Ametettai offensive

Ametettai offensive
Part of Mali War
DateOctober 28 - November 6, 2014
Location
Ametettai valley, Tigharghar, Mali
Result French victory
Belligerents

France

AQIM
Ansar Dine
Strength
400 personnel
100 vehicles
30-200 fighters
Casualties and losses
1 killed
2 injured
24 killed
2 captured

Between October 26 and November 8, 2014, French forces of Operation Barkhane launched an offensive against jihadists from Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and Ansar Dine in the area of Ametettai, rural Kidal Region. It was dubbed Operation Tudelle by French authorities.