Battle of Menaka
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The <entity_0> was the last <entity_3> fought by the state of Azawad, as they were defeated by an Islamist coalition. On 16 <entity_1>, during the MNLA (Movement for the National Liberation of Azawad) failed offensive to reclaim its former city-base of Gao recently taken by Islamists groups, Islamists launch a counter-attack of their own targeted at the MNLA stronghold of <entity_2>, north of Gao, the last bastion under MNLA control. The same day another <entity_3> between the MNLA and Islamists elements occurs in the village of Idelimane 80 kilometers from <entity_2>.
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