Battle of Tinzaouaten

Battle of Tinzaouaten
	Part of the 2012 Tuareg rebellion
	Tinzaouaten Battle of Tinzaouaten (Mali)
Date	February 7–8, 2012; (1 day)
Location	Tinzaouaten, Mali
Result	MNLA Victory Tinzaouaten captured from the Malian Army.;
Belligerents
Mali Malian Army;	Azawad MNLA; Ansar Dine
Strength
50	unknown
Casualties and losses
1 killed; 10 captured; 37 defected	1 killed

On February 8, 2012,^[1] rebels from the separatist Movement for the National Liberation of Azawad^[2] attacked a military outpost in Tinzaouaten located on the Algerian borderline. The battle led to the capture of the city by rebel forces of the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad. A Malian government statement was released the following day declaring a "strategic withdrawal" from its base in Tinzaouaten.^[3] A Malian soldier was killed.^[4] Ten were captured and 37 defected and were retrieved by Algerian authorities.

^ name="Border"
^ "Home". BBC News. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
^ "Malian rebels seize key border town, more displaced". Reuters. 8 February 2012. Archived from the original on 23 November 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
^ name="Tinzawatene"

[1] ="Border"

[2] "Home". BBC News. Retrieved 23 November 2015.

[3] "Malian rebels seize key border town, more displaced". Reuters. 8 February 2012. Archived from the original on 23 November 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2017.

[4] ="Tinzawatene"

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