Under the leadership of France, Mali military took over the access to the city of Timbuktu after securing the airport in the desert who became a legend as part of an effort to get rid of Islamist militants, a military official said in Paris and Bamako told AFP.
The soldiers did not have problems when they move to the city, one of the rebel stronghold of Islam that have occupied the Mali desert very wide for 10 months.
"We took over the airport in Timbuktu," said a senior military official told AFP Mali. "We do not have problems."
In Paris, a military spokesman said the army led by France now taken over the city and the access to the territory between Timbuktu and Gao, the main town which is under the control of militant Islam.
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