On March 23, the Malian and French forces conduct a search operation on the island of Bera, capturing nine people suspected to be connected to MOJWAO. A few hours later, on the night of March 23–24, a MOJWAO fighters raided the city of Gao, defended by the Malian, Nigerian and French armies based at Gao airport, as well as 160 Guinean soldiers who arrived in the city three days earlier. During the fighting, MOJWAO retreated, but later returned in the battle by the Niger river. The fighting ended when city residents took up arms against the Islamists. During the battle, four Islamist were killed, and two wounded, as well as 1 Malian soldier killed, and four wounded. Four civilians were also killed.[1][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]
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^ ab"Le Monde : Au Mali, affrontements à Gao avec des combattants du Mujao". Le Monde.fr. Lemonde.fr. 24 March 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-24.
^"9 dead in clashes with Islamic extremists in north Malian city of Gao". Fox News. 2013-03-25. Retrieved 2013-06-24.
^"ROP : MALI : 160 SOLDATS DU CONTINGENT GUINÉEN SONT À GAO" (in French). Operationspaix.net. Retrieved 2013-06-24.
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fifth, battle, march, 2013, battle, took, place, between, mujao, malian, army, malian, army, repelled, attack, part, northern, mali, conflictfrench, soldiers, vbcis, march, april, 2013, date24, march, 2013locationgao, maliresultfrench, malian, victory, bellige. On March 23 2013 a battle took place in Gao between MUJAO and Malian army The Malian army repelled the attack Fifth Battle of GaoPart of Northern Mali conflictFrench soldiers and VBCIs to Gao in March or April 2013 Date24 March 2013LocationGao MaliResultFrench Malian Victory 1 Belligerents Mali France Niger GuineaMOJWAStrengthunknown9 terroristsCasualties and losses 1 killed4 wounded4 killed3 wounded4 civilians killed 2 The battle editOn March 23 the Malian and French forces conduct a search operation on the island of Bera capturing nine people suspected to be connected to MOJWAO A few hours later on the night of March 23 24 a MOJWAO fighters raided the city of Gao defended by the Malian Nigerian and French armies based at Gao airport as well as 160 Guinean soldiers who arrived in the city three days earlier During the fighting MOJWAO retreated but later returned in the battle by the Niger river The fighting ended when city residents took up arms against the Islamists During the battle four Islamist were killed and two wounded as well as 1 Malian soldier killed and four wounded Four civilians were also killed 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 References edit a b Le Monde Au Mali affrontements a Gao avec des combattants du Mujao Le Monde fr Lemonde fr 24 March 2013 Retrieved 2013 06 24 9 dead in clashes with Islamic extremists in north Malian city of Gao Fox News 2013 03 25 Retrieved 2013 06 24 ROP MALI 160 SOLDATS DU CONTINGENT GUINEEN SONT A GAO in French Operationspaix net Retrieved 2013 06 24 Details de l actualite Mali 160 soldats du contingent guineen sont a Gao www operationspaix net Archived from the original on 2016 03 04 L armee malienne repousse un assaut islamiste a Gao www nouvelobs com Archived from the original on 2018 06 12 Mali Intenses combats entre les terroristes et les armee malienne a Gao china radio international Archived from the original on 2013 12 04 Retrieved 2018 06 09 Alakhbar Mali Les salafistes attaquent Gao Au Mali affrontements a Gao avec des combattants du Mujao Le Monde fr 24 March 2013 Mali Sept personnes tuees dans des accrochages a Gao avec les jihadistes 24 March 2013 Mali 6 morts et 7 blesses suite aux affrontements entre militaires maliens et combattants islamistes a Gao china radio international Archived from the original on 2018 06 12 Retrieved 2018 06 09 Nouvelle incursion djihadistes a Gao revendiquee par le MUJAO lignesdedefense blogs ouest france fr Archived from the original on 2013 03 26 16 16 00 N 0 03 00 W 16 2667 N 0 0500 W 16 2667 0 0500 nbsp This Mali related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Fifth Battle of Gao amp oldid 1213468978, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
