Canadian special forces have retreated on plans to continue on in Niger and have pulled out remaining commandos from that nation. Originally, National Defence issued a statement to this newspaper ...

Gen Moussa Barmou, the American-trained commander of the Nigerien special operations forces who has helped lead the military takeover and proclaimed himself Niger’s chief of defense. Maj.

Islamic State fighters have attacked a military post in Eknewan, Niger, marking one of the bloodiest assaults on Nigerien ...

two for the departure of “97 special forces elements” and one “dedicated to logistics”. The withdrawal of French forces was swiftly demanded by Niger’s new ruling generals after they ...

Moussa Salaou Barmou. He's a well-known figure to Washington as he's spent the last decade at the helm of the special forces in Niger, which had become a valuable U.S. military partner in the ...

The U.S. has about 1,100 troops in Niger spread out at three outposts, with a primary mission of training and supporting the local Nigerien forces, specifically the Special Operations. Nigerien ...

While some US officials have started conversations with Niger about what the withdrawal will look like, the civilian head of US special operations ... clear it wants US forces out.

In 2017, four US special forces soldiers were killed in an ambush by more than 100 ISIS fighters in Niger. While events inside Niger remained murky, including the precise whereabouts of Bazoum ...

Canadian special forces will remain in Niger even though the military it has been involved in training booted out the country’s democratically elected government. The small team of special ...

enemy attack while deployed to Niger, West Africa. He was part of the 14 th Chemical Reconnaissance Detachment that was assigned to Fort Bragg's 3 rd Special Forces Group and directly ...