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  2. Operation Barkhane - Wikipedia

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    The French military initially intervened in Mali in early 2013 as part of Operation Serval, which successfully regained the northern half of the country from Islamist groups. Operation Barkhane is intended to follow up to that success and has expanded the French military's operations over a vast area of the Sahel region.

  3. Operation Serval - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. Malian Armed Forces - Wikipedia

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    The Mali Air Force (Armée de l'air du Mali) was founded in 1961 with French supplied military aid. This included MH.1521 Broussard utility monoplane followed by two C-47 transports until Soviet aid starting in 1962 with four Antonov AN-2 Colt biplane transports and four Mi-4 light helicopters. [ 30 ]

  5. Mali War - Wikipedia

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    Following requests from both the Mali government and ECOWAS for foreign military intervention, [206] on 12 October 2012 the United Nations Security Council unanimously, [207] under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, [208] passed a French resolution approving an African-led force to assist the army of Mali in combating the Islamist ...

  6. Northern Mali officials say French strike killed civilians ...

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    Local officials in northern Mali accused France's army on Friday of killing six civilians in an airstrike, but French forces said they had hit Islamist militants. The incident, which occurred on ...

  7. France–Mali relations - Wikipedia

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    The two countries had a strong connection as French rule had influenced Mali in several aspects, such as the initial adoption of the French language as the main language of Mali; however, their relations have deteriorated sharply since Mali's army staged a coup in August 2020, and French was removed as the official language of Mali in 2023. [1]

  8. Operation Panther (2013) - Wikipedia

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    The French Government announced that the soldier "was mortally wounded during fighting against armed terrorists taking refuge in the Adrar of the Ifoghas, in northern Mali." [5] Colonel Thierry Burkhard told French Media that French paratroopers had been engaged with Terrorists throughout the day on several occasions. [6]

  9. Category:French involvement in the Mali War - Wikipedia

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    French war crimes in Mali (3 P) Pages in category "French involvement in the Mali War" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.