France announces that the withdrawal of its troops from Niger will begin this week. With this, the Gallic country begins a process of withdrawal in the region accentuated by the increased activity of insurgent groups as well as the cancellation of bilateral defense agreements between the two countries. We will see how the withdrawal of the 1500 French soldiers will affect the security of the country now that the ISSP has increased its activity and its area of operations is getting closer and closer to Niamey, while on the other hand the Tuareg begin to sympathize more and more with the Azawad movement (latest reports speak of the arrival of Nigerin Tuareg fighters in Mali).🇳🇪🇫🇷

During the last few months a lot of data has appeared regarding the total number of casualties in the Ukrainian conflict on both sides. It is better to be cautious in believing these numbers, some of them quite overestimated and oscillating, as it will be very difficult to get a reliable number until the war is not over. It is also important to note that some data includes both fatal and non-fatal casualties making the numbers quite high. One should even be reluctant to believe the numbers provided by the Ministries of Defense as well as those alleged NATO documents that appeared several months ago.
Being conservative and cautious what can be affirmed is that the conflict has already claimed more than one hundred thousand deaths making it one of the deadliest conflicts in the world in the 21st century and the largest in Europe since the Yugoslav wars. Moreover, it is interesting to see how this conflict is looking more and more like a war of attrition similar to the great war in which a great amount of resources are consumed in an attempt to make small advances on a broad front of approximately 950 kilometers in length. But it is also interesting to note the balance of forces that is gradually being achieved between the Ukrainian forces (losing more troops in proportion to their counterpart) and the Russians (arrival of mobilized forces, mercenaries and recruits). if this trend continues, we may be approaching a turning point in the conflict that will be reflected in the events of the year 2024. 🇷🇺🇺🇦

Today at the summit in Granada a possible way out of the Armenia-Azerbaijan peace process was discussed. The Prime Minister of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan recognized Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity, which covers an area of 86,600 square kilometers international recognized. There was talk of a redefinition of borders based on maps of the Soviet Union, which seems to indicate a return to the 1990 borders (Barxudarlı, Sofulu, Verin Voskepar and Tigranashen) with the unconfirmed reports that the villages of Voskepar and Baghanis would be ceded in order to gain control over a section of H-26 highway, which connects to Georgia as an important road of communications to the north. Despite this news, a final agreement has not yet been reached but it seems that Armenia wants to wipe the slate clean and give up Karabakh and return to the status quo of 1990. The question that remains is whether Azerbaijan will accept this agreement or continue with its territorial aspirations to unite the Nakhichevan enclave.🇦🇲🇦🇿

Ukrainian-Russian war. Day 588:
Situation on northeastern front: The recent Russian Army bombardment allowed to modify the front west of Lyman Pershyi/Лиман Перший where Ukrainian Army managed to recapture the lost positions three weeks ago following positional battles in the area.
Map: [ https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1V8NzjQkzMOhpuLhkktbiKgodOQ27X6IV&ll=49.782746474079566%2C37.685800156192066&z=13 ]

Today was a sad day for Syria. The terrorist drone attack has so far left 81 dead and more than two hundred wounded among whom were not only military graduates but their families. Tolerance to these attacks is decreasing and in response the Syrian Army is bombing heavily in the south of Idlib where the danger of extremist groups remains.
Every day it is more evident that the ground offensive to liberate the rest of Idlib is more necessary than ever, the military has been preparing for it since 2020 and only the political blockade prevents its realization. However, after today's events it is possible that the response will be greater than expected. RIP to the martyrs 🙏🏻🇸🇾

Russian Army restarted offensive operations on northeastern front (another attempt to capture Syn'kivka/Синьківка concretely)

Rebels and terrorist groups in Idlib launched another drone attack towards the Military Hospital of Homs. However, Syrian aerial defenses managed to intercept the drones. It's expected a new answer of SAA against militant positions in Idlib. 🇸🇾

Russian Army launched new attack north of Soledar and it's advancing northwest of Berestove/Берест.

Ukrainian-Russian war. Day 589:
Situation north of Soledar: Russian Army restarted offensive operations in this axis and managed to advance northwest of Berestove/Берест.
Map: [ https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1V8NzjQkzMOhpuLhkktbiKgodOQ27X6IV&ll=48.74462058569967%2C38.16717747410289&z=13 ]

Ukrainian-Russian war. Day 589:
Situation on Luhansk front: Durng the last four days Russian Army made some advances northeast of Makiivka/Макіївка.
Map: [ https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1V8NzjQkzMOhpuLhkktbiKgodOQ27X6IV&ll=49.229018031343145%2C37.99012832069103&z=13 ]

Taking advantage of the Jewish holy Sabbath, HAMAS launched a large-scale military operation that surprised Israeli forces. After an intense bombardment with missiles towards multiple positions the Gaza militants have launched a ground offensive in which they have taken several positions around the border and have reached several towns where multiple battles are taking place.
In response, Israel has declared a state of war and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has reached a significant escalation that has not occurred for years.🇮🇱🇵🇸
Map: [ https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?hl=es&mid=1SrPdIEnbc9pLZIL_nD02rfOGiUuAboc&ll=31.404466457787702%2C34.40237814999999&z=10 ]

Important reminder:
Supporting Palestine Cause ≠ Supporting Hamas militants

Be careful with the map posted by petrenko_IHS which has literally copy our map of Palestine.

Situation at Gaza strip [7/10/2023] (18:00):
Palestinian Armed groups managed to control more territories following the withdrawal of IDF, which were not unable to hold these positions. Clashes are taking place now in three important cities: Sederot, Askelon & Ofakim. Meanwhile IDF began to accumulate reinforcements in the southern district.
Map: [ https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?hl=es&mid=1SrPdIEnbc9pLZIL_nD02rfOGiUuAboc&ll=31.408495508657037%2C34.51684420936859&z=10 ]

It is also important to highlight the movements that are taking place in northern Palestine, where the Israeli army is building up its forces for fear of the opening of a second front by the Lebanese militia Hezbollah. If so, this would be problematic for the IDF given the enormous experience of that group in battles against Israel previously, and even more so given that Iran, Israel's main enemy in the region, intends to increase its influence in both southern Syria and Lebanon.🇮🇱🇵🇸🇱🇧