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2023</td></tr><tr><th style="padding-right:1em">Location</th><td><div class="location"><a href="/wiki/Kidal" title="Kidal">Kidal</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Oued_Alkit&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oued Alkit (page does not exist)">Oued Alkit</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kidal_Region" title="Kidal Region">Kidal Region</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mali" title="Mali">Mali</a></div></td></tr><tr><th style="padding-right:1em">Result</th><td class="status"> Russo-Malian 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/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Mali.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mali.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" 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href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sudere" title="Battle of Sudere">Sudere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kidal_(2012)" title="Battle of Kidal (2012)">1st Kidal</a></li></ul> <p><b><a href="/wiki/2012_Malian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="2012 Malian coup d'état">2012 coup</a></b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Malian_counter-coup_attempt" title="2012 Malian counter-coup attempt">2012 counter-coup attempt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Djicoroni" title="Battle of Djicoroni">Djicoroni</a></li></ul> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Internal_conflict_in_Azawad" class="mw-redirect" title="Internal conflict in Azawad">Internal conflict in Azawad</a>:</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fall_of_Timbuktu" title="Fall of Timbuktu">1st Timbuktu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Gao" title="Battle of Gao">1st Gao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_In-Delimane_(2012)" title="Battle of In-Delimane (2012)">1st In-Delimane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ambush_of_Tagarangabotte" class="mw-redirect" title="Ambush of Tagarangabotte">Tagarangabotte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Menaka" class="mw-redirect" title="Second Battle of Menaka">2nd Ménaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Khalil" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Khalil">Khalil</a></li> <li><a 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 Keraten</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tigharghar" title="Battle of Tigharghar">Tigharghâr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Djebok" title="Battle of Djebok">1st Djebok</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Timbuktu" title="Battle of Timbuktu">2nd Timbuktu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fifth_Battle_of_Gao" title="Fifth Battle of Gao">6th Gao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Timbuktu" title="Second Battle of Timbuktu">3rd Timbuktu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_2013_Kidal_attack" title="April 2013 Kidal attack">2nd Kidal attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Ber_(2013)" title="Battle of Ber (2013)">1st Ber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Hamakouladji" title="Battle of Hamakouladji">Hamakouladji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Anefis_(May_2013)" title="Battle of Anefis (May 2013)">1st Anéfis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Anefis_(June_2013)" title="Battle of Anefis (June 2013)">2nd Anéfis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foo%C3%AFta_skirmish" title="Fooïta skirmish">Fooïta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douaya_clashes" title="Douaya clashes">Douaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Tessalit_attack" title="2013 Tessalit attack">2nd Tessalit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amazragane_skirmish" title="Amazragane skirmish">Amazragane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Araouane" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Araouane">1st Araouane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_2013_Kidal_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="December 2013 Kidal attack">3rd Kidal attack</a></li></ul> <p><b>2014</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kondaoui" title="Battle of Kondaoui">Kondaoui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamkoutat_massacre" title="Tamkoutat massacre">Tamkoutat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bombardment_of_Ametettai" title="Bombardment of Ametettai">1st Ametettai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Dayet_in_Maharat" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Dayet in Maharat">Dayet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battles_of_Inabohane_and_Ebahlal" title="Battles of Inabohane and Ebahlal">Inabohane and Ebahlal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Battle_of_Kidal" class="mw-redirect" title="2nd Battle of Kidal">2nd Kidal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Aguelhok_attack" title="2014 Aguelhok attack">2nd Aguelhok</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_An%C3%A9fis_(2014)" title="Battle of Anéfis (2014)">3rd Anéfis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tabankort_(2014)" title="Battle of Tabankort (2014)">1st Tabankort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Indelimane_ambush" title="2014 Indelimane ambush">2nd Indelimane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ametettai_offensive" title="Ametettai offensive">2nd Ametettai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N%27Tillit_clashes" title="N'Tillit clashes">N'Tillit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raid_on_Tabankort_(2014)" title="Raid on Tabankort (2014)">2nd Tabankort</a></li></ul> <p><b>2015</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Raid_on_Nampala_(2015)" title="Raid on Nampala (2015)">1st Nampala</a></li> <li><a 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 class="mw-selflink selflink">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> <p>The <b>battle of Kidal</b> took place between November 10 and 14, 2023, during the <a href="/wiki/Kidal_offensive" title="Kidal offensive">Kidal offensive</a> in renewed conflict between the <a href="/wiki/CSP-PSD" class="mw-redirect" title="CSP-PSD">CSP-PSD</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Malian_Armed_Forces" title="Malian Armed Forces">Malian Armed Forces</a> and allied <a href="/wiki/Wagner_Group" title="Wagner Group">Wagner Group</a> mercenaries during the <a href="/wiki/Mali_War" title="Mali War">Mali War</a>. The city of Kidal had been under <a href="/wiki/National_Movement_for_the_Liberation_of_Azawad" title="National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad">rebel</a> control since 2014, and the 2015 <a href="/wiki/Algiers_Accords_(2015)" title="Algiers Accords (2015)">Algiers Agreement</a> enacted a ceasefire and <a href="/wiki/Kidal_Region" title="Kidal Region">Kidal Region</a> subsequently was de facto controlled by rebel groups. When Malian and Wagner forces captured the city on November 14, it marked the first time in nine years that all Malian regional capitals were fully under Malian government control. </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_Kidal_(2023)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Kidal_offensive" title="Kidal offensive">Kidal offensive</a></div> <p>During the initial <a href="/wiki/Tuareg_rebellion_(2012)" title="Tuareg rebellion (2012)">Tuareg rebellion of 2012</a> that began the Mali War, Kidal was a flashpoint of conflict between the <a href="/wiki/National_Movement_for_the_Liberation_of_Azawad" title="National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad">National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad</a> (MNLA), the Malian government, and jihadist groups. The first seizure of the city was in March 2012 by <a href="/wiki/Ansar_Dine" title="Ansar Dine">Ansar Dine</a> and <a href="/wiki/AQIM" class="mw-redirect" title="AQIM">AQIM</a> jihadists.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The jihadists abandoned the city in January 2013 in the wake of <a href="/wiki/Operation_Serval" title="Operation Serval">Operation Serval</a>, and was captured by the MNLA.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Malian and French forces attempted to capture the town in May 2014, but were repelled by the MNLA and allied <a href="/wiki/Arab_Movement_of_Azawad" title="Arab Movement of Azawad">Arab Movement of Azawad</a> (MAA) and <a href="/wiki/High_Council_for_the_Unity_of_Azawad" title="High Council for the Unity of Azawad">High Council for the Unity of Azawad</a> (HCUA) fighters, who created the <a href="/wiki/Coordination_of_Azawad_Movements" title="Coordination of Azawad Movements">Coordination of Azawad Movements</a> (CMA) coalition.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shortly afterward, the Algiers Agreement was signed in 2015 and established a ceasefire between the CMA, Malian government, and the pro-government <a href="/wiki/Platform_(Mali)" title="Platform (Mali)">Platform</a> coalition, allowing the CMA to control Kidal.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2016, <a href="/wiki/GATIA" class="mw-redirect" title="GATIA">GATIA</a>, a member militia of Platform, <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kidal_(2016)" title="Battle of Kidal (2016)">attempted to establish itself</a> in Kidal but was chased out by the CMA.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the start of 2023, tensions had intensified between the Malian junta that took power in 2021 and the allied <a href="/wiki/Wagner_Group" title="Wagner Group">Wagner Group</a> mercenaries against the <a href="/wiki/Permanent_Strategic_Framework_for_Peace,_Security,_and_Development" class="mw-redirect" title="Permanent Strategic Framework for Peace, Security, and Development">Permanent Strategic Framework for Peace, Security, and Development</a> (CSP-PSD), a coalition between the CMA and Platform. Malian and Wagner forces attacked the town of <a href="/wiki/Ber,_Mali" title="Ber, Mali">Ber</a> in August 2023, the first major clashes between the two groups since the signing of the <a href="/wiki/Algiers_Accords_(2015)" title="Algiers Accords (2015)">Algiers Accords</a> in 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> CSP-PSD spokesmen denounced the attack, and stated that retaliation would occur. The CSP-PSD then declared war on the Malian junta, and attacked Malian forces in <a href="/wiki/Bourem" title="Bourem">Bourem</a> and <a href="/wiki/L%C3%A9r%C3%A9,_Mali" title="Léré, Mali">Léré</a>.<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> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Prelude">Prelude</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Kidal_(2023)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Prelude"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On the night of October 2, 2023 a column of 800 Malian and Russian forces launched an offensive towards Kidal. They captured <a href="/wiki/Anefis" class="mw-redirect" title="Anefis">Anefis</a> on October 7, and Malian officials announced their intent to recapture the <a href="/wiki/MINUSMA" class="mw-redirect" title="MINUSMA">MINUSMA</a> camps in <a href="/wiki/Tessalit" title="Tessalit">Tessalit</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aguelhok" title="Aguelhok">Aguelhok</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Kidal" title="Kidal">Kidal</a> that same day.<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> MINUSMA peacekeepers hurriedly evacuated the camp in Kidal by October 31, and the CSP-PSD seized control not long afterward.<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> Many residents of Kidal left the city expecting clashes.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The MINUSMA camp was targeted by Malian <a href="/wiki/Bayraktar_TB2" title="Bayraktar TB2">Bayraktar TB2</a> drones on the night between November 3 and 4. No casualties were reported.<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><sup id="cite_ref-:1_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The camp was again targeted by drone strikes on November 7, with one bomb hitting the camp and two hitting outside of it. One bomb hit a school located near the MINUSMA camp, killing fourteen civilians including eight children and injuring over thirty others.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Medical sources speaking to <a href="/wiki/Radio_France_Internationale" title="Radio France Internationale">RFI</a> stated ten people were killed including several children, a teacher, a member of the Kidal Interim Authority, a business manager, and a community leader.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Between November 9 and 10, new drone strikes targeted Kidal, again without any reported casualties.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<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_Kidal_(2023)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Battle"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On November 10, Malian and Wagner forces stationed in Anefis moved towards Kidal. That same day, CSP-PSD fighters cut phone lines to Kidal, preventing saboteurs communicating rebel positions to the Malian army.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The next day, fighting broke out in the Alkit Valley twenty kilometers from Kidal between the rebels and the Russo-Malian convoy. The clashes lasted for two hours until they ceased by nighttime.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the first spate of clashes, a Malian <a href="/wiki/Aero_L-39_Albatros" title="Aero L-39 Albatros">L-39 Albatros</a> crashed by accident.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Malian officials claimed that night to have broken the rebels' defenses, while the rebels claimed to have repulsed the Russo-Malian attack and inflicted significant losses.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Clashes resumed in the Alkit Valley on November 12. Both sides again claimed to have the advantage over the other, although RFI journalists stated that the frontlines had not changed.<sup id="cite_ref-rfi.fr_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rfi.fr-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Malian Army flanked the rebels from the south on November 13, reported that they arrived fifteen kilometers from Kidal and claimed to have foiled a series of small ambushes and attacks along the way.<sup id="cite_ref-rfi.fr_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rfi.fr-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ten CSP-PSD vehicles were destroyed in these engagements.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Malian Army seized control of Kidal on November 14.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A night attack by Wagner special forces was decisive in the Malian victory. CSP-PSD rebels fled north towards the towns of <a href="/wiki/Abe%C3%AFbara" title="Abeïbara">Abeïbara</a> and <a href="/wiki/Aguelhok" title="Aguelhok">Aguelhok</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a statement, the CSP-PSD confirmed their withdrawal from the city, but stated they would keep fighting against the Russo-Malian forces.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Malian president <a href="/wiki/Assimi_Go%C3%AFta" title="Assimi Goïta">Assimi Goïta</a> stated "Today, our armed and security forces have seized Kidal. Our mission is not complete. I recall that it consists of recovering and securing the integrity of the territory, without any exclusion, in accordance with the resolutions of the Security Council."<sup id="cite_ref-:4_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> No losses were reported by either side on November 14.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<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_Kidal_(2023)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Wagner_Group" title="Wagner Group">Wagner Group</a>, which for years had denied its existence in Africa and had remained discreet, openly displayed its presence in Kidal after its capture.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wagner forces raised their flag over the historic <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kidal_Fort&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kidal Fort (page does not exist)">Kidal Fort</a> on November 22, but the flag was replaced by the Malian flag on November 26.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On November 22, GATIA founder and longtime Malian government ally <a href="/wiki/El_Hadj_Ag_Gamou" title="El Hadj Ag Gamou">El Hadj Ag Gamou</a> was installed as governor of Kidal Region.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</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=Battle_of_Kidal_(2023)&action=edit&section=5" 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 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