source: Nashir; Le Monde; aBamako; Jeune Afrique; Amaq; Kibaru; Reuters; Studio Tamani
actor1: Military Forces of France (2017-)
actor2: Islamic State (West Africa) - Greater Sahara Faction
location: Eranga
notes: On 25 November 2019, thirteen French soldiers were killed in a helicopter crash while conducting a combat operation in the valley of Eranga. Islamic State claimed responsibility for the crash, however, the French Chief of Staff refuted that any gunfire had targeted the French helicopters and that militant action not was the cause of the accident.