Second Battle of Gao

Second Battle of Gao
	Part of Northern Mali conflict
Date	25–27 January 2013; (2 days)
Location	Gao, Mali
Result	French Victory
Belligerents
France; Mali	MOJWA
Commanders and leaders
Paul Geze	Abdel Hakim; Aliou Muhammar Touré
Strength
88 men; 1 attack helicopter	60 terrorists
Casualties and losses
2 wounded	25 killed

The Second Battle of Gao was the recapture of the city of Gao from Islamist MOJWA fighters by Malian/French forces.^[2] It took place in January 2013 within the Northern Mali Conflict.

^ ^a ^b Hilsum, Lindsey (2 February 2013). "Inside Gao where Arab jihadis took bloody sharia retribution on Mali's black Africans". the Guardian.
^ "French forces in Mali capture Gao". Al Jazeera English. 27 January 2013.

[auto-1] Hilsum, Lindsey (2 February 2013). "Inside Gao where Arab jihadis took bloody sharia retribution on Mali's black Africans". the Guardian.

[2] "French forces in Mali capture Gao". Al Jazeera English. 27 January 2013.

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