source: RFI; Menastream
actor1: GATIA: Imghad Tuareg and Allies Self-Defense Group
actor2: Islamic State (Greater Sahara)
location: Akabar
notes: On 6 March, French forces of Operation Barkhane in cooperation with GATIA and MSA forces raided an ISGS camp in the Menaka region, five ISGS militants were killed, ten arrested, and IEDs, documents and military materiel seized.