Islamist-nationalist conflict in Azawad
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Was a phase of Islamist insurgency in the Azawad region during the Northern Mali Conflict.
Chronology
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June 2012: Fall of Timbuktu (2012).
November 2012: Islamist Rebels conquest after the Battle of Idelimane.
January 2013: Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) militants crossed the border from Mali into Algeria and captured an Algerian/Statoil/BP-owned natural gas field in Aménas.
January 2013: Islamists attacked the city of Diabaly.
November 2012: Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MOJWA) and Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) Islamist forces took over the eastern town of Ménaka.
June 2012: The Battle of Gao was fought between the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) and the Islamist Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MOJWA), along with its ally Ansar Dine, in Gao between 26-28 June 2012. By that date, Gao, Timbuktu and Kidal, the three biggest cities in the disputed secessionist region of Azawad within what is recognised as Malian territory, were under the control of Ansar Dine and its Islamist allies.
November 2012: By October 2012 Islamist rebels were in control of the Azawad region with the exception of Ménaka, Tinzawatene, Tessit, and Andéramboukane.
January 2013: Islamist forces captured the strategic town of Konna, located 600 km from the capital.
January 2013: Algerian special forces raided In Aménas.
