After the capture of the airport of Timbuktu and the city Gao by French armed forces Sunday and Monday, January 28, 2013, the two strategic locations are now strengthened by units of the Malian army. French Special Forces continue to secure the area around the Timbuktu airport to restore air traffic and for the support of ground forces.
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| French armed forces have seized Mali's desert city of Timbuktu in a lightning advance north as fleeing Islamists. |
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