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CHADIAN PRESIDENT DEBY SAYS CHAD'S TROOPS KILLED AL QAEDA COMMANDER ABOU ZEID IN CLASHES IN NORTHERN MALI

Ten Chadian soldiers killed in northern Mali

N'DJAMENA, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Ten Chadian soldiers were killed in operations targeting al Qaeda-linked Islamist rebels along northern Mali's mountainous border with Algeria, Chad's army said on Sunday. The Chadian troops were carrying out operations in an area of the Adrar des Ifoghas mountains where 13 Chadian soldiers and 65 al Qaeda-linked rebels were killed in clashes on Friday.

Thirteen Chadian soldiers, 65 rebels killed in Mali - Chad army

N'DJAMENA, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Thirteen Chadian soldiers and 65 Islamist rebels were killed in heavy fighting in the mountains of northern Mali near the border with Algeria on Friday, Chad's army said. "The provisional toll is ... on the enemy's side, five vehicles (destroyed) and 65 terrorists killed. We deplore the deaths of 13 of our valiant soldiers," announced a statement from the army general staff read on state radio. (Reporting by Madjiasra Nako; Editing by Jon Hemming)
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