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(LtoR) Commander of the Barkhane operation in Sahel General Patrick Brethous, French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and Prime Minister Manuel Valls, Mali Defence Minister Tieman Hubert Coulibaly and France's Ambassador in Mali Gilles Huberson pay tribute to soldiers who died in mission during a visit to the troops of France's Barkhane counter-terrorism operation in Africa's Sahel region on February 19, 2016 in Gao, northern Mali. Valls participated in a military ceremony after describing the fight against Islamic militancy as a "battle against barbarity". (Photo by MIGUEL MEDINA / AFP) (Photo by MIGUEL MEDINA/AFP via Getty Images)