✦ History

Mali War

January 16, 2012 · Timbuktu

Conflict that began with a Tuareg rebellion and an Islamist takeover of northern Mali. French forces intervened in 2013; a jihadist insurgency and military coups followed.

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Mali

Ansar Dine

Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin

Other

Chad
Mali
France
Ansar Dine
Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin
François Hollande belligerent leader Emmanuel Macron belligerent leader Vladimir Putin belligerent leader Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta belligerent leader Abdoulaye Maïga belligerent leader Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga belligerent leader Abdoulaye Idrissa Maïga belligerent leader Assimi Goïta belligerent leader
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Bah Ndaw belligerent leader Amadou Sanogo belligerent leader Dioncounda Traoré belligerent leader Amadou Toumani Touré belligerent leader Sadio Camara military commander

Strength and losses

France Strength 3,000 · Killed 58

Killed
c. 1,080
Deaths
7,000

Units

French Army French Foreign Legion 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment
German Air and Space Force Nigerian Army Turkish Land Forces

Battles and events 14

Also involved 1