Un soldat malien et un civil ont été tués dans une “attaque terroriste” dans l’ouest du pays, a indiqué jeudi à l’AFP un responsable administratif local.
L’attaque a eu lieu mercredi soir à Yélimané, ville proche de la frontière avec la Mauritanie, dans la région de Kayes, zone où les attaques djihadistes sont rares.
Au Burkina Faso, le président de la transition, capitaine Ibrahim Traoré, a annoncé qu’une tentative de coup d’État a visé son pouvoir la semaine dernière. Il a rencontré plusieurs organisations de la société civile, jeudi 1er décembre à Ouagadougou, pour faire le point sur les actions à venir dans le cadre de la lutte antiterroriste et solliciter leur soutien dans la veille citoyenne. Il voudrait ainsi mettre fin à toute tentative de déstabilisation de la transition.
Kataib Hezbollah are calling for more attacks on Saudi Arabia amid wrangling over who should protect the country’s borders.
As Iran warns of a possible cross-border ground operation into Iraqi Kurdistan, an armed faction operating within Iraq has called for Iran-linked armed groups across the region to take the fight to the Saudi capital.
The deal comes at a notable time in Iran-Iraq relations, as the Islamic Republic continues to threaten and attack Kurdish groups in Iraq.
Iran and Iraq signed an export agreement today.
In this weekly newsletter, Pentagon Correspondent Jared Szuba rounds up the biggest security stories from the region.
The Pentagon is taking a stand against Turkey’s plans to launch another assault against the Kurdish militias that form the bulk of the US-backed force fighting the Islamic State in Syria.
As the Turkish-backed opposition factions prepare for an imminent Turkish ground operation against Kurdish forces in northern Syria, questions arise about the potential participation of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham in the battle.
As actors involved have notably toned down their objections to Turkey’s potential ground offensive in northern Syria, the ball seems to be in Russia’s court, but how can Ankara convince Moscow to give it a green light?
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On Oct. 31, local units previously affiliated with the Free Syrian Army (FSA) launched a large-scale military operation against the al-Hafo-Harfoush group in the southern Syrian city of Daraa al-Balad. The units responsible for carrying out the operation in the Tariq al-Sad and al-Mukhayyam neighborhoods had chosen to remain in the governorate after signing reconciliation agreements with the Syrian regime under Russian auspices in July 2018.
In a move that reflects both the increasing ties between Moscow and Tehran and the difficulties both countries have in shipping via the Caucasus land bridge given instability and political changes there, the two governments have announced plans to open trade on the Caspian Sea between Astrakhan in Russia and Bender-Enzeli in Iran.