Militant Fatalities in Tunisia (2011-2017)

by | Jan 23, 2018 | Tunisia Coverage

Total militant fatalities

Militant fatalities per governorate

 fats  fats
Ariana10Manouba7
Béjà19Médenine58
Ben ArousMonastir
Bizerte1Nabeul
Gabès3Sfax3
Gafsa14Sidi Bouzid15
Jendouba9Siliana4
Kairouan1Sousse1
Kasserine72Tataouine2
Kébili3Tozeur
Kef2Tunis10
MahdiaZaghouan

Governorates with most militant fatalities

  • 1 – Kasserine (72 fatalities)
  • 2 – Médenine (58 fatalities)

Militants’ Heavy Losses in Kasserine

Although jihadi forces maintain a strong presence in parts of the Kasserine governorate, security forces have inflicted heavy casualties upon them. Almost one third of total militant fatalities in Tunisia have occurred in the governorate. The vast majority of these fighters died on the three mountains that are generally seen as the terrorists’ strongholds in the area.

%

  • 1 – Mt. Salloum (24)
  • 2 – Mt. Chaâmbi (23)
  • 3 – Mt. Semmama (13)

Deadliest counter-terrorism operations

  • 1 – Mar. 07, 2016: Ben Guerdane, Médenine g’te (36)
  • 2 – Apr. 21, 2015: Mt. Salloum, Kasserine g’te (14)
  • 3 – Oct. 19, 2013: Goubellat, Béjà g’te (13)
  • 4 – Aug. 04, 2013: Mt. Chaâmbi, Kasserine g’te (10)
  • 5 – Mar. 28, 2015: Sidi Aïch, Gafsa g’te (9)

Militant fatalities by year

 fats
20112
20127
201345
201436
201546
201681
201717

Incidents resulting in militant fatalities

 incids
1 militant fatality32
2 militant fatalities19
3 or 4 militant fatalities12
5 to 9 militant fatalities8
10 to 19 militant fatalities3
20 or more militant fatalities1

Incidents per governorate

  • 1 – Kasserine (25 incidents)
  • 2 – Médenine (9 incidents)
  • 3 – Sidi Bouzid (7 incidents)
  • 4 – Tunis (5 incidents)
  • 5 – Jendouba (4 incidents)

High-profile militant fatalities


Khalid Chaïeb
Gafsa – Mar. 28, ’15


Mourad Gharsalli
Gafsa – Jul. 10, ’15


Seifeddine Jammali
Kasserine – May 18, ’16


Talel Saïdi
Kasserine – Nov. 08, ’16

Overview of incidents

2011-2012
  1. May 18, 2011 – 2 – Two militants were killed in a gun battle with Tunisian security forces in the town of Rouhia, in the Siliana province. [Reut]
  2. Feb. 01, 2012 – 2 – Tunisian security forces eliminated two Islamic militants during gun battles near the city of Sfax. [Reut]
  3. Sep. 14, 2012 – 4 – Three thugs belonging to the AST were shot dead as Tunisian police forces unsuccessfully tried to stop the storming of the American embassy in the city of Tunis. Another thug was ran over by police cars. [Reut]
  4. Oct. 30, 2012 – 1 – One Islamist thug was shot to death as policemen fired at assailants who besieged their station in the town of Manouba. [AFP, TAP & TL]
2013
  1. Jun. 01, 2013 – 1 – A terrorist was killed in gun battles with Tunisian troops on Mount Chaâmbi, in the Kasserine governorate. [Mos]
  2. Aug. 04, 2013 – 1 – Tunisian policemen shot and killed a militant during a raid on a house used by terrorists in the Kabaria suburb of Tunis. [Reut & TTT]
  3. Aug. 04, 2013 – 10 – Ten Islamist terrorists were killed in clashes with Tunisian security forces in the Mount Chaâmbi area of the Kasserine governorate. [Reut]
  4. Aug. 06, 2013 – 1 – Policemen shot and killed an Islamist terrorist during an encounter in the Raoued suburb of Tunis, in the Ariana governorate. [Reut]
  5. Aug. 11, 2013 – 4 – The Tunisian army conducted operations against militants on Mount Semmama, in the Kasserine governorate, killing four terrorists. [Mos]
  6. Sep. 09, 2013 – 2 – Two militants belonging to the AST, including senior commander Mohammed Aouadi, were killed in a gun battle with security forces who raided their hideout in western Tunis. [Bab, TAP & TuT]
  7. Oct. 17, 2013 – 2 – Two cadres of the AST were killed in an operation by Tunisian security forces in Goubellat, in the Béjà governorate. [Mos & TAP]
  8. Oct. 18, 2013 – 4 – Tunisian troops eliminated four AST terrorists during operations in the Goubellat area of the Béjà governorate. [Mos & TAP]
  9. Oct. 19, 2013 – 13 – Thirteen terrorists belonging to the AST were killed during operations by Tunisian security forces near the town of Goubellat, in the Béjà governorate. [AFP, AP, Bab, Reut & TAP]
  10. Oct. 23, 2013 – 1 – An Algerian militant was killed in retaliatory gunfire by policemen during an ambush in Sidi Ali Ben Aoun, in the Sidi Bouzid governorate. [AFP, Bab, Mos & TAP]
  11. Nov. 01, 2013 – 5 – Five terrorists were killed in operations by security personnel in the Sabbela area of the Sidi Bouzid governorate. [Mos]
  12. Nov. 11, 2013 – 1 – A militant was killed in an operation by Tunisian security forces in the Nagga area of the Kébili governorate. [AFP, AP & Mos]
2014
  1. Feb. 04, 2014 – 7 – Seven AST terrorists were killed when police forces besieged the house in which they were barricaded in the Raoued suburb of Tunis, in the Ariana governorate. [AFP, AP, Mos, Reut, TAP & TL]
  2. Feb. 08, 2014 – 1 – A militant was killed when security forces raided his house in a suburb of Tunis. [AP & Reut]
  3. Mar. 17, 2014 – 3 – Tunisian police forces eliminated three suspected AST militants during a raid on a house in the town of Jendouba. [Bab, Mag, Reut, TAP, TL & TTT]
  4. May 05, 2014 – 1 – A gunman was killed in a firefight with Tunisian troops on Mount Chaâmbi, in the Kasserine governorate. [Mag]
  5. Jun. 12, 2014 – 2 – Two militants were killed in gun battles with police forces in the Jendouba governorate. [AFP]
  6. Jul. 16, 2014 – 1 – A KUIN militant was killed in retaliatory gunfire during an attack on two military checkpoints near Mount Chaâmbi, in the Kasserine governorate. [AFP & Mos]
  7. Aug. 06, 2014 – 2 – Two militants were killed in operations by the Tunisian army on Mount Chaâmbi, in the Kasserine governorate. [Mos]
  8. Aug. 09, 2014 – 2 – Security forces eliminated two terrorists during a gun battle in the Aïn Debba area of the Jendouba governorate. [Mos]
  9. Sep. 16, 2014 – 2 – Two militants, including an Algerian national, were killed in operations by the Tunisian security forces in the Mazrek Chems area of the Kasserine governorate. [Mos & TAP]
  10. Oct. 23, 2014 – 6 – Six militants were eliminated when Tunisian security forces besieged the house in which they had barricaded themselves in Oued Ellil, in the Manouba governorate. [AP & TAP]
  11. Dec. 12, 2014 – 5 – Five terrorists were killed in an operation by the Tunisian army on Mount Salloum, in the Kasserine governorate. [Mos]
  12. Dec. 20, 2014 – 1 – Tunisian soldiers killed a gunman as they repulsed an attack on a polling station in the Kairouan governorate. [Mos & Reut]
  13. Dec. 22, 2014 – 2 – Two militants were killed in a strikes by the Tunisian air forces on Mount Chaâmbi, in the Kasserine governorate. [Bab & TAP]
  14. Dec. 31, 2014 – 1 – Security forces eliminated a militant during a raid on his house on the outskirts of Sidi Bouzid. [Mos]
2015
  1. Feb. 10, 2015 – 1 – A terrorist was killed in an operation by Tunisian security forces in the town of Bargou, in the Siliana governorate. [Mos & TL]
  2. Mar. 03, 2015 – 2 – Police forces eliminated two terrorists during operations on Mount Chaâmbi, in the Kasserine governorate. [Mos, Reut & TAP]
  3. Mar. 18, 2015 – 2 – Two DaISN terrorists were killed in gun battles with Tunisian security forces following an attack on tourists visiting an antiquities museum in the Bardo suburb of Tunis. [Reut, TL & TTT]
  4. Mar. 28, 2015 – 9 – Tunisian security forces eliminated nine terrorists belonging to the KUIN during an operation in the Sidi Aïch area of the Gafsa governorate. Senior commander Khalid Chaïeb was among the dead. One of the other dead was an Algerian fighter. [AFP, AP & Mos]
  5. Apr. 21, 2015 – 14 – Fourteen terrorists were eliminated during a round of clashes with Tunisian security forces on Mount Salloum, in the Kasserine governorate. [Jaw & Mos]
  6. May 14, 2015 – 4 – The Tunisian army eliminated four terrorists during a round of clashes on Mount Semmama, in the Kasserine governorate. [AFP, Jaw & Mos]
  7. Jun. 15, 2015 – 1 – A militant of the JaKI was killed when policemen repulsed an attack on their post in Sidi Ali Ben Aoun, in the Sidi Bouzid governorate. [AFP, AP, Jaw, Mos & TAP]
  8. Jun. 26, 2015 – 1 – Policemen shot and killed a DaISN terrorist as he was attacking tourists at a beach and a nearby resort hotel in the Port el-Kantaoui suburb of Sousse. [AFP, AP, Jaw & Reut]
  9. Jul. 10, 2015 – 5 – Five members of the KUIN, including senior commander Mourad Gharsalli, were killed during an operation by security forces on Mount Bou Omrane, in the Gafsa governorate. [AFP, Jaw, Mos & Reut]
  10. Jul. 23, 2015 – 1 – A militant was killed when Tunisian police forces raided hideouts of the AST in the town of Sejnane, in the Bizerte governorate. [AP & Mos]
  11. Aug. 09, 2015 – 1 – Tunisian special forces eliminated a terrorist from Algeria during an operation on Mount Semmama, in the Kasserine governorate. [AFP & Mos]
  12. Aug. 20, 2015 – 4 – Four terrorists were eliminated in a gun battle with Tunisian troops on Mount Chaâmbi, in the Kasserine governorate. [Jaw]
  13. Nov. 15, 2015 – 1 – One militant was killed in a shootout with Tunisian troops conducting operations on Mount Mghila, in the Kasserine governorate. [Jaw & Mos]
2016
  1. Jan. 03, 2016 – 1 – Tunisian security forces conducted operations against militants on Mount Ballouta, in the Siliana governorate, killing one terrorist. [Jaw & TAP]
  2. Feb. 06, 2016 – 3 – Three terrorists were killed in an operation by Tunisian security forces in Matmata, in the Gabès governorate. One of the militants was an Algerian national. [Jaw, Mos, TAP & TL]
  3. Feb. 19, 2016 – 1 – Security forces conducted operations on Mount Salloum, in the Kasserine governorate, killing one terrorist. [Jaw & Mos]
  4. Feb. 22, 2016 – 1 – A terrorist was killed in an operation by the Tunisian army on Mount Mghila, in the Sidi Bouzid governorate. [Jaw]
  5. Feb. 29, 2016 – 4 – Special forces eliminated four terrorists during an operation in Aïn Jaffel, in the Sidi Bouzid governorate. [Jaw, Mos, Reut, TAP & TL]
  6. Mar. 02, 2016 – 5 – Five militants were killed when security forces raided a house in the village of Aouija, in the Médenine governorate. [AFP, Jaw, Reut & TAP]
  7. Mar. 07, 2016 – 36 – At least 36 terrorists were killed during a round of gun battles with security forces following a series of attacks on army and police facilities in the city of Ben Guerdane, in the Médenine governorate. [AFP, AP, Reut & TAP]
  8. Mar. 07, 2016 – 1 – Tunisian security forces eliminated a terrorist during an encounter in Ghariani, in the Tataouine governorate. [Jaw]
  9. Mar. 08, 2016 – 5 – Security forces eliminated five terrorists during an operation in the Benniri area of the Médenine governorate. [AFP, AP, Jaw, Mos, Reut & TAP]
  10. Mar. 09, 2016 – 4 – Four militants were killed in gun battles with Tunisian troops in and around the town of Ben Guerdane, in the Médenine governorate. [AFP, Jaw, Mos & TAP]
  11. Mar. 10, 2016 – 3 – Three terrorists were eliminated in two separate encounters with security forces in Ben Guerdane, in the Médenine governorate. [Jaw, Mos & TAP]
  12. Mar. 12, 2016 – 1 – A terrorist was critically hurt when security forces raided his hideout in the town of Zarzis, in the Médenine governorate. The militant died of his injuries the next day. [Jaw]
  13. Mar. 19, 2016 – 2 – Tunisian security forces eliminated two terrorists during a shootout near Ben Guerdane, in the Médenine governorate. [AFP & Jaw]
  14. Mar. 20, 2016 – 1 – Security forces raided a hideout used by militants on the outskirts of Ben Guerdane, in the Médenine governorate, and killed one terrorist. [AFP & Jaw]
  15. Apr. 06, 2016 – 1 – Paramilitary forces eliminated a militant during an operation near Sakièt Sidi Youssef, in the Kef governorate. [Mos]
  16. Apr. 27, 2016 – 1 – One terrorist was killed in an encounter with security forces in Aïn el-Karma, in the Kef governorate. [Mos]
  17. May 11, 2016 – 1 – Tunisian paramilitary forces eliminated a terrorist during operation in the village of Maouna, in the Tataouine governorate. [Mos & TL]
  18. May 11, 2016 – 2 – Two terrorists were killed when Tunisian security forces raided their hideout in the town of Mnihla, in the Ariana governorate. [Jaw, Mos & TL]
  19. May 18, 2016 – 1 – A commander of the JaKI, Seifeddine Jammali, was killed in an operation by the army on Mount Mghila, in the Kasserine governorate. [Jaw & Mos]
  20. Jul. 27, 2016 – 2 – Tunisian troops eliminated two terrorists during a firefight in Oued Mliz, in the Jendouba governorate. [Jaw & Mos]
  21. Aug. 10, 2016 – 1 – A terrorist was killed when security forces intercepted his vehicle in the city of Ben Guerdane, in the Médenine governorate. [Jaw]
  22. Aug. 31, 2016 – 2 – Two KUIN fighters were killed in a gun battle with Tunisian security forces in the village of Karma, in the Kasserine governorate. [Jaw & Mos]
  23. Nov. 08, 2016 – 1 – Ranking JaKI militant Talel Saïdi was eliminated during operations by the Tunisian army on Mount Salloum, in the Kasserine governorate. [Mos]
  24. Dec. 15, 2016 – 1 – Unidentified assailants shot and killed a Tunisian HAMAS drone specialist in his car in the town of Aïn, in the Sfax governorate. [AP, Mos & Reut]
2017
  1. Feb. 17, 2017 – 2 – Security forces eliminated two KUIN fighters during an encounter in Aïn Fara, in the Kasserine governorate. [Jaw & Mos]
  2. Feb. 28, 2017 – 4 – Four militants belonging to the KUIN killed in gun battles with Tunisian troops conducting operations on Mount Semmama, in the Kasserine governorate. [Kaw & Mos]
  3. Mar. 02, 2017 – 3 – Three Algerian militants were killed in a clash with Tunisian security forces on Mount Selloum, in the Kasserine governorate. [Mos]
  4. Mar. 12, 2017 – 2 – Two terrorists were killed in retaliatory gunfire during an attack on a police checkpoint in the Kébili governorate. [AFP, Jaw & Mos]
  5. Apr. 30, 2017 – 2 – Security forces eliminated two terrorists during an operation in Ouled Chalbi, in the Sidi Bouzid governorate. [Jaw]
  6. May 28, 2017 – 1 – A cadre of the JaKI was killed in a gun battle with Tunisian troops in Hassi Farid, in the Kasserine governorate. [Jaw & Mos]
  7. Aug. 08, 2017 – 2 – Two KUIN fighters, including an Algerian national, were eliminated in a gun battle with Tunisian troops on Mount Barniou, in the Kasserine governorate. [Jaw, Mos & Reut]
  8. Nov. 28, 2017 – 1 – One militant was killed in a gun battle with Tunisian troops in the Kasserine governorate. [Jaw & MS]