Siege of Tessalit 2012
Recorded location from Wikidata; battle sites are often approximate.
About the battle
The siege of Tessalit occurred in early 2012 during the Tuareg rebellion in Mali. Amachach military base, located in Tessalit, was defended by roughly 800 Malian soldiers commanded by Colonel Kassim Goita. The International Committee of the Red Cross was sent to help evacuate civilians and military families, but despite the approval of the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), Malian authorities delayed the operation and it was never executed as a humanitarian source. Other Malian military forces in the region of Tessalit were led by Colonels' Didier Dacko, Ould Meydou, and the well respected Tuareg commander El Hadji Ag Gamou.
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