Operation Barkhane

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Operation Barkhane was a long-term French-led counterterrorism and counterinsurgency military campaign conducted across the Sahel region of Africa from 2014 to 2022.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf counterinsurgency operation
counterterrorism operation
military operation
airAssetsUsed attack helicopters
fighter aircraft
unmanned aerial vehicles
announcedBy French President François Hollande
commander French Chief of Defence Staff
cooperatedWith G5 Sahel Joint Force
MINUSMA
country France
endDate 2022-11-09
headquarters Chad
N'Djamena
location Burkina Faso
Chad
Mali
Mauritania
Niger
Sahel
nameOrigin named after the crescent-shaped barkhane sand dune
notableCommander General François Lecointre
General Pierre de Villiers
General Thierry Burkhard
objective combat jihadist armed groups in the Sahel
stabilize the Sahel region
support Sahelian partner forces
operator French Armed Forces
partOf Insurgency in the Maghreb
Northern Mali conflict
War on terror
precededBy Operation Serval
Operation Épervier
reasonForEnd deterioration of relations between France and Malian authorities
strategic reorientation of French military presence in the Sahel
rulesOfEngagement support to local forces and direct action against terrorist groups
startDate 2014-08-01
strength about 3000 to 5100 French troops
successor French military reconfiguration in Niger and Gulf of Guinea
supportFrom European Union
Germany
United Kingdom
United States
target Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Islamic State in the Greater Sahara
Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin
terminationAnnouncedBy French President Emmanuel Macron
terminationAnnouncementDate 2022-11-09
theaterOfOperations G5 Sahel countries
typeOfWarfare asymmetric warfare


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