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ambush">Tchibarakaten</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manga%C3%AFz%C3%A9_attack" title="Mangaïzé attack">Mangaïzé</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Niger_raid" class="mw-redirect" title="2015 Niger raid">Bosso and Diffa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tazalit_attack" title="Tazalit attack">Tazalit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Bani_Bangou_attack" title="2016 Bani Bangou attack">Bani Bangou</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">2nd Tilwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wanzarb%C3%A9_attack" title="Wanzarbé attack">Wanzarbé</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Abala" title="Battle of Abala">Abala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midal_attack" title="Midal attack">Midal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tongo_Tongo_ambush" title="Tongo Tongo ambush">1st Tongo Tongo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Ayorou_attack" title="2017 Ayorou attack">1st Ayorou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Tongo-Tongo" title="Second Battle of Tongo-Tongo">2nd Tongo-Tongo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baley_Beri_ambush" title="Baley Beri ambush">Baley Beri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_2019_Inates_attack" title="July 2019 Inates attack">1st Inates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Inates" title="Battle of Inates">2nd Inates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanam_ambush" title="Sanam ambush">Sanam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chinagodrar" title="Battle of Chinagodrar">Chinagodrar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Ayorou_attack" title="2020 Ayorou attack">2nd Ayorou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Taroun_(2020)" title="Battle of Taroun (2020)">Taroun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intoussan_ambush" title="Intoussan ambush">Intoussan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torodi_ambush" title="Torodi ambush">Torodi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intagamey_attack" title="Intagamey attack">Intagamey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Koutougou_attack" title="2023 Koutougou attack">Koutougou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tabatol_attack" title="Tabatol attack">Tabatol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teguey_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="Teguey attack">Teguey</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Attacks</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agadez_and_Arlit_attacks" title="Agadez and Arlit attacks">Agadez and Arlit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_2020_Tillab%C3%A9ri_massacres" title="May 2020 Tillabéri massacres">Tillabéri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kour%C3%A9_shooting" title="Kouré shooting">Kouré</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tchoma_Bangou_and_Zaroumdareye_massacres" title="Tchoma Bangou and Zaroumdareye massacres">Tchoma Bangou and Zaroumdareye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_2021_Darey-Daye_massacre" title="March 2021 Darey-Daye massacre">1st Darey-Daye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tillia_massacres" title="Tillia massacres">Tillia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaigorou_massacre" title="Gaigorou massacre">Gaigorou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wiye_and_Deykoukou_massacres" title="Wiye and Deykoukou massacres">Wiye and Deykoukou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_2021_Darey-Daye_massacre" title="August 2021 Darey-Daye massacre">2nd Darey-Daye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Adab-Dab_attack" title="2021 Adab-Dab attack">Adab-Dab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petel_Kole_attack" title="Petel Kole attack">Petel Kole</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Other</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/US_military_intervention_in_Niger" title="US military intervention in Niger">US military intervention</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/JNIM-ISGS_war" title="JNIM-ISGS war">JNIM-ISGS war</a></li> <li><br /><a href="/wiki/2023_Nigerien_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="2023 Nigerien coup d&#39;état">2023 coup d'état</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Nigerien_crisis" class="mw-redirect" title="2023 Nigerien crisis">2023 crisis</a></li></ul> </div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><div><span style="font-size:97%;"><a href="/wiki/Islamist_insurgency_in_the_Sahel" title="Islamist insurgency in the Sahel">Islamist insurgency in the Sahel</a></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p>On February 22, 2017, jihadists from <a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_in_the_Greater_Sahara" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamic State in the Greater Sahara">Islamic State in the Greater Sahara</a> (ISGS) attacked Nigerien forces in <a href="/w/index.php?title=Tilwa&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Tilwa (page does not exist)">Tilwa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ouallam_Department" title="Ouallam Department">Ouallam Department</a>, <a href="/wiki/Niger" title="Niger">Niger</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2017_Tilwa_attack&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Islamic State in the Greater Sahara was recognized by the <a href="/wiki/Islamic_State" title="Islamic State">Islamic State</a> in October 2016 after <a href="/wiki/Adnan_Abu_Walid_al-Sahrawi" title="Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi">Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi</a> split off from <a href="/wiki/MOJWA" class="mw-redirect" title="MOJWA">MOJWA</a> and pledged allegiance to caliph <a href="/wiki/Abu_Bakr_al-Baghdadi" title="Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi">Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi</a> a year prior.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> ISGS first began attacking Nigerien forces in October 2016 at <a href="/w/index.php?title=Koutoukole&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Koutoukole (page does not exist)">Koutoukole</a> prison in Niger and possibly in an attack at a refugee camp in <a href="/wiki/Tazalit_attack" title="Tazalit attack">Tazalit</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The next confirmed <a href="/wiki/2016_Bani_Bangou_attack" title="2016 Bani Bangou attack">attack</a> by ISGS took place in <a href="/wiki/Bani-Bangou" title="Bani-Bangou">Bani-Bangou</a>, when the group raided a Nigerien outpost.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Attack">Attack</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2017_Tilwa_attack&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section: Attack"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Around 4pm on February 22, a Nigerien army patrol was attacked in Tilwa, near the town of Tirzawene, around ten kilometers from the Malian border.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The attackers rode on dozens of motorcycles and pick-ups. Fighting continued between the Nigerien forces and the jihadists into much of the night, and French, Malian, and Nigerien reinforcements were dispatched from their bases along the Nigerien-Malian border.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Later in the night, the ISGS jihadists retreated towards Mali. Malian and French forces then began conducting patrols around the area.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Islamic State in the Greater Sahara claimed responsibility for the attack on February 24 via Mauritanian news agency <i>Sahara Media</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In the statement, ISGS stated that the attack was directly organized and sponsored by al-Sahrawi.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> They claimed responsibility a second time on January 12, 2018, through the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Nouakchott_Information_Agency&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Nouakchott Information Agency (page does not exist)">Nouakchott Information Agency</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aftermath">Aftermath</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2017_Tilwa_attack&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Edit section: Aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A military source speaking to <a href="/wiki/Jeune_Afrique" title="Jeune Afrique">Jeune Afrique</a> and <a href="/wiki/Radio_France_Internationale" title="Radio France Internationale">RFI</a> reported that at least eleven soldiers were killed, four vehicles burned and seven captured.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Another source speaking to <a href="/wiki/Agence_France-Presse" title="Agence France-Presse">AFP</a> stated two soldiers were killed and 12 missing along with several vehicles burned or captured.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Army spokesman Colonel Touré Seydou Albdoula Aziz announced the next day that 15 Nigerien soldiers were killed and 19 were injured. One soldier succumbed to his injuries later on, making the toll 16 dead and 18 injured.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> ISGS claimed 12 soldiers were killed and seven were taken hostage.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Nigerien government declared three days of national mourning and French troops of Operation Barkhane announced the deployment of 50 to 80 men in <a href="/wiki/Tillab%C3%A9ri_Region" title="Tillabéri Region">Tillabéri Region</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2017_Tilwa_attack&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ecfr.eu/special/sahel_mapping/isgs">"The Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS) - Mapping armed groups in Mali and the Sahel"</a>. <i>ecfr.eu</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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