The French military confirmed on Thursday that an airstrike in Mali last week killed a leading senior member and four other terrorists of the African-based al-Qaeda affiliate Katiba Serma. Nasser Al Tergui was spotted by a drone on Oct. 15 while seated in a vehicle carrying five individuals, according to the French military. The vehicle was moving about 60 miles northwest of Gossi, a rural commune in Mali. “The cross-checking of various information made it possible to confirm the presence … of Nasser Al Tergui,” the French Ministry of the Armed Forces said in an Oct. 21 press release, French news agency AA reported. Barkhane military forces, under which France has about 5,100 soldiers deployed across five countries in the Sahel region, launched a military operation the following day to intercept the vehicle, which refused to stop. “In cooperation with the partner forces, after having again confirmed the presence of Nasser …