Operation Panther (2013)

Operation Panther
	Part of Northern Mali conflict and Operation Serval
	; Adrar des Ifoghas
Date	19 February – 25 March 2013; (1 month and 6 days)
Location	Adrar des Ifoghas, Mali
Result	French Victory
Belligerents
France; Chad	AQIM; Ansar Dine
Commanders and leaders
Bernard Barrera; Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno	Abdelhamid Abou Zeid †
Strength
; 1,200; ; 800 troops	400–500 terrorists
Casualties and losses
; 3 killed; 120 wounded; 1 armoured vehicle destroyed; ; 27 killed; 67–71 wounded	200–250 killed; 26+ captured; 45 pick-ups destroyed; 1 BM-21 captured; 2 BRDM-2 destroyed

Operation Panther^[1] was a French military operation in Mali that was launched in February 2013.

^ Konstantin Garibov (25 February 2013). "Operation Panther against Islamists in Mali". Voice of Russia. Archived from the original on 17 April 2013. Retrieved 9 March 2013.