationships in other parts of the world: the Gulf, Israel and others, all have an influential impact on our bilateral relations in countries in West Africa”