Adrar des Ifoghas
On February 25, during a joint military operation in the Adrar des Ifoghas mountains, Chadian forces reported the killing of al-Qaeda right-hand leader of AQIM, Abou Zeïd, along with 40 of his followers. It's unknown whether he was killed by French airstrikes or by Chadian ground forces, as the information was neither confirmed nor denied by the French Government.