Intagamey attack
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| Intagamey attack | |||||||
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| Part of Jihadist insurgency in Niger | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Niger |
 Islamic State in the Greater Sahara | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Unknown | "Hamakat" | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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17 killed 13 injured 12 missing 5 vehicles destroyed | Unknown | ||||||
On February 10, 2023, militants from Islamic State in the Greater Sahara ambushed Nigerien soldiers at Intagamey, Niger, killing at least seventeen people.
French and Nigerien forces began conducting Operation Almahaou in early 2023 to counter the growing jihadist forces from Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS) and Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) that are active in the tri-border area between Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso.[1] The operation was also part of a French propaganda effort to maintain it's image of bolstering counter-terrorism efforts in the region, especially after the deployment of the Wagner Group to Mali following the 2021 Malian coup d'état and the regime of Ibrahim Traoré that took over Burkina Faso in September 2022 and was hostile to French forces.[1] At the time of the attack, Niger was the only country in the tri-border region that allowed French troops to be involved in counter-terrorism efforts.[1]