About 40 jihadists are said to have been killed in a French drone attack on June 14 in southwestern Niger, near the border with Burkina Faso.
It announces the French army in a statement on Thursday, writes Reuters and AP.
The jihadists are said to have been attacked several times with drones while traveling on motorcycles between Burkina Faso and Niger.
The operation was carried out in collaboration with Niger's army within the framework of Operation Barkhane, which was launched in 2013 to curb a jihadist uprising that was taking place in the northern part of the country.
The French army describes the drone attack as a tactical success.
Bloody attack on village
Last weekend, the village of Seytenga in northern Burkina Faso was attacked and about 80 civilians were killed.
The perpetrators are suspected of belonging to the jihadist movements behind the recent years' uprising in the area.
Three days of national mourning have been held in Burkina Faso following the attack, which has been condemned by UN Secretary-General António Guterres.
National mourning was announced by Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, who is one of the leaders in the military regime that seized power in Burkina Faso in January.
Damiba justified last winter's coup by criticizing the country's previous government for not providing enough support for the army's fight against terrorists in Burkina Faso, writes Africanews.
In its statement on Thursday, the French army did not indicate whether the latest counter-terrorism operation was directly linked to last weekend's attack.
In the last seven years, at least 2,000 people have been killed and almost 2 million people forced into exile in eastern Burkina Faso by jihadists with links to the terrorist movements al-Qaeda and IS, writes TT.