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@criticalthreats.bsky.socialNEW | The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) have made incremental progress against the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in several areas of Sudan since mid-May despite RSF counterattacks and the RSF’s drone campaign against Port Sudan. 1/6
Show PostSome notable takeaways from Gen. Langley's posture statement to the US Senate today that shed light on the Trump admin's priorities in Africa: - Russia is not mentioned. China got a whole section. - A paragraph is devoted to AFRICOM's efforts to support US investment in critical minerals. 🧵
Show PostThe worsening sectarian tension could very easily evolve into a large-scale conflict that would threaten to destabilize Syria and its political transition.
Show PostAlawites already feel disenfranchised and fear the future, as recent Economist polling and other reports indicate. The insurgents likely aim to take advantage of these dynamics.
Show PostThere is a concerted information operation by anti-government groups to spread sectarian narratives and some false reports of killings that support insurgent objectives. Both the insurgents and these accounts appear to be driving sectarian tension to delegitimize the interim government.
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