The Malian military has carried out airstrikes on a ''terrorists' base'' located 22 km from the town of Tessit, in the north of the country destroying weapons and vehicles.
A pick-up van carrying war equipment and a large logistical stock of weapons and ammunition camouflaged under a tree was among the militants' facilities destroyed.
“The situation is under control and the FAMA (armed forces) are continuing their search operations to flush out the terrorists in their hiding places,'' the Malian army said in a statement.
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It was not immediately clear whether some of the militants were killed in the airstrikes.
The operation is the latest since UN peacekeepers completed their withdrawal from Mali at the end of December. The international troops operated for about a decade before relations with the country's government deteriorated.
Mali and its neighbours - Niger and Burkina Faso - are facing raging insurgencies by armed groups along their common borders.
The three countries - all under military rules following a series of coups - have created a bloc last year mainly to tackle the insecurity.
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