French forces in Mali have seized the airport and the bridge over the Niger River at the rebel-held stronghold of Gao, the French Defence Ministry said.
French and Malian troops have advanced rapidly against al-Qaeda-allied Islamist militant fighters holding the Saharan state after France intervened earlier this month at the request of the Malian government.
The announcement from Paris showed that the French and Malian units were making quick progress in their northeastwards offensive against a coalition of Islamist groups that includes al-Qaeda's North African wing, AQIM.
For two weeks, French jets and helicopter gunships have been harrying the retreating Islamists, destroying their vehicles, command posts and weapons depots.
The French action had already halted a sudden Islamist offensive launched in early January that had threatened Mali's southern capital Bamako.
The French defence ministry statement quoted minister Jean-Yves Le Drian as saying that many of the Islamist fighters' vehicles and logistics bases had been destroyed.
News that the French forces were at Gao came as African states struggled to deploy a planned 6,000-strong African intervention force in Mali under a UN mandate.
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