Battle of Iminenas

Battle of Iminenas Part of the Northern Mali conflict Date 27 February – 1 March 2013 (2 days) Location Near Gao, Mali Result French-Malian Victory Belligerents  France  Mali MOJWA Strength 400 100-200 Casualties and losses 0 52

Northern Mali conflict Timeline (Jan 2012–present)  · ICC investigation Tuareg rebellion (2012): Tessalit Aguelhok Tinzaouaten 2012 Malian coup d'état Internal conflict in Azawad: 1st Gao Khalil In-Arab Ménaka Foreign intervention: Konna Serval Diabaly In Amenas EUTM FATIM AFISMA MINUSMA 2nd Gao 3rd Gao 4th Gao Ifoghas Panther Khalil Iminenas Tin Keraten Tigharghâr Timbuktu 5th Gao Djebok 2nd Timbuktu In Arab Kidal Hamakouladji Agadez and Arlit Araouane Kondaoui Dayet Resumed fighting: 2nd Kidal Other incidents: 2015 Bamako shooting

On 27 February 2013, French troops took control of the village of Iminenas. Islamists put up a fight but then retreated after the intervention of helicopters and armored personnel carriers. On March 2, 2013, a battle took place in Iminenas, 60 kilometers east of Gao. The confrontation lasted from 9:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., according to the account given by the captain Diarra, a spokesman of the Malian army in Gao, Franco-Malian forces took no losses, but the jihadists had 52 killed.^[1] French airstrikes from helicopters and planes helped to repel Islamists.

A Malian soldier said of the battle, "I took part in the fighting at In-Manas (60 km east of Gao) Friday. We destroyed a base of MUJAO. They had a lot of deaths in their ranks. We returned to Gao, without loss in our ranks."^[2]

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Coordinates: 16°18′00″N 0°43′00″E / 16.3000°N 0.7167°E / 16.3000; 0.7167