Ametettai offensive
Ametettai offensive | |||||||
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Part of Mali War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
France | AQIM Ansar Dine | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
400 personnel 100 vehicles | 30-200 fighters | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
1 killed 2 injured | 24 killed 2 captured |
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Tuareg rebellion (2012):
- 1st Ménaka
- 1st Aguelhok
- Tin-Hama
- In Emsal
- 1st Andéramboukane
- 1st Tessalit
- 1st Niafunké
- 1st Tinzaouaten
- Tinsalane
- 1st Goumakoura
- 1st Tessit
- Sudere
- 1st Kidal
- 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
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
- 1st Wagadou Forest
2020
- Dioungani
- Sokolo
- 1st Tarkint
- 1st Bamba
- 2nd Talahandak
- Bouka Weré
- Bankass
- Coup
- 1st 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
- Diafarabé and Koumara
- Kani Bonzon
- 5th Timbuktu
- 3rd Ber
- Tombouctou and Bamba
- Bourem
- 2nd Léré
- 2nd Dioura
- 2nd Bamba
- Kidal Region
- 4th Kidal
- 2nd Niafunké
- Labbezanga
- 2nd Farabougou
2024
Between October 26 and November 8, 2014, French forces of Operation Barkhane launched an offensive against jihadists from Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and Ansar Dine in the area of Ametettai, rural Kidal Region. It was dubbed Operation Tudelle by French authorities.
Background
Several months after the battle of Tigharghar, jihadists from Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and Ansar Dine resettled the Ametettai valley, the main base of Malian AQIM and the main theater of the battle of Tigharghar.[1] Between March 4 and 5, 2014, French forces carried out an air raid that killed eleven jihadists.[2] In October 2014, French officials in Operation Barkhane decided to land French troops in Ametettai, in an operation dubbed Operation Tudelle.[3] French forces gathered four hundred men and around a hundred vehicles, and estimated around 200 jihadists were present.[3]
Offensive
On the night between October 28 and 29, 2014 carried out a helicopter operation against jihadists in the valley.[1] Fighting began at dawn, and around thirty jihadists were present. French forces, backed by aircraft and helicopters, lost one man but killed twenty jihadists in the clashes.[4][5] The survivors retreated into the cave complex in Ametettai.[5] Clashes continued sporadically throughout the night, but French forces claimed to have the advantage on the ground.[6]
Clean-up operations saw further fighting on October 31, and French helicopters launched strikes on two other jihadist camps.[7] The French army continued clean-up operations for a few days, with the offensive ending in early November.[1]
Aftermath
The first press release from the French Ministry of Defense claimed that twenty jihadists were killed or injured during the offensive. French forces suffered one dead and one injured, with the death being kickboxer Thomas Dupuy of Air Parachute Commando No. 10. One French soldier who was injured received surgery from his unit, and another who was injured quickly rejoined the battle.[8][9]
On November 6, following the offensive's culmination, French authorities stated twenty-four jihadists were killed and two were captured.[10] Several vehicles were destroyed, weapons were seized, and bombmaking equipment was seized.[10]
External links
- Mali - Avec les forces spéciales françaises - Thomas Goisque
References
- ^ a b c "Un soldat français tué dans le nord du Mali". L'Obs (in French). 2014-10-29. Retrieved 2024-02-20.
- ^ à 20h01, Par Le 6 mars 2014 (2014-03-06). "Mali : une dizaine de combattants d'Aqmi tués par les forces françaises". leparisien.fr (in French). Retrieved 2024-02-20.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b "Vaste offensive française dans le nord du Mali". Le Figaro (in French). 2014-10-30. Retrieved 2024-02-20.
- ^ "Accrochage au nord du Mali: mort d'un sergent-chef français". RFI (in French). 2014-10-29. Retrieved 2024-02-20.
- ^ a b "La chasse aux djihadistes se poursuit au nord du Mali". L'Express (in French). 2014-10-31. Retrieved 2024-02-20.
- ^ AFP. "Les soldats français toujours "au contact" des jihadistes dans le nord du Mali". Libération (in French). Retrieved 2024-02-20.
- ^ "Au Mali, la France élargit sa mission contre les islamistes". RFI (in French). 2014-11-01. Retrieved 2024-02-20.
- ^ "In memoriam: sergent-chef Thomas Dupuy, du CPA 10, tué au Mali". lignesdedefense.blogs.ouest-france.fr (in French). Retrieved 2024-02-20.
- ^ "Un soldat français des forces spéciales tué dans le nord du Mali - Jeune Afrique.com". JeuneAfrique.com (in French). Retrieved 2024-02-20.
- ^ a b "Mali: les forces françaises neutralisent 24 jihadistes". RFI (in French). 2014-11-08. Retrieved 2024-02-20.