Battle of the Wagadou Forest (2011)

Battle of the Wagadou Forest (2011)
Part of Insurgency in the Sahel
DateJune 24, 2011
Location
Wagadou Forest, near Nara, Mali
Result Mauritanian-Malian victory
Belligerents
Mauritania
Mali
AQIM
Casualties and losses
2 killed, 5 injured (per Mauritania)
20 killed (per AQIM)
Unknown
15 killed, several dozen injured, 11 captured (per Mauritania)
2 missing (per AQIM)

On June 24, 2011, Malian and Mauritanian forces launched an offensive into the Wagadou Forest, an area on the Malian-Mauritanian border known as a hideout for Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. While the joint forces were able to destroy the camp, some jihadists escaped.