source: Maghreb Emergent; AFP; Menastream
actor1: Military Forces of France (2017-)
actor2: JNIM: Group for Support of Islam and Muslims
location: Boughessa
notes: French forces of Operation Barkhane carried out a multi-pronged operation targeting senior commanders of JNIM's Ansar Dine branch. Airstrikes engaged three targets, followed by helicopter drops and ground operation by commandos between Boughessa and Tin Zaouaten in the far north Kidal Region. The operation resulted in a total of 23 militants killed or captured. Fatalities split between two events. Two individuals killed near Boughessa, more precisely in the Aouhou area were identified as the former mayor of Boughessa and his son-in-law, presumably also others accompanying the former.