Battle of In-Delimane (2012)

Battle of In-Delimane
	Part of the Malian Civil War
	Ansongo Battle of In-Delimane (2012) (Mali)
Date	16 November 2012
Location	Between Ansongo and Ménaka, Mali
Result	Islamist victory
Belligerents
Azawad MNLA;	Islamists MOJWA; AQIM;
Commanders and leaders
Machkanani Ag Balla; Moulay Ag Sidi Molla	Mokhtar Belmokhtar; Omar Ould Hamaha; Abu Walid Sahraoui; Abu Dardar †; Abdoul Hakim
Strength
500 men	500-1,000 men
Casualties and losses
1 killed; 4 wounded; (according to the MNLA); 100 killed; 20 captured; (according to MUJAO)	3 killed; 6 wounded; (according to MUJAO); 65 killed; (according to the MNLA); 17 killed; (according to the ICRC)
	At least 117 killed overall (according to ICRC)

The Battle of Idelimane took place during the Internal Conflict in Azawad.^[1]

^ "Détails de l'actualité : Mali : le MNLA se retire de Ménaka après des combats qui font des dizaines de morts". Réseau de recherche sur les opérations de paix (ROP) (in Canadian French). Archived from the original on 2018-02-19. Retrieved 2018-02-27.