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FARC's strategic evolution
06 Feb 2012
The ongoing threat posed in Colombia by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia: FARC) was demonstrated on 20 January, when approximately 100 FARC More
FARC's strategic evolution
The ongoing threat posed in Colombia by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia: FARC) was demonstrated on 20 January, when approximately 100 FARC
JTIC Brief: MNLA re-awakens Tuareg separatism in Mali
On 17 January, the Mouvement National pour la Liberation de l’Azawad (MNLA) launched an assault on the town of Menaka in Mali’s north eastern Gao region. The following day, MNLA militants
Tsar wars - Protests mar Putin's presidential bid
In September 2011, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev announced he was throwing his support behind his predecessor, patron and prime minister, Vladimir Putin, to succeed him. Although there was
Uprising tide - Arab Spring Islamists concern the US
The Middle East in 2012 looks very different from a year ago. With new regimes in place in Tunisia, Libya and Egypt, and ongoing conflict in Syria and Yemen, the so-called Arab Spring has changed the
A thorn in Myanmar's side
The Kachin Independence Army (KIA), the armed wing of the Kachin Independence Organisation (KIO), has been the focus of a sustained counter-insurgency offensive by the Tatmadaw (Myanmar Armed Forces)
Shabab's spying game
Over the past year, Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) has announced a series of defections of fighters from Islamist militant group the Shabab. Such defections are trumpeted as
JTIC Brief: AQAP’s occupation of Rada in Yemen
Arabic language news reported on 17 January that jihadists under the leadership of Sheikh Tariq al-Dhahab had gained control over parts of the town of Rada in the Yemeni governorate of Al-Bayda.
Malian army clashes with new hardline Tuareg group
Fighting between the Malian army and suspected members of the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (Mouvement National pour la Libération de l'Azawad: MNLA) erupted on 17 January
Ethnic violence engulfs South Sudan
Up to 6,000 ethnic Lou Nuer fighters, calling themselves the Nuer Youth White Army, continued attacking members of the Murle ethnic group in the state of Jonglei on 2 January. On 25 December 2011,
OSINT Summary: Baghdad bombings highlight Iraq’s precarious sectarian balance
On 22 December, a co-ordinated series of approximately 12 explosive device attacks killed at least 63 people and wounded more than 170 others in the Iraqi capital Baghdad. In the most notable of the
Death of North Korea's 'Dear Leader' thrusts son into global spotlight
The official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on 19 December announced that North Korea's 'Dear Leader' Kim Jong-il has died at the age of 69. KCNA went on to describe Kim Jong-il's
Hamas 'to renounce' armed resistance to Israel
The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas celebrated its 24th anniversary on 14 December, amid signs of significant shifts in its strategic policies towards Israel, Syria, Iran and the Palestinian
