NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) - Mauritanian military forces killed 12 members of al Qaeda's North African wing and suffered two fatalities in fighting in the desert along the border with Mali, a Mauritanian security source said on Saturday.
NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) - French-backed Mauritanian military operations against al Qaeda fighters in the Sahara desert wound up on Saturday after four days of hunting Islamists deep inside Mali, security sources said.
