source: Reuters; Le Mamouth; AFP; Armee Francaise; RFI; Undisclosed Source
actor1: Military Forces of France (2017-)
actor2: JNIM: Group for Support of Islam and Muslims and/or Islamic State (West Africa) - Greater Sahara Faction
location: Tatakarat
notes: On 24 September 2021, French Operation Barkhane forces carried out a combined air-ground operation against presumed JNIM or ISWAP (Greater Sahara) militants in the area of Tatakarat (Gao, Gao), southeast of NDaki (Gourma-Rharous, Tombouctou). One French soldier and one militant were killed. Three airstrikes were also carried out, although the result of these remains unknown.