Africa · Western
Key Facts
—Location. The ambush occurred near Tabankort on the Kidal–Anefis–Gao axis, a critical supply and smuggling corridor in northern Mali.
—Perpetrators. Tuareg separatists of the Front de Libération de l’Azawad (FLA) and al-Qaeda-linked JNIM carried out the coordinated attack.
—Casualties. At least 50 Malian soldiers were killed, with heavy losses also reported among Russian Africa Corps paramilitaries in the convoy.












