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Taliban attack two northern Afghan cities as latest round of peace talks with US concludes
Two of the Mobile Strike Force Vehicles used by Afghan forces to repel a Taliban attack on Kunduz City on 31 August. Source: Bashkir Khan Safi/AFP/Getty ImagesMartial law extension, activation of 11th Infantry Division, to reduce risk of large-scale terrorist attacks in Mindanao
A villager standing with a weapon on his farm in September 2018 in Datu Piang, Maguindanao. Datu Piang town is one of the oldest towns in central Mindanao and has been under the control and protection of the MILF against IS forces and influence. Source: Jes Aznar / StringerSVBIED attack near Iran’s Chabahar port reflects militants’ targeting of strategic locations, but disruption to cargo unlikely
The scene following a suicide car bombing in front of the police headquarters in Chabahar, southeastern Iran, on 6 December. Source: STR/AFP/Getty ImagesAttempted assault on Chinese consulate in Pakistan indicates improving separatist capability to target Chinese interests
Pakistani Rangers stand in front of the Chinese consulate after an attack in Karachi on 23 November 2018. Source: Asif Hassan/AFP/Getty Images
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ADF operations continue apace despite Congolese military offensive
The Congolese military announced on 10 November that security forces had killed Hutu militia leader Juvenal Musabimana (alias Jean-Michel Africa) and four of his bodyguards during “an intense clash” in Binza in the Rutshuru district of Nord Kivu province, close to the border with Uganda,
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Mosque attack underlines potential for escalating inter-communal violence in Burkina Faso
Sixteen people were killed and two seriously wounded when unidentified gunmen opened fire on worshippers attending evening prayers at the Grand Mosque in Salmossi village in Burkina Faso’s far northern Oudalan Province, close to the border with Mali, on 11 October. Although no group has
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Co-ordinated insurgent offensive in northeastern Myanmar threatens trade with China, potentially increasing its role in peace talks
Insurgents in north-eastern Myanmar launched their broadest offensive to date against government forces on 15 August, opening a second front in a conflict that has already been underway in western Rakhine State across early-to-mid 2019. The mid-August campaign has effectively halted progress on the
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Assassination attempt against Afghan Taliban leader indicates factional conflict and greater Islamic State capability after US withdrawal
On 16 August, at least four people were killed in an improvised explosive device (IED) attack at a mosque in Kuchlak in Pakistan’s Balochistan province. Among the dead was the brother of Afghan Taliban leader Haibatullah Akhunzada, who was also scheduled to be at the mosque, according to
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Conditions and tensions at refugee camp in Syria's Hasaka will likely create an incubator for Islamic State ideology
Key Points Numerous incidents at the Al Hawl refugee camp in Syria’s Hasaka governorate have demonstrated the residual Islamic State sympathies of family members of fighters resident at the camp. Although the conditions at the camp will likely continue to incubate these sympathies, and
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Terrorists’ use of cryptocurrency remains a sideshow to other fundraising
Alarmist commentaries about the use of cryptocurrencies by terrorist groups and individuals have obscured a more nuanced reality. Benoît Gomis assesses the available evidence and analyses likely future developments -
Far-right extremism in the US meets inadequate government response
The response of US authorities to the growth in extreme-right violence and hate groups has been uneven and often inadequate. James Blake examines the nature of the threat and the gathering countermeasures -
Leaderless resistance drives Hong Kong protests
Protesters in Hong Kong SAR and the government of mainland China have fundamentally different conceptions of media and messaging. Dr Ryan Manuel examines how these differences mean that the two sides have consistently talked past each other since the Hong Kong protests began in March 2019
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SOUTHCOM’s drug interdiction operations will be boosted by LCS USS Detroit
US Southern Command’s (SOUTHCOM) counter-narcotic operations in Latin America and the Caribbean will be strengthened by the addition of USS Detroit (LCS 7), a Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) that joined the command in November. Detroit departed on 31 October from Mayport, Florida, to
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Russia’s Ka-52M combat helicopter to receive AESA radar
Russia’s new Ka-52M combat helicopter will receive new targeting sensors instead of upgraded versions of present systems. The new V006 Rezets (Cutter) active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar is being developed by the St Petersburg-based Zaslon company for the modernised helicopter.
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UK Chief of Defence Intelligence looks to OSINT
Publicly available data will be the backbone of the UK military’s situational awareness in future conflicts and crises, according to the country’s Chief of Defence Intelligence (CDI), Lieutenant-General James Hockenhull. Speaking at a briefing at the Defence & Security Equipment
