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victory</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Belligerents</th></tr><tr><td style="width:50%;border-right:1px dotted #aaa;"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(technical assistance)</span></td><td style="width:50%;padding-left:0.25em"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Islamic_State_flag.svg/20px-Islamic_State_flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" 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href="/wiki/Battle_of_In_Arab" title="Battle of In Arab">In Arab</a></li></ul> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Mali_War#Foreign_intervention_(January_2013)" title="Mali War">Foreign intervention</a>:</b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Operation_Serval" title="Operation Serval">Operation Serval</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/African-led_International_Support_Mission_to_Mali" title="African-led International Support Mission to Mali">AFISMA</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Chadian_intervention_in_northern_Mali" title="Chadian intervention in northern Mali">Chadian military intervention</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/EUTM_Mali" class="mw-redirect" title="EUTM Mali">EUTM</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Multidimensional_Integrated_Stabilization_Mission_in_Mali" title="United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali">MINUSMA</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Konna" title="Battle of Konna">Konna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bombardment_of_Gao" title="Bombardment of Gao">2nd Gao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Diabaly" title="Battle of Diabaly">Diabaly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Gao" title="Second Battle of Gao">3rd Gao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Battle_of_Gao" title="Third Battle of Gao">4th Gao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Ifoghas" title="Battle of Ifoghas">Ifoghas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Panther_(2013)" title="Operation Panther (2013)">Panther</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Battle_of_Gao" title="Fourth Battle of Gao">5th Gao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_In_Khalil" title="Battle of In Khalil">In Khalil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Timetrine" title="Battle of Timetrine">Timetrine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_2013_Kidal_attack" title="February 2013 Kidal attack">1st Kidal attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Imenas" title="Battle of Imenas">Imenas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tin_Keraten" title="Battle of Tin Keraten">Tin 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href="/wiki/Raid_on_T%C3%A9nenkou" title="Raid on Ténenkou">Ténenkou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tabankort_(2015)" title="Battle of Tabankort (2015)">3rd Tabankort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tabrichat" title="Battle of Tabrichat">Tabrichat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_2015_Bamako_shooting" title="March 2015 Bamako shooting">Bamako restaurant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_2015_Kidal_attack" title="March 2015 Kidal attack">4th Kidal attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_L%C3%A9r%C3%A9_(2015)" title="Battle of Léré (2015)">1st Léré</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tin_Telout_ambush" title="Tin Telout ambush">Tin Telout</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Nara_(2015)" title="Battle of Nara (2015)">Nara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takoumbaout_ambush" title="Takoumbaout ambush">Takoumbaout</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Sama_Forest" title="Battle of the Sama Forest">Sama Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Gourma-Rharous_attack" title="2015 Gourma-Rharous attack">1st Gourma-Rharous</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A9var%C3%A9_hotel_attack" title="Sévaré hotel attack">Sévaré hotel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Anefis_dispute" title="2015 Anefis dispute">4th Anéfis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ti%C3%A9banda_skirmish" title="Tiébanda skirmish">Tiébanda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Bamako_hotel_attack" title="2015 Bamako hotel attack">Bamako hotel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_2015_Kidal_attack" title="November 2015 Kidal attack">5th Kidal attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Talahandak_(2015)" title="Battle of Talahandak (2015)">1st Talahandak</a></li></ul> <p><b>2016</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wanna_ambush" title="Wanna ambush">Wanna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Aguelhok_ambush" title="2016 Aguelhok ambush">3rd Aguelhok</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A9var%C3%A9_ambush" title="Sévaré ambush">Sévaré</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Nampala_attack" title="2016 Nampala attack">2nd Nampala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kidal_(2016)" title="Battle of Kidal (2016)">3rd Kidal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Touzik_clashes" title="Touzik clashes">Touzik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adjlal_clashes" title="Adjlal clashes">Adjlal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goumakoura_ambush" title="Goumakoura ambush">2nd Goumakoura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kazay-Kazay_ambush" title="Kazay-Kazay ambush">Kazay-Kazay</a></li></ul> <p><b>2017</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2017_Gao_bombing" title="2017 Gao bombing">6th Gao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Boulikessi_attack" title="2017 Boulikessi attack">1st Boulikessi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Gourma-Rharous_(2017)" title="Battle of Gourma-Rharous (2017)">2nd Gourma-Rharous</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Foulsar%C3%A9_Forest" title="Battle of the Foulsaré Forest">Foulsaré Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Dogofry_ambush" title="2017 Dogofry ambush">1st Dogofry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Serma_Forest_(2017)" title="Battle of the Serma Forest (2017)">1st Serma Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bintagoungou_attack" title="Bintagoungou attack">Bintagoungou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kangaba_attack" title="Kangaba attack">Kangaba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inkadogotane_ambush" title="Inkadogotane ambush">Inkadogotane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Djebok_ambush" title="Djebok ambush">2nd Djebok</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Takellote" title="Battle of Takellote">Takellote</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Timbuktu_attack" title="2017 Timbuktu attack">4th Timbuktu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raid_on_Tin_Biden" title="Raid on Tin Biden">Tin Biden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Indelimane_ambush" title="2017 Indelimane ambush">3rd Indelimane</a></li></ul> <p><b>2018</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_In-Delimane" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of In-Delimane">4th In-Delimane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Youwarou_attack" title="Youwarou attack">Youwarou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soumpi_attack" title="Soumpi attack">Soumpi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inaghalawass_skirmish" title="Inaghalawass skirmish">Inaghalawass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Araouane_clashes" title="Araouane clashes">2nd Araouane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Akabar" title="Battle of Akabar">Akabar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Timbuktu_attack" title="2018 Timbuktu attack">5th Timbuktu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aklaz_and_Awkassa_massacres" title="Aklaz and Awkassa massacres">Aklaz and Awkassa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Talataye_attack" title="2018 Talataye attack">1st Talataye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tabarde" title="Battle of Tabarde">Tabarde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Boni_attack" title="2018 Boni attack">1st Boni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inabelbel_clashes" title="Inabelbel clashes">Inabelbel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soumouni_skirmish" title="Soumouni skirmish">Soumouni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Dogofry_ambush" title="2018 Dogofry ambush">2nd Dogofry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Ndaki" title="Battle of Ndaki">Ndaki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Ber_(2018)" title="Battle of Ber (2018)">2nd Ber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Farimake" title="Battle of Farimake">Farimake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tinabaw_and_Tabangout-Tissalatatene_massacres" title="Tinabaw and Tabangout-Tissalatatene massacres">Tinabaw and Tabangout-Tissalatatene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Abanguilou" title="Battle of Abanguilou">Abanguilou</a></li></ul> <p><b>2019</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Koulogon_massacre" title="Koulogon massacre">Koulogon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Serma_Forest_(2019)" title="Battle of the Serma Forest (2019)">2nd Serma Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taghatert_and_West_Inekar_massacres" title="Taghatert and West Inekar massacres">Taghatert and West Inekar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Aguelhok_attack" title="2019 Aguelhok attack">4th Aguelhok</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Elakla" title="Battle of Elakla">Elakla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raid_on_Dialloub%C3%A9" title="Raid on Dialloubé">Dialloubé</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diankabou_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="Diankabou attack">Diankabou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raid_on_Dioura_(2019)" title="Raid on Dioura (2019)">1st Dioura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ogossagou_massacre" title="Ogossagou massacre">Ogossagou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Ti%C3%A9saba-Bourgou" title="Operation Tiésaba-Bourgou">Tiésaba-Bourgou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guir%C3%A9_attack" title="Guiré attack">Guiré</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sobane_Da_massacre" title="Sobane Da massacre">Sobane Da</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gangafani_and_Yoro_massacres" title="Gangafani and Yoro massacres">Gangafani and Yoro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fafa_skirmish" title="Fafa skirmish">Fafa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Boulikessi_(2019)" title="Battle of Boulikessi (2019)">2nd Boulikessi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Indelimane_attack" title="2019 Indelimane attack">5th In-Delimane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tabankort_(2019)" title="Battle of Tabankort (2019)">4th Tabankort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_M%C3%A9naka_mid-air_collision" title="2019 Ménaka mid-air collision">3rd Ménaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Wagadou_Forest_(2019)" title="Battle of the Wagadou Forest (2019)">1st Wagadou Forest</a></li></ul> <p><b>2020</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dioungani_ambush" title="Dioungani ambush">Dioungani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sokolo_attack" title="Sokolo attack">Sokolo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Tarkint_attack" title="2020 Tarkint attack">1st Tarkint</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Bamba" title="Battle of Bamba">1st Bamba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Talahandak" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Talahandak">2nd Talahandak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bouka_Wer%C3%A9_ambush" title="Bouka Weré ambush">Bouka Weré</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Bankass_massacres" title="2020 Bankass massacres">Bankass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Malian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="2020 Malian coup d'état">Coup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Farabougou" title="Siege of Farabougou">1st Farabougou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sokoura_attack" title="Sokoura attack">Sokoura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Boulikessi_(2020)" title="Battle of Boulikessi (2020)">3rd Boulikessi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tadamakat_(2020)" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Tadamakat (2020)">Tadamakat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Niaki" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Niaki">Niaki</a></li></ul> <p><b>2021</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mali_wedding_airstrike" title="Mali wedding airstrike">Wedding airstrike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boulikessi_and_Mondoro_attacks_(2021)" class="mw-redirect" title="Boulikessi and Mondoro attacks (2021)">Boulikessi and Mondoro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Boni_attack" title="2021 Boni attack">2nd Boni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tessit_(2021)" title="Battle of Tessit (2021)">2nd Tessit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Aguelhok_attack" title="2021 Aguelhok attack">5th Aguelhok</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Malian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="2021 Malian coup d'état">Coup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarkint_attack_(2021)" title="Tarkint attack (2021)">2nd Tarkint</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karou_and_Ouatagouna_massacres" title="Karou and Ouatagouna massacres">Karou and Ouatagouna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Killing_of_Adnan_Abu_Walid_al-Sahrawi" title="Killing of Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi">Dangarous Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nokara_ambush" title="Nokara ambush">Nokara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bodio_ambush" title="Bodio ambush">Bodio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mopti_bus_massacre" title="Mopti bus massacre">Mopti</a></li></ul> <p><b>2022</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Archam_clashes" title="Archam clashes">Archam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dangu%C3%A8r%C3%A8_Wotoro_massacre" title="Danguèrè Wotoro massacre">Danguèrè Wotoro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Mondoro_attack" title="2022 Mondoro attack">Mondoro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M%C3%A9naka_offensive" title="Ménaka offensive">Ménaka</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_And%C3%A9ramboukane_(2022)" title="Battle of Andéramboukane (2022)">2nd Andéramboukane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Tessit_attack" title="2022 Tessit attack">3rd Tessit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Talataye_(2022)" title="Battle of Talataye (2022)">2nd Talataye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_2022_Islamic_State-Jama%27at_Nasr_al-Islam_wal_Muslimin_clashes" class="mw-redirect" title="December 2022 Islamic State-Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin clashes">Tadjalalt and Haroum</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Moura" class="mw-redirect" title="Siege of Moura">Moura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hombori_massacre" title="Hombori massacre">Hombori</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_2022_Mopti_region_attacks" title="April 2022 Mopti region attacks">Mopti Region</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Bankass_massacres" title="2022 Bankass massacres">Diallassagou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Bandiagara_highway_bombing" title="2022 Bandiagara highway bombing">Bandiagara</a></li></ul> <p><b>2023</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Markacoungo_attack" title="Markacoungo attack">Markacoungo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diafarab%C3%A9_and_Koumara_attacks" title="Diafarabé and Koumara attacks">Diafarabé and Koumara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kani_Bonzon_massacre" title="Kani Bonzon massacre">Kani Bonzon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Timbuktu" title="Siege of Timbuktu">5th Timbuktu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Ber_(2023)" title="Battle of Ber (2023)">3rd Ber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tombouctou_and_Bamba_attacks" title="Tombouctou and Bamba attacks"><i>Tombouctou</i> and Bamba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Bourem" title="Battle of Bourem">Bourem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_L%C3%A9r%C3%A9_(2023)" title="Battle of Léré (2023)">2nd Léré</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raid_on_Dioura_(2023)" title="Raid on Dioura (2023)">2nd Dioura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Bamba_attack" title="2023 Bamba attack">2nd Bamba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kidal_offensive" title="Kidal offensive">Kidal Region</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kidal_(2023)" title="Battle of Kidal (2023)">4th Kidal</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niafunk%C3%A9_attack" title="Niafunké attack">2nd Niafunké</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Labbezanga_attack" title="Labbezanga attack">Labbezanga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Farabougou_attack" title="2023 Farabougou attack">2nd Farabougou</a></li></ul> <p><b>2024</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kwala_attack" title="Kwala attack">Kwala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douna_drone_strike" title="Douna drone strike">Douna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Wagadou_Forest_(2024)" title="Battle of the Wagadou Forest (2024)">2nd Wagadou Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mourdiah_attack" title="Mourdiah attack">Mourdiah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abe%C3%AFbara_massacres" title="Abeïbara massacres">Abeïbara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Djiguibombo_massacre" title="Djiguibombo massacre">Djiguibombo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tinzaouaten_(2024)" title="Battle of Tinzaouaten (2024)">2nd Tinzaouaten</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Bamako_attacks" title="2024 Bamako attacks">Bamako</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div> <p>The <b>Battle of Talahandak</b> took place on 3 June 2020 during the <a href="/wiki/Mali_War" title="Mali War">Mali War</a>. It resulted in the death of <a href="/wiki/Abdelmalek_Droukdel" title="Abdelmalek Droukdel">Abdelmalek Droukdel</a>, the leader of <a href="/wiki/Al-Qaeda_in_the_Islamic_Maghreb" title="Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb">al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb</a> (AQIM). </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=Battle_of_Talahandak_(2020)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 1 June 2020, with aid from US intelligence, French special forces closely working with <a href="/wiki/Operation_Barkhane" title="Operation Barkhane">Operation Barkhane</a> identified that Abdelmalek Droukdel, the leader of AQIM, was present in the environs around <a href="/wiki/Tessalit" title="Tessalit">Tessalit</a>, Mali.<sup id="cite_ref-RFI110620_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RFI110620-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-RFI120620_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RFI120620-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Monde110620_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Monde110620-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the scanning operation, French general staff declared that after two days of electromagnetic signal scanning, they identified that a target of interest was in the region.<sup id="cite_ref-Point120620_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Point120620-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Battle">Battle</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Talahandak_(2020)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Battle"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 3 June, the operation was launched by operators of the <a href="/wiki/Special_Operations_Command_(France)" title="Special Operations Command (France)">French Special Operations Command</a> to eliminate Abdelmalek Droukdel. </p><p>The AQIM group was composed of Abdelmalek Droukdel, the leader of AQIM, Toufik Chaib, a senior leader of AQIM in charge of propaganda and coordination with <a href="/wiki/Jama%27at_Nasr_al-Islam_wal_Muslimin" class="mw-redirect" title="Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin">Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin</a> (JNIM).<sup id="cite_ref-Monde110620_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Monde110620-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Def110620_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Def110620-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Point120620_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Point120620-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They were accompanied by three AQIM jihadists.<sup id="cite_ref-Monde110620_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Monde110620-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Def110620_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Def110620-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They drove a white <a href="/wiki/Sport_utility_vehicle" class="mw-redirect" title="Sport utility vehicle">SUV</a>, in which they stopped near a small heap of stones, and set up a <a href="/wiki/Military_camp" title="Military camp">bivouac</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Wadi" title="Wadi">wadi</a> of Ourdjane, between two and five kilometres south of the village of Talahandak, which in itself is located 80 kilometres (50 mi) east of the village of Tessalit, and 20 kilometres (12 mi) from the <a href="/wiki/Algeria%E2%80%93Mali_border" title="Algeria–Mali border">Algerian border</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Monde110620_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Monde110620-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ExpAFP060620_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ExpAFP060620-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Based on accounts from the <a href="/wiki/Agence_France-Presse" title="Agence France-Presse">Agence France-Presse</a>, the area was described as a crossroads for truckers, who sometimes wait for several weeks the border with Algeria to be opened, as well as a "hotspot for migrant trafficking", according to a <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">UN</a> expert in Mali.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The operation was launched by 15 French special operators with two <a href="/wiki/Eurocopter_EC725" title="Eurocopter EC725">Caracal</a> helicopters, one <a href="/wiki/Eurocopter_Tiger" title="Eurocopter Tiger">Tiger</a> attack helicopter, a <a href="/wiki/A%C3%A9rospatiale_Gazelle" title="Aérospatiale Gazelle">Gazelle</a> helicopter and an <a href="/wiki/General_Atomics_MQ-9_Reaper" title="General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper">MQ-9 Reaper</a> drone.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Because of the weather conditions in the area, French special forces had to operate on the ground during daylight.<sup id="cite_ref-Monde110620_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Monde110620-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Point120620_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Point120620-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the beginning of the clashes, the AQIM command attempted to flee from the encounter. However, they were forced to attempt a counterattack against the French special forces, leading to a subsequent close quarter firefight. Four AQIM jihadists were killed, including Droukdel and Chaib, while the driver of the white SUV surrendered, and was taken captive by the French army.<sup id="cite_ref-RFI110620_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RFI110620-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Def110620_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Def110620-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Monde110620_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Monde110620-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Point120620_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Point120620-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</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=Battle_of_Talahandak_(2020)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 5 June 2020, the Minister of the Armed Forces, <a href="/wiki/Florence_Parly" title="Florence Parly">Florence Parly</a>, announced through her <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a> account the death of Abdelmalek Droukdel, and declared that the "essential fight for peace and stability in the region has just been a major success".<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Africa_Command" title="United States Africa Command">United States Africa Command</a> (AFRICOM) indicated that it had confirmation of the death of Droukdel through their own means.<sup id="cite_ref-Monde110620_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Monde110620-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to <a href="/wiki/France_24" title="France 24">France 24</a>'s journalist Wassim Nasr, Droukdel's death is also confirmed by sources close to AQIM.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> AQIM officially acknowledged the death of its leader in a video published almost two weeks later.<sup id="cite_ref-RFI190620_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RFI190620-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The French army declared that they do not know how long Abdelmalek Droukdel had been in Mali, but journalist Wassim Nasr said that according to AQIM sources, Droukdel was on his way to a meeting with <a href="/wiki/Iyad_Ag_Ghaly" title="Iyad Ag Ghaly">Iyad Ag Ghaly</a>, the head of JNIM.<sup id="cite_ref-Monde110620_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Monde110620-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Le_Monde" title="Le Monde">Le Monde</a></i> indicates that according to an official French source, it had not been long since Abdelmalek was in Mali, without knowing if it was because of movement constrained by the events in Algeria or if it was deliberately in line with AQIM's development, they had information for a month that the AQIM staff was heading towards the north of Mali. 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