THE French air force has struck the northern Malian city of Gao, which had been controlled by the al-Qaeda offshoot MUJAO, destroying Islamist bases and forcing the insurgents to flee, residents say.
"There were dozens of strikes in and around Gao. All Islamist bases have been destroyed," a resident told AFP by phone.
Another witness said all Islamist fighters had been forced to flee by the air strikes.
Meanwhile witnesses said French fighter jets also struck a camp used by Islamist militants in Lere, about 150 kilometres north of Konna, a key central town that government troops recaptured with French aerial backing on Friday.
"The Lere camp, which was abandoned by the Malian army and had been used by the Islamists, was completely razed by air raids," a local official said, speaking from Mauritania where he took refuge.
Several other refugees said French air raids also struck weapons and ammunition depots used by Ansar Dine (Defenders of Faith), a group whose leaders are connected to al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM).
France has said its intervention was to stop a southward advance by Islamist insurgents that threatened the capital Bamako.
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