Russians eliminate ISIS commander

Grainy dash footage of a Russian riad against ISIS militants in Mali. The raid, conducted by the Russian Africa Corps in support of the Malian Army, succeeded in eliminating the ISIS "Wilayat Sahel" commander Abu Dahdah, as well as his second in command. The Africa Corps is the latest instrument of Russian foreign policy in Africa, replacing the privately owned and operated Wagner Group. After Wagner’s former chief, Yevgeny Prigozin, led a halfhearted coup attempt against Russian president Vladimir Putin, and was subsequently assassinated, former Wagner enterprises in Africa and the Middle East were placed firmly under the control of the Russian government.

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