Back معركة تشيناجودرار Arabic Batalla de Chinagodrar Spanish Attaque de Chinégodar French הקרב בצ'ינגודרר HE Ataque de Chinégodar Portuguese 奇内戈德拉之战 Chinese

Battle of Chinagodrar

Battle of Chinagodrar
Part of Insurgency in the Sahel (Jihadist insurgency in Niger)

IS-GS militants in the Chinagodar camp
Date9 January 2020
Location
Chinagodrar, Filingue Department, Tillabéri Region, Niger
Result Islamic State victory
Belligerents
 Niger
 France
 United States		 Islamic State Islamic State in the Greater Sahara
Casualties and losses
Niger 89+ killed, 6 injured Islamic State 77 killed[1]

On 9 January 2020, a large group of Islamic State in the Greater Sahara militants assaulted a Nigerien military base at Chinagodrar, in Niger's Tillabéri Region.[2][3] They attacked an army post in Chinagodrar, in the west of the country, in Tillabéri Region, 13 kilometres (8 miles) from the border with Mali, 210 kilometres (130 miles) north of Niamey.[2][3] At least 89 Nigerien soldiers were confirmed to have been killed in the attack, with more casualties suspected, making it the worst attack on the army since the start of the insurgency.[4] The Nigerien government said that 77 militants were killed.[2][3]

  1. ^ AFP (13 January 2020). "Niger government revises toll of jihadist attack to 89". The Hindu. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Niger says 25 soldiers killed in latest attack blamed on jihadist militants". France 24. 9 January 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "In Niger, 25 soldiers killed in suspected militant attack". The New York Times. Associated Press. 9 January 2020. Archived from the original on 9 January 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  4. ^ Aksar, Moussa; Lewis, David; Balima, Boureima; Ross, Aaron (2020-01-11). Elgood, Giles (ed.). "Niger army base attack death toll rises to at least 89: security sources". Reuters. Retrieved 2023-07-09.

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