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Battle of Ifoghas
Part of Northern Mali conflict (2012–present)
Kidal topographic map-fr
Date22 February 2013
LocationAdrar des Ifoghas, Kidal Region, Mali
Result Islamists Victory
Belligerents
Chad Chad ShababFlag AQIM
ShababFlag MOJWA
Commanders and leaders
Chad Mahamat Déby Itno
Chad Omar Bikomb
Chad Abdel Aziz Hassane Adam[1]
Chad Adam Dih Bidy
Chad Souleymane Berneo Tebir
ShababFlag Abdelhamid Abou Zeid
Strength
800
15 armored personnel carriers
35 transport vehicles
unknown
Casualties and losses

117 killed:[2]

68 KIA
27 from injuries
23 captured &executed
67 injured

93 killed
~20 captured[3]

[4][5]


On 22 February, a Chadian army contingent is ambushed by Islamists while on its way to a detachment of the French army. The column is ambushed on all sides by mortars and heavy weapons. The results are disastrous. At least 68 Chadian soldiers are said to have been killed on the spot. Fifteen armored vehicles are abandoned and 35 pick-up trucks were destroyed. The 68 soldiers killed included head commander of the Chadian intervention in Mali, AbdelAziz Hassane Adam. The ambushed is deemed catastrophic that it let 200 Chadian soldiers to desert upon hearing the news. The 23 soldiers reportedly captured are all executed, but one who carried a muslim religious symbol who was let free.[1][3][4][5][6] [7][8][9]

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