Editing History of Chad (section)

===Regional interventionism===
{{further|Insurgency in Chad (2016–present)}}

During the Déby era Chad intervened in conflicts in [[Mali War|Mali]], [[Central African Republic Civil War|Central African Republic]], [[Boko Haram insurgency|Niger and Nigeria]].<ref>{{cite book| last1 = Brachet| first1 = Julien| last2 = Scheele| first2 = Judith| title = The Value of Disorder : Autonomy, Prosperity, and Plunder in the Chadian Sahara| publisher = Cambridge University Press| date = 2019| location = Cambridge| pages = 293–308| doi = 10.1017/9781108566315| isbn=9781108566315| s2cid = 181557618}}</ref>

In 2013, Chad sent 2000 men from [[Military of Chad|its military]] to help France in [[Operation Serval]] during the [[Mali War]]. Later in the same year Chad sent 850 troops to Central African Republic to help peacekeeping operation MISCA, those troops withdrew in April 2014 after allegations of human rights violations.<ref name=":1" />

During the [[Boko Haram insurgency]], Chad multiple times sent troops to assist the fight against [[Boko Haram]] in Niger and [[Nigeria]].

In August 2018,  rebel fighters of the Military Command Council for the Salvation of the Republic (CCMSR) attacked government forces in northern Chad. Chad experienced threats from jihadists fleeing the Libyan conflict. Chad had been an ally of the West in the fight against Islamist militants in West Africa.<ref>{{Cite news|date=August 24, 2018|title=Fighters from new rebel group attack Chad soldiers at Libya border|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-chad-security-idUSKCN1L91UC|access-date=2021-05-13}}</ref>

In January 2019, after 47 years, Chad restored diplomatic relations with Israel. It was announced during a visit to N’Djamena by Israeli Prime Minister [[Benjamin Netanyahu]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=September 10, 2020|title=Chad denies talk of 'possible opening' of embassy in Jerusalem|url=https://www.theafricareport.com/41205/chad-denies-talk-of-possible-opening-of-embassy-in-jerusalem/|access-date=2021-05-13|website=The Africa Report.com|language=en-US}}</ref>