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Operation Serval, 2013-2014

LC control no.sh2015000355
Topical headingOperation Serval, 2013-2014
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Variant(s)Serval, Operation, 2013-2014
See alsoMali--History--Tuareg Rebellion, 2012---Campaigns
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Found inWork cat: Mali, une paix à gagner, 2014: title page (l'opération Serval) page 20 (aerial forces and commandos sent from France, reinforced by 4000 French soldiers; supported by forces of MISMA [Mission internationale de soutien au Mali] and Chad)
Military review, Nov.-Dec. 2014, Operation Serval, another beau geste of France in Sub-Saharan Africa?, viewed online Feb. 12, 2015: page 76 (Operation Serval, a French military operation in Mali from Jan. 2013 through July 2014, to help the govt. of Mali push back radical Islamic insurgents in the north; French Army troops paved the way for African and international troops to help stabilize Mali; target groups were al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and Movement for Oneness and Jihad in Western Africa (MOJWA)) page 82 (special operations forces and airborne units seized airfields and then were joined by French and Malian ground troops, in turn relieved by units of the United Nations Stabilization Mission for Mali (Mission des Nations Unies de Stabilisation au Mali, MINUSMA))