This photo taken Feb. 20, 2013 and released on March 6, 2013, by the French Army Communications Audiovisual office (ECPAD) shows French air force soldiers working on a Hartford drone returning from a mission over Mali, at the Niamey military base, in Niger. France said Monday for the first time that a key al-Qaida leader in Mali is probably dead. An activist close to the terror network's north Africa branch was also reported to have confirmed the death of Algerian-born warlord Abou Zeid.(AP Photo/Anthony Jeuland/ECPAD)
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