Battle of Tessit (2021)
| Battle of Tessit (2021) | |||||||
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| Part of Mali War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Mali France | Islamic State in the Greater Sahara | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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33 dead 14 injured | 20 dead (per Mali) | ||||||
Between March 15 and 16, 2021, Islamic State in the Greater Sahara fighters clashed with Malian and French troops over control of a Malian military base near the town of Tessit, with ISGS jihadists overrunning the coalition.