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Operation Serval (French: Opération Serval) was a French military operation in Mali. [20] The aim of the operation was to oust Islamic militants from the north of Mali, [21] who had begun a push into the center of Mali. [22] Operation Serval followed the United Nations Security Council Resolution 2085 of 20 December 2012 and an official ...
The Battle of Konna was a battle in the Northern Mali Conflict in the town of Konna in central Mali. Various Islamic fundamentalist rebels fought with the government of Mali, the latter of which was supported by French soldiers participating in Operation Serval. This battle was among the first French engagements in their intervention in the ...
On 5 April, Chadian forces return to Kidal. On 9 April, the French garrison of Tessalit rose in ten days from 2.000 to 400 men. In May, all the GTIAs engaged in Operation Serval were relieved and returned to France after a stopover in Paphos, on the island of Cyprus, to decompress at the request of General Barrera.
During the initial days of Operation Serval, French forces launched raids against Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and other jihadist groups in their headquarters in the Ametettai mountains in rural Kidal Region.
National Order of Mali Bernard Barrera (born 4 February 1962, in Marseille ) is a general in the French Army . As commander of the 3rd Mechanized Brigade , he was in charge of ground operations during Operation Serval in Mali in 2013.
March 27 - The government of Mali announces that 63 of their soldiers have been killed fighting jihadists since the French led intervention Operation Serval in January 2013. March 31 - Rebel Islamist fighters attempt to infiltrate Timbuktu, but are repelled by French and Malian forces.
For actions lead in Mali in 2013 within Operation Serval, the regimental colors of the 1st Parachute Chasseur Regiment received, from the Chief of Staff of the French Army général Jean-Pierre Bosser, a citation at the orders of the armed forces with attribution of the Cross for Military Valour with bronze palm. [14]
In mid-2014, the French military in Mali ended its Operation Serval and transitioned to the broader regional counterterrorist effort, Operation Barkhane. Despite a ceasefire agreement signed on 19 February 2015 in Algiers, Algeria, and a peace accord in the capital on 15 April 2015, fighting continued. [139] [140]