Battle of the Wagadou Forest (2011) 2011
Recorded location from Wikidata; battle sites are often approximate.
About the battle
On June 24, 2011, Malian and Mauritanian forces launched an offensive, codenamed Operation Benkan (meaning "unity" in Bambara), into the Wagadou Forest, an area on the Malian-Mauritanian border known as a hideout for Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. While the joint forces were able to destroy the camp, some jihadists escaped.
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