Operation Serval

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French military intervention military operation

Operation Serval was a 2013 French-led military intervention in Mali aimed at halting Islamist militant advances and stabilizing the country.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Operation Serval canonical	17
France–Mali military cooperation	1
French Operation Serval	1
French Operation Serval (as main international security presence in Mali)	1
French military intervention in Mali	1
Mali intervention (Operation Serval)	1
Operation Serval in Mali	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	French military intervention ⓘ military operation ⓘ
airComponent	French Air Force ⓘ
alliance	Operation Serval self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: France–Mali military cooperation
authorizedBy	François Hollande ⓘ surface form: President François Hollande
belligerent	France ⓘ Mali ⓘ surface form: Malian government
codenameLanguage	French ⓘ
commandedBy	Chief of the Defence Staff (France) ⓘ surface form: French Armed Forces high command General Grégoire de Saint-Quentin ⓘ
conflict	Tuareg rebellions in Mali ⓘ surface form: Northern Mali conflict
country	Mali ⓘ
endDate	2014-07-15 ⓘ
initiatedBy	France ⓘ
landComponent	French Army ⓘ
legalBasis	United Nations Security Council resolutions ⓘ surface form: United Nations Security Council resolutions on Mali request of the Malian government ⓘ
namedAfter	serval ⓘ
notableBattle	Battle of Diabaly ⓘ Battle of Konna ⓘ
objective	halt Islamist militant advance toward southern Mali ⓘ stabilize Mali ⓘ support Malian government forces ⓘ
opponent	Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb ⓘ Ansar Dine ⓘ Islamist militants in northern Mali ⓘ Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb ⓘ surface form: Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa
partOf	Tuareg rebellions in Mali ⓘ surface form: War in Mali
precededBy	initial Malian government counteroffensive in 2012 ⓘ
region	Sahel ⓘ
relatedOperation	Operation Barkhane ⓘ
relatedOrganization	African Union ⓘ ECOWAS ⓘ surface form: Economic Community of West African States
result	degradation of jihadist groups in northern Mali ⓘ retaking of major northern Malian cities from Islamist control ⓘ
specialForcesInvolved	Special Operations Command (France) ⓘ surface form: French Special Operations Command
startDate	2013-01-11 ⓘ
successor	Operation Barkhane ⓘ
supportedBy	African-led International Support Mission to Mali ⓘ Chad ⓘ Malian Armed Forces ⓘ Niger ⓘ
theaterOfOperations	Gao Region ⓘ Kidal Region ⓘ Mali ⓘ surface form: Northern Mali Timbuktu Region ⓘ
typeOfIntervention	counter-insurgency operation ⓘ counter-terrorism operation ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

French Air Force → participatedIn → Operation Serval ⓘ

French Army → engagedIn → Operation Serval ⓘ

Operation Serval → alliance → Operation Serval self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: France–Mali military cooperation

Operation Barkhane → precededBy → Operation Serval ⓘ

François Hollande → notableEventDuringTerm → Operation Serval ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mali intervention (Operation Serval)

EUTM Mali → cooperationWith → Operation Serval ⓘ

this entity surface form: French Operation Serval

FAMAS assault rifle → usedInConflict → Operation Serval ⓘ

VBCI infantry fighting vehicle → usedInConflict → Operation Serval ⓘ

subject surface form: VBCI

this entity surface form: Operation Serval in Mali

Ansar Dine → opposedBy → Operation Serval ⓘ

Gao Region → wasFocalPointOf → Operation Serval ⓘ

African-led International Support Mission to Mali → succeeded → Operation Serval ⓘ

this entity surface form: French Operation Serval (as main international security presence in Mali)

Malian Armed Forces → conflict → Operation Serval ⓘ

General Grégoire de Saint-Quentin → conflict → Operation Serval ⓘ

subject surface form: Grégoire de Saint-Quentin

Kidal Region → militaryInvolvement → Operation Serval ⓘ

Battle of Konna → partOf → Operation Serval ⓘ

Battle of Diabaly → partOf → Operation Serval ⓘ

General Pierre de Villiers → conflict → Operation Serval ⓘ

subject surface form: Pierre de Villiers

Armée de terre → engagedIn → Operation Serval ⓘ

Commandement des opérations spéciales → notableOperation → Operation Serval ⓘ

2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment → conflict → Operation Serval ⓘ

AFISMA → cooperatedWith → Operation Serval ⓘ

Mali War → hasPart → Operation Serval ⓘ

this entity surface form: French military intervention in Mali