Turkish Bayraktar TB2 combat drones have been employed with deadly efficiency against Russia and Russian allies in Ukraine, Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenia, Libya, Syria, Iraq and Tajikistan and have been sold to Ethiopia and Morocco for use against Tigray and Western Sahara, respectively. – RR

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Hürriyet Daily News
March 17, 2023

Mali gets new batch of drones from Türkiye

Mali’s air force chief, General Alou Boi Diarra, said he had received around 20 aircraft and a dozen drones at a ceremony.

AFP [Agence France-Presse] counted five planes and four drones on the tarmac of Bamako airport.

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The drones were Turkish Bayraktar-TB2s, which are capable of reconnaissance and surveillance missions. Their observations can help make artillery and airstrikes more accurate, said Mali’s defense minister, Colonel Sadio Camara.