The group was responsible for the death of Déby in April 2021, when he was killed while commanding troops on the frontline fighting the militants.

[3] FACT was organized as a union of different rebel factions in March 2016, but it quickly suffered from internal disputes.

[9] A few months later in June 2017, a militia group allied with FACT, Third Force, handed over the Jufra District to the LNA.

The Chadian army claimed they destroyed one FACT convoy in the province of Kanem while another was seen approaching the town of Mao.

A rebel spokesperson claimed that Déby was wounded in the village of Mele, near the town of Nokou, before being transported back to the capital, N'Djamena, where he succumbed to his injuries.

Crowds in N'Djamena reportedly cheered on as soldiers returned from the front line in a column of tanks and armored vehicles.