December 2022 Ménaka Region Clashes
Between December 3 and 10, 2022, militants from Islamic State in the Greater Sahara and al-Qaeda-linked Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin clashed in eastern Mali, at the river between the towns of Tadjalalt and Haroum. Prelude While originally allies against the Malian government throughout the Mali War, since 2020 JNIM and ISGS have clashed in Mali due to ideological differences. In March 2022, ISGS went on Ménaka offensive, an offensive against the Malian government, Tuareg rebels, and JNIM. In May 2022, the two groups agreed to a truce, although this truce expired sometime in September. Clashes between ISGS and JNIM in particular escalated in November, with fighting in Gao Region, Gao and Timbuktu Region, Timbuktu regions killing an unknown amount of fighters. A Tuareg source speaking to ''Le Monde'' stated that JNIM usually sends soldiers out one wave at a time, with each wave containing around 700 soldiers. Battle In the rural village of N'Tillit, fighting began on D ...
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N'Tillit
N'Tillit is a Communes of Mali, rural commune and village in the Gao Cercle, Cercle of Gao in the Gao Region of south-eastern Mali. In the 2009 census the commune had a population of 22,100. References External links

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