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Am I understanding correctly that, through this new update, ACLED has completely removed any free or public access to ANY of their event data? What a tremendous shame that yet another great resource gets shafted behind an insurmountable institutional paywall.

"Belgium’s Broken Prisons" In one of Europe’s richest countries, overcrowded and neglected facilities trap inmates and staff in a cycle of violence, fear and institutional decay New reportage by Nathalie Bertrams and Ingrid Gercama for New Lines Magazine. newlinesmag.com/reportage/belg…

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Breaking. Iraqi Interior minister announces that a joint anti-narcotics operation was carried out in #Damascus. An international drug network was dismantled and 1.35 million Captagon pills were seized. alrabiaa.tv/article/126768… This is the 3rd known international collaboration

JNIM is increasingly using drones during offensive operations. The UN monitoring report released today stated that JNIM has “reached a new level of operational capability to conduct complex attacks with drones”. 🧵

🔴 Fierce Clashes Erupt Once Again in Balad Hawo Gedo Region After two continuous weeks of heavy fighting between forces of the Somali Federal Government and Jubbaland in the town of Balad Hawo Gedo region, violence has once again erupted today. In the early hours of the

After a hiatus of almost a year, Brenno Fedi Fineschi, Hasret Kargın and I wrote two new updates for CEP May 2025 has just been cleared for publication Watch this place ...

Horrible. Horrible state, horrible people, horrible politicians in Washington enabling this. In 20 years max, West Bank and Gaza will be gone, annexed for good. There are still many good Israelis, but difficult to say a good word today due to how widespread it is.

It's highly likely we will see Africa Corps in Togo and Benin quite soon. It's a bit ridiculous, but not a single state in the Sahel or bordering the Sahel, knows how to respond to the threat of Two Jihadi Towers. And over and over again make the same mistakes. Just today,

Treasury Takes Massive Action Against High-Profile Iranian Network home.treasury.gov/news/press-rel…

📢NEW on the #CounterPoint Blog | The return of Pieter Van Ostaeyen's Sahel Monitoring, joined by Brenno Fedi Fineschi & Hasret Kargın 🔍The first in a new series analyzing the threat environment in the region based on terrorist propaganda output by JNIM, ISWAP, ISSP counterextremism.com/blog/sahel-mon…

A very graphic video showed a Burkinabe soldier trying to surrender to JNIM in Foutouri but he got instantly blasted with bullets.

After 11 months of silence ... A new report for CEP on the Sahel Co-authored with Brenno Fedi Fineschi and Hasret Kargın Sahel Monitoring - May 2025 counterextremism.com/blog/sahel-mon…

Heel erg lezenswaardig én verontrustend stuk van o.a. Pieter Van Ostaeyen over de opmars van radicale islamitische bewegingen in Afrika. 1. De Russische aanwezigheid draagt (bewust of niet?) bij aan de toegenomen onveiligheid. 2. Ook deze groepen gebruiken steeds vaker drones.

A JNIM fighter attached a quite rare Chinese-made QLZ-87 Type 87 automatic grenade launcher to his motorcycle, several of them were captured a few months ago in Niger.