The French military has killed a leader of the ISIS-affiliate group ISIS in the Greater Sahara (ISIS-GS), French President Emmanuel Macron announced late Wednesday. ISIS-GS leader Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi was “neutralized by French forces,” Macron said on Twitter, according to a translation. “This is another major success in our fight against terrorist groups in the Sahel.” “The Nation is thinking this evening of all its heroes who died for France in the Sahel in the Serval and Barkhane operations, of the bereaved families, of all of its wounded. Their sacrifice is not in vain,” he added. “With our African, European, and American partners, we will continue this fight.” According to the Counter Extremism Project, an international non-profit working to combat the growing threat of terrorism and extremist ideology, al-Sahrawi was formerly the self-proclaimed leader for the al-Qaeda-linked terrorist group “The Sentinels” (“al-Mourabitoun”) in the Sahara. In May 2015, he pledged allegiance to …