Part of Operation Panther and the Northern Mali conflict
Date
18 February – 31 March 2013
Location
Adrar des Ifoghas, Kidal Region, Mali
Result
French/Chadian victory
Belligerents
France Chad
Ansar Dine MOJWA AQIM Boko Haram Al-Mulathameen
Commanders and leaders
Gen. Bernard Barrera Gen. Oumar Bikimo Gen. Mahamat Déby Itno Captain Abdel Aziz Hassane Adam †[1]
Iyad Ag Ghaly Ibrahim Ag Inawalen Djamel Okacha Abou Zeïd † Abdelkrim al-Targui Sedane Ag Hita
Units involved
French Army Chadian Ground Forces
No specific units
Strength
1,400 1,400–1,500
400–600
Casualties and losses
3 killed 120 wounded 30 killed unknown number wounded
200–300 killed 50 captured
v
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e
Mali War
Timeline
ICC investigation
Tuareg rebellion (2012):
1st Ménaka
1st Aguelhok
Tin-Hama
In Emsal
1st Andéramboukane
1st Tessalit
Niafunké
Tinzaouaten
Tinsalane
1st Goumakoura
1st Tessit
Sudere
1st Kidal
2012 coup
2012 counter-coup attempt
Djicoroni
Internal conflict in Azawad:
1st Timbuktu
1st Gao
1st In-Delimane
Tagarangabotte
2nd Ménaka
Khalil
In Arab
Foreign intervention:
Operation Serval
AFISMA
Chadian military intervention
EUTM
MINUSMA
Konna
2nd Gao
Diabaly
3rd Gao
4th Gao
Ifoghas
Panther
5th Gao
In Khalil
Timetrine
1st Kidal attack
Imenas
Tin Keraten
Tigharghâr
1st Djebok
2nd Timbuktu
6th Gao
3rd Timbuktu
2nd Kidal attack
1st Ber
Hamakouladji
1st Anéfis
2nd Anéfis
Fooïta
Douaya
2nd Tessalit
Amazragane
1st Araouane
3rd Kidal attack
2014
Kondaoui
Tamkoutat
1st Ametettai
Dayet
Inabohane and Ebahlal
2nd Kidal
2nd Aguelhok
3rd Anéfis
1st Tabankort
2nd Indelimane
2nd Ametettai
N'Tillit
2nd Tabankort
2015
1st Nampala
Ténenkou
3rd Tabankort
Tabrichat
Bamako restaurant
4th Kidal attack
1st Léré
Tin Telout
Nara
Takoumbaout
Sama Forest
1st Gourma-Rharous
Sévaré hotel
4th Anéfis
Tiébanda
Bamako hotel
5th Kidal attack
1st Talahandak
2016
Wanna
3rd Aguelhok
Sévaré
2nd Nampala
3rd Kidal
Touzik
Adjlal
2nd Goumakoura
Kazay-Kazay
2017
6th Gao
1st Boulikessi
2nd Gourma-Rharous
Foulsaré Forest
1st Dogofry
1st Serma Forest
Bintagoungou
Kangaba
Inkadogotane
2nd Djebok
Takellote
4th Timbuktu
Tin Biden
3rd Indelimane
2018
4th In-Delimane
Youwarou
Soumpi
Inaghalawass
2nd Araouane
Akabar
5th Timbuktu
Aklaz and Awkassa
1st Talataye
Tabarde
1st Boni
Inabelbel
Soumouni
2nd Dogofry
Ndaki
2nd Ber
Farimake
Tinabaw and Tabangout-Tissalatatene
Abanguilou
2019
Koulogon
2nd Serma Forest
Taghatert and West Inekar
4th Aguelhok
Elakla
Dialloubé
Diankabou
1st Dioura
Ogossagou
Tiésaba-Bourgou
Guiré
Sobane Da
Gangafani and Yoro
Fafa
2nd Boulikessi
5th In-Delimane
4th Tabankort
3rd Ménaka
Wagadou Forest
2020
Dioungani
Sokolo
1st Tarkint
1st Bamba
2nd Talahandak
Bouka Weré
Bankass
Coup
Farabougou
Sokoura
3rd Boulikessi
Tadamakat
Niaki
2021
Wedding airstrike
Boulikessi and Mondoro
2nd Boni
2nd Tessit
5th Aguelhok
Coup
2nd Tarkint
Karou and Ouatagouna
Dangarous Forest
Nokara
Bodio
Mopti
2022
Archam
Danguèrè Wotoro
Mondoro
Ménaka
2nd Andéramboukane
3rd Tessit
2nd Talataye
Tadjalalt and Haroum
Moura
Hombori
Mopti Region
Diallassagou
Bandiagara
2023
Markacoungo
5th Timbuktu
3rd Ber
September attacks
Bourem
2nd Léré
2nd Dioura
2nd Bamba
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The Battle of Ifoghas, also known as the Battle of Tigharghâr or the Battle of the Ametettai, took place from 18 February to 31 March 2013, during the Northern Mali conflict. The French army and the Chadian army fought armed Salafist jihadist groups led by Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and Ansar Dine. After being defeated in January in the Battle of Konna and the Battle of Diabaly, the jihadists abandoned Timbuktu and retreated into the Adrar Tigharghar, a mountain of the Adrar of Ifoghas in northeastern Mali, which has been their sanctuary for years. The French started quickly a pursuit, and they took control of the towns of Tessalit and Aguelhok and begun the operation Panther in the Tigharghar. The first clashes erupt on February 18 and are mainly concentrated in the Ametettai Valley. It is caught between two armored columns, one French to the west and another Chadian to the east, while the paratroopers manage to surprise the jihadists by attacking on foot from the north. The valley is taken on March 3 and jihadists begin to gradually abandon the Tigharghar. Excavation missions and some skirmishes, however, continue to take place the following days. The operations cease on March 31. The battle was a turning point in the war, as with the capture of the Tigharghar, the jihadists lose their main sanctuary in the Sahel as well as most of their military arsenal, taken from the Malian army or Libya .[2][3][4]
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^"Dans les roches de l'Adrar de Tigharghâr, une bataille cruciale est engagée". Lemonde.fr. 28 February 2013. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
^Jean-Christophe Notin, La guerre de la France au Mali, Paris, Tallandier, 2014, p. 650
^La-Croix.com (28 May 2013). "La bataille de l'Ametettai du général Barrera au Mali". La Croix. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
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