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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
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
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
Libya's interim leadership elects new prime minister
El-Keib, an electrical engineer by training and previously a professor at the University of Tripoli, won 26 of the 51 votes available, defeating four other candidates. As he promised, former Prime
Tensions escalate as US alleges Iranian plot
The United States government has publicly accused Iran of attempting to hire a Mexican drugs gang to assassinate the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the US. On 12 October, US Attorney-General Eric
JTIC Briefing: Implications of the death of Awlaqi
In a statement released on 30 September, the Yemeni government announced that US-born radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaqi had been killed in an operation earlier that day. The statement outlined that
Canada to reimpose controversial anti-terrorism measures
The measures allow for preventive arrests, detention without charge of up to 72 hours and forcing witnesses to testify at trial in so-called 'investigative hearings'. Harper admitted in a
Bomb blast kills at least 10 people at High Court in Indian capital
Delhi police said the bomb, which went off at around 10:15 am local time [04:45 GMT], was hidden in a suitcase and exploded as around 100 people, many of them petitioners, were queuing to receive
Newly appointed premier names first cabinet team in Somalia
Somalia's new Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohamed Ali has named his first government team, containing 18 ministers. According to local reports, Mohamed Mohamoud Hajji Ibrahim has replaced Muhammad
