The security officers were ambushed in the department of Tin-Akof, the Agence-France Presse news agency reported.
“As a result of the ambush against the unit, 13 soldiers and one gendarme have been killed,” a source told the news agency.
The response security operation has left nine terrorists killed.
The northern part of Burkina Faso has been suffering from activities of Islamist groups linked to al-Qaeda* and Daesh* terrorist organisations since 2016.
In August, 20 people were killed and many more were injured at a cattle market in Burkina Faso near the village of Namoungou, in the province of Gnagna.
Last month, unknown assailants attacked a village in northern Burkina Faso, killing at least 24 people. Another 18 people were injured in the attack and some were kidnapped.
*Al-Qaeda and Daesh are terrorist groups banned in Russia and many other countries.