source: RFI; Menastream; AFP
actor1: Islamic State (Greater Sahara)
actor2: Military Forces of France (2017-)
location: Akabar
notes: On March 10, presumed ISGS militants attempted to carry out a complex attack against French forces of Operation Barkhane near Akabar, the French soldiers opened fire and prematurely triggered the detonation of a suicide car bomb, a group of militants subsequently launched an armed assault, the attack was repelled, although 15 soldiers were wounded including two severely.