The U.S. is making precautionary plans to evacuate two key drone and counter-terror bases in Niger if that becomes necessary under the West African nation’s new ruling junta
two key drone and counter-terror bases in Niger
That planning includes looking for U.S.-allied nations in the Saharan and Sahel regions, some of the world's most active areas for,"that we could maybe partner up with, and then move our assets there," Air Force Gen. James Hecker told reporters in Washington. U.S. bases there have been vital counter-terror posts in an unstable region that is seeing an increasing number of coups as well as encroachment by Russia's Wagner mercenary group. The U.S. presence includes air bases in Niamey, the capital, and in the remote city of Agadez on the southern edge of the Sahara.
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