Operation Serval Mali resulted in the deaths of 11 Islamist fighters. On the evening of April 16, 2014, the French army destroyed two pickup trucks containing jihadists north of Timbuktu. They then used air and ground forces to intercept other vehicles. During the night of April 16 to the 17th, the French special forces, backed by troops from Operation Serval and helicopters come in contact with the Islamist fighters. The French began by firing warning shots, but the jihadists refused to surrender and opened fire. Faced with the advance of the French military, they abandoned their vehicles and ran, suffering more losses.
American-led intervention in the Syrian Civil War American-led intervention in the Syrian Civil War The American-led intervention in the Syrian Civil War refers to the US invasion and partial military occupation of Syria, support of Syrian opposition and the Federation of Northern Syria during the course of the Syrian Civil War, and active involvement of the US military against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and against the al-Nusra Front from 2014. Since 2017, the US and some other coalition nations have also targeted military positions of the Syrian government. The United States first supplied the rebels of the Free Syrian Army with non-lethal aid