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Battle of Tinzaouaten

Coordinates: 13°43′00″N 5°56′00″W / 13.7167°N 5.9333°W / 13.7167; -5.9333
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Battle of Tinzaouaten
Part of the 2012 Tuareg rebellion
Date7–8 February 2012
(1 day)
Location
Tinzaouaten, Mali
Result

MNLA Victory

Belligerents

 Mali

 Azawad

Strength
50 Unknown
Casualties and losses
1 killed 1 killed

On 8 February,[1] rebels from the separatist Movement for the National Liberation of Azawad[2] attacked a military outpost in Tinzaouaten located on the Algerian borderline.

A Malian government statement was released the following day declaring a "strategic withdrawal" from its base in Tinzaouaten.[3] A Malian soldier was killed.[4] Ten were captured and 37 defected and were retrieved by Algerian authorities.

References

  1. ^ name="Border"
  2. ^ "Home". BBC News. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
  3. ^ [1]
  4. ^ name="Tinzawatene"

13°43′00″N 5°56′00″W / 13.7167°N 5.9333°W / 13.7167; -5.9333


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