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Operation Barkhane

Operation Barkhane (French: Opération Barkhane) was a counterinsurgency operation that started on 1 August 2014 and formally ended on 9 November 2022. It was led by the French military against Islamist groups in Africa's Sahel region and consisted of a roughly 3,000-strong French force, which was permanently headquartered in N'Djamena, the capital of Chad.

Operation Barkhane
Operation Barkhane · Thomas GOISQUE, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
When
1 Aug 2014 – 9 Nov 2022
Where
Sahel
Era
Contemporary

Topics

France359 BCE – todayMauritania1956 – today

Before and after

Islamic terrorism in Europe2014Operation Inherent Resolve2014 – 2026Show on timeline

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