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[@brantphilip1978](/creator/twitter/brantphilip1978)
"Some of these Somalis from Puntland have already been killed in Sudan fighting alongside the UAE-backed RSF and the various hired mercenaries"  
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"@Maqitzara Because that's what this part of Nigeria and Benin looks like"  
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"There are no US bases in the Central African Republic but there are Russian ones in it same for Mali Sudan and Libya conveniently the Russian military presence in Africa was omitted by 'African Stream'"  
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"Chadian and Cameroonian army conducted joint operations against JAS positions along the border between the two countries several JAS terrorists were killed near Koutoula Cameroon and X rifles recovered alongside other misc equipment"  
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"@Drk_rooom JNIM and IS in Mali and Burkina Faso fight each other periodically but they're more peaceful with each other in Niger Benin and Nigeria"  
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"An unverified statement by "representatives of the Imghad community" in Kidal says the Imghad community now supports the FLA following massacres by Africa Corps and the Malian army in the north of the country"  
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"@Drk_rooom Azawad separatist rebels they want a separate state in northern Mali"  
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"The Malian army claims conducting a drone/airstrike on a 'terrorist' (likely JNIM) vehicle 40km north east of Dioura yesterday evening destroying the vehicle and the X militants on board"  
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"JNIM has never attacked Nigerian security forces before this defying video indicates Nigeria won't be just a 'backbase' like Mauritania and Ghana the start of attacks against the Nigerian army is only a matter of time now"  
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"@black_salamanda @Boswall_Jacob Earlier this year there were discussions between FLA and JNIM mostly on the subject of cooperating to make the Bamako government fall and what to do next to not destroy each other FLA would administer the northern Malian cities and JNIM will be the military spearhead"  
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"The convoy has been stuck in Anefis for nearly a week now unwilling to cross the very dangerous stretch between Anefis and Kidal there are reports of new reinforcements being prepared in Gao to be sent to Anefis to support the crossing between Anefis and Kidal"  
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"@Drk_rooom It depends on their needs in a certain area for example in Niger and Nigeria both JNIM and IS are relatively new therefore both have no interest in damaging each other and would rather destroy their common enemy its a localized military strategy"  
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"Unverified reports talk of a Su24 crashing near Gao this would be the second crash of such jet in Mali in a few months other reports state that a helicopter conducted a forced landing in Sgou region today as well I won't be sharing images until the reports are clarified"  
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"A Senegalese foreign fighter Wolof-speaking Abu Shuaib al Sinigali for the Islamic State in Libya 2016 dozens of Senegalese terrorists joined the terror group in Libya during its' peak the ones that survived the US-led intervention fled to the Sahel and ISWAP"  
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"Africa Corps-affiliated channel shared droen footage of some of their vehicles being blown up by IEDs in northern Mali it appears there were secondary explosions"  
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"@Alex03918416 @SaladinAlDronni I was told a second one was shipped but double-checking I realize that it's most likely not reliable you're right there was only one verified Su24 arriving in Mali"  
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"Following multiple attacks by ISWAP on the military bases of Soueram and Sagme throughout the year both towns and their respective bases were completed vacated by the army and every governmental service leaving ISWAP to take over the towns and administer them"  
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"Malian forces intercepted a massive shipment of uniforms military boots patches and other equipment destined to the FLA rebels the spokeswoman states that the equipment was sent from an 'Asian country' to another unnamed country in the sub-region"  
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"JNIM fighters published a video reportedly from Nigeria the greenery checks out with the claim likely in southern Niger state on the border with Benin the terrorists threaten expansion to Benin Togo and surprisingly Ghana if anyone can translate more accurately DMs are open"  
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"Alleged video of some of the vehicles seized by Puntland forces"  
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"The landmine attack was claimed by JNIM again displaying how in certain situations both JNIM and FLA will attack the same target at the same time without necessarily coordinating the convoy is still a few kms away from Aguelhok not fully arrived"  
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"New JNIM GoPro footage this time from the attack on Nioro du Sahel on the same day the editing has gotten very standardized in the latest series of releases"  
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"The Niger-Benin pipeline was sabotaged by suspected IS-Sahel/Lakurawa between Yaya and Dankassari at around midnight last night"  
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"JNIM released an 8-minute video from the attack on Gogui the quality of the production is noticeable it seems the group is using more professional cameras over phones a cement factory and military base were destroyed the terrorists then retreated south towards Mali"  
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"@AbraxasSpa Doesn't COTS mean Commercial-Off-The-Shelf I am no expert but a DJI drone equipped with a dropping mechanism can be referred to as a weaponized COTS and the FLA has dedicated kamikaze FPVs"  
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"France left today its' last military base in Senegal finally concluding its' military presence in the Sahel as a whole after they left Mali Niger Chad and Burkina Faso France retains presence in Ivory Coast and Benin"  
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"JNIM claimed an ambush targeting Nigerien soldiers between Kodo and Dodo in Dosso region on July 14th killing X soldiers and capturing weapons and ammunition the next day in the same area X Indian workers and X other Nigerien soldiers were killed as well"  
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"@black_salamanda @Boswall_Jacob Bamako won't fall anytime soon"  
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"Additional context on yesterday's battle between FLA and FAMa near Kidal the ambush was conducted by the newly formed Lions of Azawad battalion it was established following the large material reinforcements from Libya which can be seen in the new vehicles and weapons used. 1/3"  
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"@SaladinAlDronni A big chunk of the aerial assets yes but not the majority many TB2s are still active in the center and south the more heavy aerial assets like the only Akinci left Su24 (operated by Africa Corps) and some of the FAMa older helicopters are the ones deployed in the north"  
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"The Federal Goverment of Somalia released a statement condemning the seizure of the Sea World ship arguing that the transport complied with intl. law and Puntland's actions amount to piracy the FGS demands unconditional release of the vessel"  
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"@Boswall_Jacob Definitely and it loops back to your point as well JNIM is shifting towards nationalizing the movement in Mali and preparing the foundations for a government likely joint with the FLA and centralized in the north-center"  
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"Wagner/Africa Corps Russian mercenaries on a ride 'along the Sudanese-Chadian border' it is an open secrer that the Wagner PMC is a main middle man in supporting the LNA in Libya and the RSF in Sudan mainly in securing convoys and strategic locations"  
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"JNIM displays the vehicles weapons and ammunition captured from the attack against Malian armed forces in Gogui on the border with Mauritania while JNIM suffered very large casualties in Kayes and Nioro it seems the attacks against other positions were relatively successful"  
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"Drone strikes are reported on FLA rebels in the area these moments although the fighting on the ground has died off for a while now"  
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"ISWAP claimed this attack states that they burned some of the barracks of the camp and killed a soldier additionally destroying X vehicles and an artillery piece and capturing another vehicle and X motorbikes along with weapons and ammo"  
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