The Tongo Tongo ambush or the Niger ambush occurred on 4 October 2017, when armed militants from the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS) attacked...

the 2017 Tongo Tongo ambush by Islamic State in the Greater Sahara militants left four American and four Nigerien soldiers dead. The ambush created controversy...

Tongo Tongo (French pronunciation: [tɔ̃ɡo tɔ̃ɡo]) is a village in the rural commune (municipality) of Tondikiwindi (also Tondi Kiwindi), Ouallam Department...

The Second Battle of Tongo-Tongo took place on December 27 and 28, 2018 during the Sahel War. On December 27 and 28, 2018, the Nigerien army and French...

October 2017, he led the Tongo Tongo ambush against Nigerien and United States soldiers outside the village of Tongo Tongo, Niger. On 4 October 2019...

Niger's defense minister labeled him a "terrorist" and a "bandit". Tongo Tongo ambush Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present) Islam in Niger Fulani herdsmen...

October 2017, Nigerien and American forces were killed by an ISGS ambush in Tongo Tongo, also in Tillabéri Region. At dawn on October 21, militants in four...

units), one composed mainly of Daoussahak and the other of Peuls. Tongo Tongo ambush "S/2024/556". United Nations. Retrieved 1 August 2024. "IS Reveals...

les balles du jihad". Libération (in French). Retrieved 2024-08-12. "Tongo Tongo : le ministre de la Défense Kalla Moutari dévoile les circonstances de...

collaborating with jihadists. Equipment taken by jihadists from the Tongo Tongo ambush was transferred to Ag Bohada following the attack. The CMA denied...

out in Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, and Yemen. In 2017, the team ambushed in the Tongo Tongo ambush in Niger had been pulled off its original mission to assist...

capability to counter the terrorists. CNN reported that following the Tongo Tongo ambush in October 2017, which left 4 US soldiers killed, the government of...

Black — US Army Special Forces soldier killed in action during the Tongo Tongo ambush in Niger on October 4, 2017. Brigadier General John R. Croft — Chief...

Venezuelan presidential crisis. In October 2017, in the wake of the Tongo Tongo ambush, which killed four U.S. soldiers, Graham said, "I didn't know there...

Hezeifa had been linked to several attacks in the Sahel, including the Tongo Tongo ambush in 2017 that killed four American soldiers. 1 May – ISIS claimed responsibility...

The attack came a little over two months after the deadly ambush in the village of Tongo Tongo that left at least 30 dead including four American Special...

senior Islamic State commander Abu Huzeifa, who was linked to the Tongo Tongo ambush. June 11 – JNIM claimed responsibility for an attack on a military...

Nigeriens in MINUSMA. A JNIM commander then participated in the 2019 Tongo Tongo ambush which killed 30 Nigerien soldiers, and the Koutougou attack in August...

belonged to Jeremiah W. Johnson, an American soldier killed in the Tongo Tongo ambush a year prior. The MSA stated in a press release that three fighters...

had a population of 111,490. The village of Tongo Tongo is located in this commune. The Tongo Tongo ambush of US soldiers by ISIS affiliated group occurred...

Barkhane 2015 – present Jihadist insurgency in Niger 4 October 2017 Tongo Tongo ambush 2009 – present Boko Haram insurgency 23 January – 24 December 2015...

involved in Tongo Tongo ambush which killed four U.S. soldiers and four Nigerien soldiers in neighbouring Niger. On 30 April 2024, in an ambush planned by...

 Russia Defeat 2017 Mayadin offensive  Islamic State  Syria Defeat Tongo Tongo ambush  Islamic State  Niger  United States  France Pyrrhic victory Northeastern...

on motorcycles attacked a group of 12 American soldiers on patrol in Tongo Tongo. The United States described the attack as the consequence of an "intelligence...

Retrieved 16 March 2024. Bridger, Bianca (25 July 2024). "Tuareg Rebels Ambush Malian, Russian Forces Near Algerian Border". Atlas News. Retrieved 28 July...

killed. October 4 The Tongo Tongo ambush took place: ISGS terrorists attacked US and Nigerien soldiers near the village of Tongo Tongo in Tillabéri, Niger...

November 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2017. "UPDF confirms 12 dead in Somalia ambush". The Independent. 31 July 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017. Harun Maruf (4...

Operation Tongo-Tongo, a reprisal operation for an ambush that left several American and Nigerian soldiers dead, a group of jihadists ambushed and overpowered...

region. Four American soldiers were killed in the October 4, 2017 Tongo Tongo ambush in Niger. The 2011 Armenian protests were a series of civil demonstrations...

soldiers from the 3rd SFG and 30 Nigerien soldiers were ambushed in the Nigerien village of Tongo Tongo by forces of the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara...