Operation Tinombala

Operation Tinombala
Official logo of Operation Tinombala
Date March 2016 – present Location Poso, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia Status Ongoing
Belligerents
Indonesia Armed Forces Army Police Detachment 88	MIT
Commanders and leaders
Joko Widodo Badrodin Haiti Gatot Nurmantyo Tito Karnavian	Santoso † Basri Ali Kalora
Strength
approx. 50,000	36
Casualties and losses
	5

 Indonesia

Operation Tinombala was a joint-military operation conducted by Indonesian National Police and Indonesian Armed Forces to capture or eliminate members of Mujahidin Indonesia Timur (MIT), an Indonesian terrorist group which supported ISIL and was commanded by Santoso. Recently, Indonesian military and police succeeded in killing Santoso, but General Tito Karnavian continued the operation to ensure the region's safety from the remaining eleven members of the group. Central Sulawesi governor Longki Djanggola praised the Operation for its relative humane methods since several leaders of the group were successfully captured alive.

The operation was commenced by the Indonesian government to eradicate the MIT and prevent them from spreading terror to Indonesian and foreign citizens in Central Sulawesi. The operation, a continuation of continuation of Operation Camar Maleo I & II, was started in early March 2016 and is still ongoing. In 2014, MIT pledged their allegiance to ISIL and became a terrorist group. Their main figurehead was Santoso, though after his death and the arrests of other leaders, the remaining eleven members hid in the jungles surrounding Poso, Central Sulawesi.

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