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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Ber_%28Mali%29_2017.jpg/220px-Ber_%28Mali%29_2017.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="123" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Ber_%28Mali%29_2017.jpg/330px-Ber_%28Mali%29_2017.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Ber_%28Mali%29_2017.jpg/440px-Ber_%28Mali%29_2017.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1064" data-file-height="595" /></a></span><br />The town of Ber circa 2017</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><table style="width:100%;margin:0;padding:0;border:0;display:inline-table"><tbody><tr><th style="padding-right:1em">Date</th><td>August 11-12, 2023</td></tr><tr><th style="padding-right:1em">Location</th><td><div class="location"><a href="/wiki/Ber,_Mali" title="Ber, Mali">Ber</a> and outskirts, <a href="/wiki/Tombouctou_Region" title="Tombouctou Region">Tombouctou Region</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mali" title="Mali">Mali</a></div></td></tr><tr><th 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losses</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" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Mali.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mali.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Mali.svg/45px-Flag_of_Mali.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> 7 killed, 8 injured (per Mali)<br />Dozens killed and injured, 1 prisoner (per JNIM)<br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_the_United_Nations.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Nations.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Mali_War" title="Timeline of the Mali War">Timeline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Criminal_Court_investigation_in_Mali" title="International Criminal Court investigation in Mali">ICC investigation</a></li></ul> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Tuareg_rebellion_(2012)" title="Tuareg rebellion (2012)">Tuareg rebellion (2012)</a>:</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Menaka_(January_2012)" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Menaka (January 2012)">1st Ménaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Aguelhok" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Aguelhok">1st Aguelhok</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ambush_of_Tin-Hama" class="mw-redirect" title="Ambush of Tin-Hama">Tin-Hama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_In_Emsal" title="Battle of In Emsal">In Emsal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fall_of_And%C3%A9ramboukane" title="Fall of Andéramboukane">1st Andéramboukane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tessalit" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Tessalit">1st Tessalit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Niafunk%C3%A9" title="Battle of Niafunké">1st Niafunké</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tinzaouaten_(2012)" title="Battle of Tinzaouaten (2012)">1st Tinzaouaten</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ambush_of_Tinsalane" class="mw-redirect" title="Ambush of Tinsalane">Tinsalane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Goumakoura" title="Battle of Goumakoura">1st Goumakoura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tessit" title="Battle of Tessit">1st Tessit</a></li> <li><a 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 class="mw-selflink selflink">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> <p>The <b>battle of Ber</b> took place between August 11 and 12, 2023, between the <a href="/wiki/Malian_Armed_Forces" title="Malian Armed Forces">Malian Armed Forces</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Wagner_Group" title="Wagner Group">Wagner Group</a> against fighters of the <a href="/wiki/Coordination_of_Azawad_Movements" title="Coordination of Azawad Movements">Coordination of Azawad Movements</a> (CMA) and <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). The battle was the first major confrontation between the CMA and Malian forces since the signing of the <a href="/wiki/Algiers_Accords_(2015)" title="Algiers Accords (2015)">Algiers Accords</a>, and led to the breakdown of the accords by late 2023. </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_Ber_(2023)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2023, tensions between the Malian junta led by <a href="/wiki/Assimi_Go%C3%AFta" title="Assimi Goïta">Assimi Goïta</a> that took charge in 2021 and Tuareg rebel groups that were signatories of the <a href="/wiki/Algiers_Accords_(2015)" title="Algiers Accords (2015)">Algiers Accords</a> in 2015 rose dramatically. On the night between August 4 and 5, CMA fighters were attacked in <a href="/w/index.php?title=Fooita&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fooita (page does not exist)">Fooita</a>, near <a href="/wiki/L%C3%A9r%C3%A9,_Mali" title="Léré, Mali">Léré</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The CMA released a statement deploring the deaths of two of their fighters, and accused Malian forces and the Russian paramilitary <a href="/wiki/Wagner_Group" title="Wagner Group">Wagner Group</a> of perpetrating the attack.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Malian government and Wagner did not respond to the accusation.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On August 10, CMA representatives left <a href="/wiki/Bamako" title="Bamako">Bamako</a>.<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><sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following a request by the Malian junta on June 30, 2023, the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council" title="United Nations Security Council">United Nations Security Council</a> terminated the mandate of <a href="/wiki/MINUSMA" class="mw-redirect" title="MINUSMA">MINUSMA</a>, the UN peacekeeping force that had been in Mali since the beginning of the <a href="/wiki/Mali_War" title="Mali War">Mali War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> MINUSMA peacekeepers began to leave Malian military bases in the months that followed. In <a href="/wiki/Ber,_Mali" title="Ber, Mali">Ber</a>, the evacuation of the MINUSMA camp angered local CMA fighters due to the still-present threat of <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) jihadists. On June 9, a JNIM attack at the MINUSMA base killed two <a href="/wiki/Burkina_Faso" title="Burkina Faso">Burkinabe</a> peacekeepers and seven others. In response, the CMA prevented Malian forces from taking control of the MINUSMA base in Ber.<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><sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<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_Ber_(2023)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Battle"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Camp_MINUSMA_Ber_(Mali)_2017.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Camp_MINUSMA_Ber_%28Mali%29_2017.jpg/220px-Camp_MINUSMA_Ber_%28Mali%29_2017.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="123" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Camp_MINUSMA_Ber_%28Mali%29_2017.jpg/330px-Camp_MINUSMA_Ber_%28Mali%29_2017.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Camp_MINUSMA_Ber_%28Mali%29_2017.jpg/440px-Camp_MINUSMA_Ber_%28Mali%29_2017.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1066" data-file-height="596" /></a><figcaption>The MINUSMA camp in Ber circa 2017</figcaption></figure> <p>At the beginning of August, a column of eighty Malian vehicles crossed the city of <a href="/wiki/Timbuktu" title="Timbuktu">Timbuktu</a> with <a href="/wiki/Wagner_Group" title="Wagner Group">Wagner Group</a> militants.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By August 11, the convoy was en route to Ber, fifty-six kilometers away.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the way, the Malian troops fell into an ambush conducted by JNIM, sparking clashes that lasted for over an hour.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Parts of the Russo-Malian column took a different route to reach Ber, and arrived at a CMA position bordering a red line established between Mali and the CMA in 2014 around ten kilometers outside the city.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Clashes broke out around the red line, and the Malian Army retreated.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The CMA published a press release claiming to have repelled the Malian and Wagner forces, and denounced a "violation of ll arrangements and security commitments."<sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Malian Army reported clashes with "terrorists", but did not mention the CMA.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Fighting began the next day northwest of the city.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Malian Air Force launched airstrikes against Ber, while the Burkinabe peacekeepers discreetly evacuated the MINUSMA camp three days before the deadline.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><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> Malian forces seized control of the MINUSMA camp in the afternoon of August 12, while CMA fighters retreated deeper into the city. Over the coming days, Malian forces enacted control over the entirety of Ber.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><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> </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_Ber_(2023)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Casualties">Casualties</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Ber_(2023)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Casualties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Malian Army released a statement claiming that the fighting left one Malian soldier dead and four others injured on August 11 and six dead and four injured on August 12.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The junta claimed that the "armed terrorist groups" left four bodies on August 11 and twenty-four bodies on August 12, along with eighteen AK-47 rifles and twelve motorcycles.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The communique also claimed the destruction of three vehicles during the airstrikes.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>JNIM released a statement on August 12 claiming to have attacked Malian and Wagner forces, acknowledging the deaths of four jihadists and claiming to have caused "dozens of deaths and injuries" among the Malian and Wagner troops, along with the capture of a Malian soldier.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the statement, JNIM added photos of captured Malian equipment.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The CMA released a statement claiming to have confronted Malian and Wagner forces, but did not take any losses. In fighting on August 12, a resident of Ber testified to <a href="/wiki/Lib%C3%A9ration" title="Libération">Libération</a> that several civilians were injured and a CMA vehicle was destroyed in Ber, but the CMA did not suffer any casualties.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/MINUSMA" class="mw-redirect" title="MINUSMA">MINUSMA</a> reported the injuries of four peacekeepers during two attacks carried out on August 12.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_7-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Renewed_conflict">Renewed conflict</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Ber_(2023)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Renewed conflict"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The battle of Ber further weakened the deteriorating Algiers Agreement. The CMA threatened to launch a counterattack to capture the MINUSMA camp in Ber following the Malian seizure.<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> Negotiations between the CMA and Malian junta had already been at a standstill prior to the battle; neither side was interested in disrupting the status quo for years.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Malian junta, however, had made the recapture of Mali's northern <a href="/wiki/Kidal_Region" title="Kidal Region">Kidal Region</a> a priority.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:4_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Malian Chief of Staff, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Oumar_Diarra&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oumar Diarra (page does not exist)">Oumar Diarra</a>, embarked on a tour of areas in <a href="/wiki/Gao_Region" title="Gao Region">Gao Region</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mopti_Region" title="Mopti Region">Mopti Region</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Tombouctou_Region" title="Tombouctou Region">Tombouctou Region</a>, including the recently recaptured camp at Ber, between August 22 and 24.<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> In early and mid-September, the CMA and the greater <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) alliance launched attacks on Malian and Wagner forces at <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Bourem" title="Battle of Bourem">Bourem</a>, <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_L%C3%A9r%C3%A9_(2023)" title="Battle of Léré (2023)">Léré</a>, and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Taoussa_attack&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Taoussa attack (page does not exist)">Taoussa</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<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_Ber_(2023)&action=edit&section=6" 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 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