source: RFI; Xinhua; AFP; Twitter; Reuters; Kibaru; Essor; L'Express; AMAP; Menastream; AP
actor1: Military Forces of France (2017-)
actor2: AQIM: Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
location: Ourdjane
notes: Around 3 June 2020 (between 3 - 4 June), French forces conducted a combined air-ground operation in the valley of Ourdjane, near Talhandak (Tessalit, Kidal), and killed the Algerian AQIM leader Abdelmalek Droukdel and his senior aide, and captured a third militant.