Mali France Extremists
In this photo provided by the French Defense Communication and Audiovisual Department (ECPAD) French Defense Minister Florence Parly, center, and French Army Chief of Staff Gen. Francois Lecointre, center left, arrive in Gao, Mali, Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2019 to pay homage to the 13 French soldiers killed after a helicopter collision while fighting Islamic State group-linked extremists. It was France’s highest military death toll in nearly four decades. (Thomas Paudeleux/ECPAD via AP)/MLI117/19331711563648/AP PROVIDES ACCESS TO THIS PUBLICLY DISTRIBUTED HANDOUT PHOTO PROVIDED BY THE FRENCH DEFENSE COMMUNICATION AND AUDIOVISUAL DEPRTMENT (ECPAD) ; MANDATORY CREDIT. – NO USE AFTER DEC. 27 2019/1911272109