Who supplies what?

France

•200 troops from Operation Epervier

•Some French foreign legionnaires and a company of the 2nd Marine Infantry Regiment based in Auvours, France.

•Gazelle helicopter gunships from the 4th Helicopter Regiment of the Special Forces armed with HOT anti-tank missiles and 20mm cannons. The 4th Regiment, based in Pau, France, has 12 of these helicopters.

•Four Mirage 2000D Fighter Jets, based in Chad, and supported by two C135 Refueling Tankers. In total, France has two Mirage F1 CR reconnaissance jets, six Mirage 2000D, 3 C135s, one C130, 1 Transall C160 stationed in Chad as part of its Operation Epervier.

•Four Rafale fighter jets from their base in Saint-Dizier, France

United Kingdom (UK)

•Two C-17 aircraft to carry foreign troops and military equipment to Mali.

•One C-17 is currently in France and the other is currently at RAF Brize-Norton in England.

•Britain is not offering any troops, but Mark Simmonds, the government minister for Africa, said British personnel also could be involved in training the Malian army.

•Britain’s involvement is expected to last one week, according to the country’s Armed Forces Minister Andrew Robathan.

•The only military personnel there would be a Royal Air Force ground crew intended to service C-17 transport.

United States (US)

•Drones

•Communications, intelligence and transport help.

Germany

•No combat troops but French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said Germany will offer logistical, humanitarian and medical support.

European Union (EU)

•Speeding up its preparation for a troop training mission to be launched by the second half of next month or early March

•EU not planning any direct combat role.

Algeria

•Algerian Foreign Ministry spokesman Amar Belani said on yesterday Algeria was closing the nearly 1,000-kilometer (600-mile) border with Mali.

•After months of expressing grave doubts over any intervention in Mali, Algeria has backed the French attack.

•Granted overflight rights to French jets heading to Northern Mali.

Benin

•300 troops.

Belgium

•Transport.

Burkina Faso

•500 troops to Mali

•500 others to control the Northern border.

•Mounts check points on roads to its Northern border with Mali.

Chad

•To send troops, but no specific number yet.

Denmark

•Transport.

Mauritanian

•Armed forces placed on the red alert along the border with Mali.

•Not take part in the fighting in Northern Mali.

•Mauritanian army had conducted raids in 2010 and 2011 against the bases of al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb in Northern Mali.

Niger

•500 troops to help fight the Islamic extremists. Date for their departure not yet set.

Nigeria

•600 troops, according to an announcement Monday by French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius.

•Troops head for Mali this week

Senegal

•500 troops to help with combat.

Togo

•500 troops