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Tongo Tongo ambush

October 4, 2017 · Tongo Tongo

Result Islamic State victory

Islamic State fighters ambushed US and Nigerien soldiers near Tongo Tongo, Niger. Four US soldiers and several Nigerien soldiers died.

On the map Contemporaries

Niger

Islamic State

Other

Niger

United States

France

Islamic State

Thomas D. Waldhauser military commander

Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi military commander

Strength and losses

Killed: 9
Vehicles: 5

Niger Strength 35

Deaths: 60
Wounded: 10

Units

French Air and Space Force Niger Armed Forces 1st Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment 3rd Special Forces Group (United States)