French Troops Enter Timbuktu

In Timbuktu, there was a celebration as the jihadis left, but they left behind destruction, including the ruins of tombs and burned manuscripts. French Foreign Legion paratroopers arrived to patrol the town. The locals, lacking weapons, struggled to resist the jihadis. The French began an assault on jihadist bases, including a house once owned by Colonel Gaddafi, used as a jihadist headquarters.

What was the reaction of the people in Timbuktu when they realized the jihadis had finally left?

What significant cultural loss occurred in the Ahmed Baba Institute?

What was the fate of the historic documents that were housed in the Volt switch?

How did the jihadists justify their actions regarding the historic documents?

What was the French military's approach to dealing with the jihadists in Timbuktu?