Malian government forces captured Ahmad Ag Ditta, a prominent leader of the terrorist group Greater Sahara, an affiliate of Daesh*, during an operation in the Menaka region in the east of the country, according to local media.
Security forces hold Ag Ditta responsible for organizing attacks on soldiers and extorting money from civilians.
In addition, the army was able to locate and destroy several terrorists. The military also managed to seize equipment and numerous improvised explosive devices from the militants.
On Monday, it was reported that Mali's army is conducting a large-scale offensive against the positions of terrorists in the east of the country, including in the so-called area of the three borders, where the territories of the three members of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, converge.
*a terrorist group outlawed in Russia and many other countries around the world