Drone strikes by Mali's military regime killed eight Tuareg rebel leaders in the town of Tinzaouatine in the north of the country, a rebel spokesman said Sunday. It was the first time since the start of the rebellion in 2012 that so many of Taureg leaders have been killed in a single attack.

Mali's government announced the killing of a senior Tuareg rebel commander, Fahad Ag Almahmoud, and other rebels in a drone strike on Tinzaouaten. The town is under the control of a rebel coalition. Almahmoud,

An army drone strike in northern Mali killed several Tuareg rebels on Sunday morning, Chodi Ag, a mission manager at the communications ministry, and a Reuters witness said. (Reporting by Abdollah Ag Mohamed;