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Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002-present)

Insurgency in the Maghreb
Part of the Global War on Terrorism
Date 11 April 2002 – present
(15 years and 2 months)
Location Maghreb, Sahara desert, Sahel
Status

Ongoing

Belligerents

 Algeria
 Mauritania
 Tunisia
 Libya
 Mali
United Nations MINUSMA (from 2013)
AFISMA (from 2013)
 Niger
 Chad
 France
Limited involvement:
 Morocco
 Burkina Faso
 Ivory Coast
 Senegal
 Spain
Supported by:
 United States (AFRICOM)

 United Kingdom

Flag of Jihad.svg GSPC (until 2007)
AQMI Flag asymmetric.svg AQIM (from 2007)
AQMI Flag asymmetric.svg Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin (from 2017)
MOJWA (2011–13)
Flag of Jihad.svg Al-Mourabitoun (2013–17)
AQMI Flag asymmetric.svg Ansar Dine (2012–17)
Flag of Jihad.svg Ansar al-Sharia (Tunisia) (from 2011)
Flag of Jihad.svg Uqba ibn Nafi Brigade (from 2012)
Flag of Ansar al-Sharia (Libya).svg Ansar al-Sharia (Libya) (from 2012)
Salafia Jihadia
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Boko Haram (from 2006, part of ISIL since 2015)


 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (from 2014)

Commanders and leaders
Algeria Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Mauritania Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz
Tunisia Zine El Abidine Ben Ali (until 2011)
Tunisia Beji Caid Essebsi
Mali Amadou Toumani Touré (until 2012)
Mali Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta
United Nations Michael Lollesgaard
Abdulkadir Shehu
Niger Mahamadou Issoufou
Chad Idriss Deby
France François Hollande
Morocco King Mohammed VI
Burkina Faso Roch Marc Christian Kaboré
Senegal Macky Sall
United States George W. Bush (until 2009)
United States Barack Obama (2009–17)
United States Donald Trump (from 2017)

Flag of Jihad.svg Amari Saifi (POW)
Flag of Jihad.svg Nabil Sahraoui  
AQMI Flag asymmetric.svg Abdelmalek Droukdel
AQMI Flag asymmetric.svg Abdelhamid Abou Zeid  
Omar Ould Hamaha  
Mokhtar Belmokhtar
AQMI Flag asymmetric.svg Iyad Ag Ghaly
Flag of Jihad.svg Ahmed al Tilemsi 
Flag of Jihad.svg Seifallah Ben Hassine  
Flag of Ansar al-Sharia (Libya).svg Mohamed al-Zahawi  


Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (Leader of ISIL)
Abu Nabil al-Anbari  
Abdel Qader al-Najdi
Abu Musab al-Barnawi  (POW)

Gouri Abdelmalek  
Strength

Total armed forces (unless specified):
 Algeria: 520,000
 Mauritania: 15,870
 Tunisia: 45,000; 6,000 deployed in Chaambi
 Libya: 35,000
 Mali: 7,350
United Nations MINUSMA: 9,754
AFISMA: 2,900
 Niger: 12,000
 Chad: 30,350
 France: 4,000 deployed in the Sahel
Supported by:

 United States: 1,325+ advisors, trainers

Flag of Jihad.svg AQIM (former GSPC): 1,000–4,000
MOJWA: ~500
Flag of Jihad.svg Al-Mourabitoun: Fewer than 100
AQMI Flag asymmetric.svg Ansar Dine: 300–10,000
Flag of Jihad.svg Ansar al-Sharia (Tunisia): 1,000
Flag of Ansar al-Sharia (Libya).svg Ansar al-Sharia (Libya): 5,000+
Flag of Jihad.svg Salafia Jihadia: 700+


 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

Casualties and losses

Major conflict casualties:

  • 2002: 1,100+ killed in Algeria
  • 2003: 1,162 killed in Algeria
  • 2004: 429 killed in Algeria
  • 2005: 488 killed in Algeria
  • 2006: 323 killed in Algeria

Algeria: 3,502+ total killed (2002–06)
Mali: 1,689+ killed (2012–14)

Libya: 2,440+ killed, 4,000+ wounded (2016)

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