| Battle of Tinzaouaten | |||||||||
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| Part of the Tuareg rebellion (2012) | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Ansar Dine | |||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 50 | Unknown | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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1 killed 10 captured 37 defected | 1 killed | ||||||||
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Mali_adm_location_map.svg)  Location within Mali | |||||||||
On 8 February 2012, rebel forces from the separatist National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) attacked a military outpost in Tinzaouaten located near the Algeria–Mali border. The battle led to the capture of the commune by MNLA rebels. A Malian government statement was released the following day declaring a "strategic retreat" from its base in Tinzaouaten.[1] A Malian soldier was killed. Ten were captured and 37 defected and were retrieved by Algerian authorities.
- ^ "Malian rebels seize key border town, more displaced". Reuters. 8 February 2012. Archived from the original on 23 November 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2017.