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The Pentagon said the US military conducted the air raids against Iran-backed militias at US President Biden’s direction [File: US Navy/Matthew Freeman/EPA]

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Nine other soldiers were wounded, five of them seriously, amid a long exchange of fire with armed groups.

Mali has been plagued by a brutal conflict that began as a separatist movement in the north but devolved into a multitude of armed groups jockeying for control in the country’s central and northern regions [File: Michele Cattani/AFP]

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