2018 Timbuktu attack

MINUSMA super camp attack
	Part of the Northern Mali conflict
Date	14 April 2018
Location	Timbuktu Airport, Timbuktu, Mali
Result	MINUSMA victory
Belligerents
MINUSMA Burkina Faso; Côte d'Ivoire; United States; El Salvador; France	JNIM
Casualties and losses
:; 1 killed; 7 wounded; :; 7 wounded	15 killed
	2 civilians killed

On 14 April 2018, militants attacked the MINUSMA base in Timbuktu Airport, known informally as the "super camp".^[1] The JNIM later claimed responsibility for the attack, in reprisal for the deaths of some of their commanders in clashes that occurred about a week earlier.^[3]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Mali: 15 militants killed in Timbuktu attack". news.com.au. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
^ Le Cam, Morgane (14 April 2018). "Attaque à Tombouctou contre les casques bleus et les soldats français". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 9 July 2018.
^ "Al-Qaida claims responsibility for deadly attack on French/UN forces in Mali". Washington Post. Archived from the original on 20 April 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.

[NewsAU174-1] "Mali: 15 militants killed in Timbuktu attack". news.com.au. Retrieved 17 April 2018.

[2] Le Cam, Morgane (14 April 2018). "Attaque à Tombouctou contre les casques bleus et les soldats français". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 9 July 2018.

[3] "Al-Qaida claims responsibility for deadly attack on French/UN forces in Mali". Washington Post. Archived from the original on 20 April 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.

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