Mali’s army and its Russian allies suffered a major setback and significant losses Saturday while fighting separatists in the country’s north, a spokesman for the rebels told AFP. The West African nation’s military leaders that took power in a 2020 coup have made it a priority to retake all of the country from separatist and jihadist forces, particularly in Kidal, a pro-independence northern bastion. “Azawad fighters are in control in Tinzaouatene and further south in the Kidal region,” said Mohamed Elmaouloud Ramadane, a spokesman for an alliance of predominantly Tuareg separatist armed group…