Situation Report and Tactical Annexes – The Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) have issued an updated battle war suggesting a finalized phase for the months-long battle. The last western neighborhoods controlled by ISIS are equated by Bagdad’s estimates at 10% of the city. Operation “We Are Coming, Nineveh” (قادمون يا نينوى; Qadimun Ya Naynawais) is a joint ISF […]
(1) The security landscape in South Asia and the Far East is continuously degrading under transnational militant activity and competing geopolitical Chinese and Russian ambitions. (2) The fugitive US pull-out has accelerated the Taliban’s resurgence and has fertilized the ground for other third parties to enter the stage. Some of these parties is the local franchise […]
9 May 2017
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