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| Second Anniversary of the Battle of Tinzaouatène (July 2024) |
| 2026-07-24 |
Translated Text: Second Anniversary of the Battle of Tinzaouatène (July 2024) ➡️ PART 1: Looking Back on the Carnage That Shook Northern Mali 🇲🇱 Exactly two years ago, the FAMa, backed by Wagner mercenaries, pushed into the northern part of the country, hell-bent on retaking the last pockets held by the Tuareg rebels of the CSP-DPA and their JNIM allies. This short but bloody clash, which unfolded from July 22 to 27, 2024, around Tinzaouatène, left behind more than a hundred dead among the FAMa / Africa Corps, several dozen wounded, and numerous prisoners. 🟠Recap of the July 2024 Clash: ⚔️ July 22 – The FAMa, bolstered by 🇷🇺 mercenaries, launch a "stabilization operation" aimed at recapturing the last border villages controlled by the CSP-DPA rebels. The column of armored vehicles sets out from Tessalit, swiftly takes Inafaraq, and presses on toward Boughessa. ⚔️ July 25 – In the heart of the Tinzaouatène plain, the 🇲🇱🇷🇺 column is ambushed by CSP-DPA Tuareg fighters equipped with IEDs. The lead armored vehicle is destroyed, the advance grinds to a halt, and the Wagner forces find themselves without air support due to a fierce sandstorm. ⚔️ July 26 – The encirclement drags on; a 🇲🇱 MI-24 helicopter tries to intervene but crashes near Kidal. The surviving fighters face a second ambush from JNIM, which carries out multiple executions and hostage-takings. ⚔️ July 30, 2024 – Confronted with this dire situation, Mali calls in 🇹🇷 Turkish aid. An Akinci drone takes off from the Saponé base and bombs Tinzaouatène, mainly hitting a refugee camp and a gold mining site. The strikes cause heavy civilian casualties, mostly Nigerien 🇳🇪 and Chadian 🇹🇩. ⚠️ Social media floods the web with videos and photos showing the fighters' corpses, mass graves, and scenes of brutality. CSP-DPA channels release images of their fighters waving the independence flag, while Wagner accounts spread hate messages about the Tuaregs. 🔷 This marks the deadliest attack on the Wagner Group outside the Ukrainian theater since the 2018 Battle of Khosham during the Syrian civil war Related: CSP-DPA: 2024-10-15 New US strategy in Africa: why Ukraine's GUR is training terrorists CSP-DPA: 2024-08-18 New footage of the Azawad special military operation against Wagner forces in Mali from July CSP-DPA: 2024-08-12 Afrique Media: Ukrainian special forces used drones in battles against Malian army |
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