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PROFILE: The jihadist insurgency redrawing the map of the Sahel
Since April 25, 2026, Mali has been going through one of the most intense waves of jihadist attacks since the 2012 rebellion began, according…
TESTIMONY: Seven Malian bases fall as JNIM advances, Bamako stays silent
In the hours before dawn on July 4, 2026, columns of fighters converged on five localities across Mali, from the north to the south…
TESTIMONY: Lebanon on the brink of fracture after the Hezbollah deal
On July 9, 2026, the Washington Post published a detailed report describing how the campaign to disarm Hezbollah is deepening already old divisions within…
TESTIMONY: What I Saw in the Numbers From Exercise Valiant Shield 2026
I was not in Guam. I did not see the aircraft take off, nor the missiles hit their target in the warm waters of…
PROFILE: Iran's Negotiator Locks Down Hormuz on His Own Terms
Iran's chief negotiator declared on July 9, 2026 that the Strait of Hormuz would only reopen under "Iranian arrangements," explicitly rejecting the conditions set…
PROFILE: The Gulf Under IRGC Retaliation After the American Strikes
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed, in direct response to the American bombardment of July 9, 2026, attacks on "key infrastructure" at four…
PROFILE: NIIFI, the Penza institute that builds the eyes of Russian missiles
On the night of June 30 to July 1, 2026, Ukrainian drones struck a strategic facility of the Russian military-industrial complex in Penza, roughly…
PROFILE: The Collective Face Of 1,400,000 Lost Russian Soldiers
According to the Ukrainian Armed Forces' General Staff, total estimated Russian army losses since the start of the February 2022 invasion reached, as of…
PROFILE: Maysak, the storm that redrew the face of southern China
Tropical Storm Maysak was, on the meteorological record, only a modest-strength system compared to the monsters that regularly cross the Pacific.