Search results
Leadership: Plan B From Hell
Strategy Page· 9 hours agoJuly 4, 2019: One thing the leadership of ISIL (Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant) and its predecessor, the Iraq branch of al Qaeda, had in common was ...
Mali: Blood And Money
Strategy Page· 7 days agoAugust 9, 2017: The 13,000 peacekeepers in Mali are mainly African and mainly stationed in the north and, increasingly central Mali where there is more Islamic terror group activity, not all ...
Mali: Surprising Saudi Support Surfaces
Strategy Page· 6 days agoDecember 14, 2017: Officials from the G5 Sahel (the semi-desert area between the Sahara and the jungle) Joint Force countries (Mali, Mauritania, Burkina Faso, Niger and Chad) met in France with ...
Why Is the Head of the Terrorist Haqqani Network Traveling with Impunity?
The Bulwark· 6 days agoIn 2008, I sparred with his fighters in Kapisa in northeastern Afghanistan. In 2014, the Afghan general I advised lost hundreds of sources who had tried to infiltrate the Haqqani network. “What ...
Armed conflicts in 2023 highest since end of WWII: Study
Courthouse News Service· 6 days agoMore armed conflicts took place worldwide in 2023 than any other year since the end of World War II,...
Mali: From Russia With Complications
Strategy Page· 15 hours agoMay 26, 2023: The Mali military government hoped that hiring Russian Wagner Group mercenaries would enable Mali to maintain control of northern and central Mali. The Mali military government ...
Mali: Unfair Comparisons
Strategy Page· 23 hours agoDecember 17, 2018: The UN and France do not agree on how the local G5 counterterrorism Force should be paid for and used. While the 15,300 UN peacekeepers (mainly from Senegal, Burkina Faso, ...
Israel: Palestinians Seeking A Final Solution
Strategy Page· 1 day agoNovember 19, 2020: Egypt is hosting another round of Palestinian reconciliation talks. The last round, in late September, was hosted by Turkey and ended with an agreement to meet next in Egypt ...
Algeria: Bouteflika Brothers Death Watch
Strategy Page· 4 days agoFebruary 18, 2019: The war against Islamic terrorists continues to wear down the few remaining Islamic terrorist cells and keep them from doing much damage because all their time is consumed ...
Afghanistan: Vulnerable To The Point Of Extinction
Strategy Page· 2 days agoJune 6, 2019: While American negotiators continue talking to their Taliban counterparts, the Afghan government and the commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan have made it clear that they will ...