🏴❌🇳🇬🇳🇬 —Update on Operation Desert Sanity IV of the Nigerian army against ISWAP territory in the Timbuktu Triangle.

➡️ ISWAP claims that in the 10 days of the offensive (16th January to the 26th), More than 130 Nigerian soldiers were killed and injured in battles with the group in the Algarno forests, including a 'Brigade General', and 12 vehicles were destroyed.

➡️ After the withdrawal of the Nigerian army, ISWAP militants captured 2 militiamen fleeing and managed to get one of the phones of the soldiers, which captured the intense battles and the moment the SVBIED blew up on their gathering (at the very end of the video).

➡️ ISWAP also states the fighting was concentrated on 4 axes, Damboa, Benicheikh, Buni and Goniri (mapped), and that after the 10th day of the offensive all Nigerian troops retreated to Maiduguri and their 'supercamps'.

➡️ The Nigerian army on their side have been eerily quiet since their last update 4 days ago, while ISWAP hinted at Nigerian soldiers defecting and joining the group instead, and announces an open threat that they will 'snatch the cities themselves from their clutches'.

🏴❌🇸🇴🇸🇴 — 'Islamic State' Somalia Province releases an image of one of the Puntland Defense Force soldiers killed on the Bila Didhin axis, and the captured RPG shells and rifle.

The same RPG backpack can be seen in one of the PDF's propaganda videos filmed in the Bari mountains.

🇵🇸🇪🇬❌🇮🇱 — Thousands of Egyptians gather in front of the Rafah crossing on the Egyptian side protesting against displacement of Palestinians

⚡️🇮🇱🇺🇸🇦🇪❌🇵🇸 - An American Special Force Mercenaries unit of 100 soldiers were staffed to run the Rafah Checkpoint in Gaza's Interior.

These mercenaries are being paid by the low-profile company, "UG Solutions", a daily salary of at least $1,100, with a $10,000 advance to veterans.
images attached display the SOF unit in the area.

On January 7th, 2025, the Reuters News Outlet had reported that Emirati officials suggested the use of PMC's as part of a peacekeeping force in Gaza after the implementation of the ceasefire.

When asked about the rules of engagement given to these units, the "UG Solutions" spokesperson stated:

We have the right to defend ourselves.

Could Trumps envoy visit be related to this❓