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{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict          = Battle of Ain Ben Tili
| place             = [[Ain Ben Tili]], [[Mauritania]]
| partof            = [[Western Sahara War]]
| combatant1        = {{flagicon image|Flag of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.svg}} [[Polisario Front]]
| combatant2        = {{flag|Mauritania}}<br>
{{flag|Morocco}}
| result            = [[Polisario Front]] victory
* Ain Ben Tili outpost captured.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XQE1AAAAIBAJ&dq=A%C3%AFn+Ben+Tili+1976&pg=PA86 |title=Bangor Daily News |publisher=Bangor Daily News |language=en |quote=The agency said the Algerian backed Polisario guerrillas crossed from the former Spanish Sahara into Mauritania and '''captured the frontier outpost of Ain Ben Tili'''}}</ref>
| commander1        = Unknown
| commander2        = {{flagicon|Mauritania}} Cmdr. {{ill|Soueidatt Ould Weddad|ar|اسويدات ولد وداد}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Daddah |first=Mokhtar Ould |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H4lk_ecfcMkC&dq=A%C3%AFn+Ben+Tili+1976&pg=PA639 |title=La Mauritanie contre vents et marées |date=2003-01-01 |publisher=KARTHALA Editions |isbn=978-2-84586-437-5 |language=fr |quote=Il s'agit du '''commandant Soueidatt Ould Weddad''', officier parachutiste, '''mort au combat le 20 janvier 1976'''...}}</ref> {{KIA}}
| casualties2       = {{flagicon|Mauritania}} 208 killed<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=orYcAAAAIBAJ&dq=A%C3%AFn+Ben+Tili&pg=PA4 |title=Le Devoir |publisher=Le Devoir |language=en |quote=Selon le communiqué, Ain Ben Tili [...] les Mauritaniens ont eu deux cent huit morts...}}</ref>
* 32 soldiers captured<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=orYcAAAAIBAJ&dq=A%C3%AFn+Ben+Tili&pg=PA4&article_id=3629,3092998 |title=Le Devoir |publisher=Le Devoir |language=en |quote=Les Mauritaniens [..] et trente-deux prisonniers...}}</ref>
{{flagicon|Morocco}} One F-5 shot down<ref>{{Cite news |date=1976-01-27 |title=Un F-5 de l'armée de l'air marocaine a été abattu par un missile SAM-6 au-dessus de la Mauritanie Rabat juge l'incident " d'une extrême gravité " |language=fr |work=Le Monde.fr |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1976/01/27/un-f-5-de-l-armee-de-l-air-marocaine-a-ete-abattu-par-un-missile-sam-6-au-dessus-de-la-mauritanie-rabat-juge-l-incident-d-une-extreme-gravite_3123544_1819218.html |access-date=2023-07-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Yata |first=Ali |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rEIMAQAAIAAJ&q=A%C3%AFn+Ben+Tili+1976 |title=Le Sahara occidental marocain à travers les textes: Mobilisation pour préserver l'unité recouvrée, 1976-1979 |date=1984 |publisher=Editions al-Bayane |language=fr |quote=F-5 des Forces Royales Air a été abattu le 21 janvier 1976...}}</ref>
| image             = Ain bin Tilli.jpg
| caption           = Ain Ben Tili in 2010
| date              = 19-24 January 1976
| campaignbox       = {{Campaignbox Western Sahara War}}
}}

The '''Battle of Ain Ben Tili''' was launched by the [[Polisario Front]] on January 19, 1976. Situated in the northern region of [[Mauritania]], Ain Ben Tili was located just a few kilometers away from the town of Bir Lehlou, near the border with [[Western Sahara]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CJhVAAAAIBAJ&dq=A%C3%AFn+Ben+Tili+1976&pg=PA1 |title=Reading Eagle |publisher=Reading Eagle |language=en}}</ref> Following repeated Polisario attacks, Mauritanian troops withdrew from the town five days later.

== Attack ==
The battle at Ain Ben Tili began when Polisario Front fighters launched an attack on Mauritanian troops in the town. The battle lasted for several hours, and the Mauritanian garrison faced intense and sustained assaults from the Polisario fighters.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XQE1AAAAIBAJ&dq=A%C3%AFn+Ben+Tili+1976&pg=PA86&article_id=2417,4229504 |title=Bangor Daily News |publisher=Bangor Daily News |language=en}}</ref> Commander {{ill|Soueidatt Ould Weddad|ar|اسويدات ولد وداد}}, an officer in the Mauritanian Parachute Regiment, tragically lost his life during the conflict. As the Mauritanian forces were under constant harassment, the Moroccan Air Force intervened to provide support to their Mauritanian allies.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Daddah |first=Mokhtar Ould |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H4lk_ecfcMkC&dq=A%C3%AFn+Ben+Tili+1976&pg=PA639 |title=La Mauritanie contre vents et marées |date=2003-01-01 |publisher=KARTHALA Editions |isbn=978-2-84586-437-5 |language=fr}}</ref>

On January 21, two days after the initial attack, the conflict escalated further when a Moroccan Northrop F-5A aircraft was shot down by a SAM-6 missile while operating in Mauritanian airspace. The pilot of the aircraft was killed in the incident, making it the first Moroccan plane to be downed since the beginning of the conflict in Western Sahara.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1976-01-27 |title=Un F-5 de l'armée de l'air marocaine a été abattu par un missile SAM-6 au-dessus de la Mauritanie Rabat juge l'incident " d'une extrême gravité " |language=fr |work=Le Monde.fr |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1976/01/27/un-f-5-de-l-armee-de-l-air-marocaine-a-ete-abattu-par-un-missile-sam-6-au-dessus-de-la-mauritanie-rabat-juge-l-incident-d-une-extreme-gravite_3123544_1819218.html |access-date=2023-07-17}}</ref>

Despite the support from the Moroccan Air Force, the Mauritanian military found it increasingly difficult to maintain control of Ain Ben Tili due to the relentless attacks by the Polisario forces. As a result, the Mauritanian garrison received orders to retreat from the area on January 24, 1976, effectively ceding control of Ain Ben Tili to the Polisario Front.

== References ==
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[[Category:History of Western Sahara]]
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[[Category:Battles involving Polisario Front]]
[[Category:Conflicts in 1976]]
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