Tuareg rebellion (2012): 2012 coup Internal conflict in Azawad: Foreign intervention: 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 The Battle of Djebok took place between an offshoot of Al-Qaeda, the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa against French and Malian armed forces in March 2013 in the area of Djebok, during the Mali war.

The next day, the French began to search In Zekouan and discovered an improvised explosive device manufactured with a bomb plane.

The French and Malian soldiers begun to retreat, but then bombarded the Jihadist's positions in the forest.

In the night the fighting stopped and the French and Malians captured the area, but they found no bodies or traces of the Islamists.

On 14 March, north of Imenas, an aircraft located a pickup truck whose passengers were placing an improvised explosive device on the road ahead of the French and Malian column.