Operation Serval | |||||||
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Part of the 2012 Northern Mali conflict and the War on Terror | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
France |
Islamic militants |
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
François Hollande |
Abdelhamid Abou Zeid † Iyad ag Ghali Omar Ould Hamaha † Mokhtar Belmokhtar Abdel Krim † |
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Strength | |||||||
4,000 French troops deployed, (5,100 involved in total) |
Elements of:
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Casualties and losses | |||||||
9 killed |
Between 600 and 1,000 killed 50 vehicles destroyed, 150 tons of ammunitions and 200 weapons seized, 60 IEDs defused 109-300 captured |
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† killed in action |
(Top) A French Dassault Rafale of squadron 2/92 "Aquitaine" refuels from a KC-135 Stratotanker over Africa on 17 March 2013.
Malian/French victory
France
Mali
Chad
Nigeria
Burkina Faso
Senegal
Togo
MNLA
AFISMA
Supported by:
Belgium
Canada
Denmark
Germany
Netherlands
Poland
Spain
Sweden
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom