Tip of the Spear - طرف الرمح

Intelligence, SOF, Irregular Warfare, Proxy Warfare, Remote Warfare

[La Revue Afrique @larevueafrique]

🇲🇽 🇳🇬 🇲🇱 FLASH | Le #cartel mexicain de #Sinaloa installe désormais ses laboratoires en #Afrique de l’Ouest, comme l’ont montré les raids de l’armée menés au #Nigéria en mai et juin 2026.

- Sous la pression des #USA en Amérique latine, une partie de la production et du trafic se déplace vers l’Afrique subsaharienne. La région risque de devenir un hub de production et, dans le pire des cas, un marché de consommation.

- Les routes de la #drogue traversent des zones contrôlées par des groupes jihadistes au #Sahel, qui laissent passer les trafiquants en échange de taxes de passage finançant leurs activités.

[Critical Threats @criticalthreats]

NEW | In late June, more than 700 militants attacked positions held by the Central African Armed Forces (FACA) and Russian Wagner Group allies using advanced weaponry in Am Dafock, a town in the Central African Republic (CAR) along the Sudanese border.

CTP Africa Analyst @yale0214 explains why this is important. ⬇️

[ACLED @ACLEDINFO]

As drones become a growing feature of conflicts across Africa, raising urgent questions over who builds and controls defence technology. @AJEnglish draws on #ACLED data to examine the growing use of drones by armed groups in the #Sahel: https://t.co/jQ3s6dqQqV

[I. Cox @IanECox]

A clash of different centuries.

Mauritanian National Guard troops monitoring the border for jihadist activity.

[Pieter Van Ostaeyen @p_vanostaeyen]

Recommended long-read by @SaladinAlDronni and @LucasADWebber for @HudsonInstitute

Local Expansion, Transnational Interests? The Evolution of the Islamic State’s Sahel Province
https://t.co/re6RdJKeNZ

[ADF Magazine @ADFmagazine]

#Nigeria military kills 300 kidnappers and cattle rustlers during two-day battle in Zamfara State - https://t.co/2NXnkNxO1T

[Caleb Weiss @caleb_weiss7]

In a new post on my Substack, I explain how Saudi Arabia has now thrown its hat into the arena of Gulf military competition in #Somalia https://t.co/o49U5Mow22

[Colin P. Clarke, Ph.D. @ColinPClarke]

Wagner’s Remnants Are Running an Opioid Empire in the Center of Africa https://t.co/nYcHMJ33SB

[عمر الأنصاري | Oumar Alansari @Oumar_Alansari]

لافروف في نيامي... موسكو تبحث إنقاذ نفوذها في الساحل تحت ضغط الميدان

وصل وزير الخارجية الروسي سيرغي لافروف إلى النيجر، حيث يعقد في نيامي اجتماعًا مع وزراء خارجية دول تحالف الساحل (مالي وبوركينا فاسو والنيجر)، في زيارة تأتي بينما يواجه الحلف الموالي لموسكو أخطر اختبار أمني منذ تقاربه مع روسيا.
وتتزامن الزيارة مع تصاعد هجمات الجماعات المسلحة على المدن والقواعد العسكرية والمنشآت الحيوية، بما في ذلك المطارات ومحاور الإمداد والمخازن، ما يفاقم الضغوط الأمنية والاقتصادية على الحكومات العسكرية في دول الساحل.
وفي شمال مالي، تواصل قوات مشتركة من جبهة تحرير أزواد وتنظيم "نصرة الإسلام والمسلمين" المتحالف مع تنظيم القاعدة فرض حصار على عناصر من "فيلق أفريقيا" الروسي داخل قاعدة أنفيف، ما دفع موسكو إلى إرسال تعزيزات، في حين كثفت مالي والنيجر وبوركينا فاسو غاراتها الجوية باستخدام مقاتلات روسية خلال الأيام الماضية، في محاولة لاحتواء التدهور الميداني.

[Hammer Of War @HammerOfWar5]

Mali 🇲🇱: Video showing a fighter of the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA) with a russian made RPO-A Shmel single-use thermobaric rocket launcher.

[Paweł Wójcik 🦋 @SaladinAlDronni]

Here much better quality pics of the targets FLA aimed for in the camp.

[Critical Threats @criticalthreats]

NEW | Morocco claimed to have disrupted an IS Sahel-linked attack cell for the second time in 2026.

Dozens of IS-linked arrests in recent years indicate that IS is targeting Morocco as a foreign fighter & external ops support node, which links its African affiliates & Europe.🧵.

[Dr. Dan Lomas @Sandbagger_01]

"Prosecutors said the main suspect, whom they did not name, was a 59-year-old former officer in the Carabinieri military police who ​had worked as part of the intelligence community".
https://t.co/n1rXgs8Pmh

[Militant Wire @MilitantWire]

New Attack Plot Signals Rising Islamic State Sahel Threat to Europe Through Morocco-Spain Corridor - by @LucasADWebber
https://t.co/aeOAjv0dKo

[Brant @BrantPhilip_]

Update on the Anéfis, northern Mali, situation as of July 7.

Russian and Malian troops are still holding out for their fourth day, there has been almost incessant shelling and FPV drone attacks against specific facilities in the camp by JNIM/FLA such as the water tanks, communication antennas and armored vehicles.

According to the FLA, the Russians attempted to negotiate another peace deal for safe passage on the Kidal template, however this was allegedly rejected on the basis that the Russians didn't respect their earlier commitments of leaving the Malian north for good.

The Africa Corps and Malian Air Force have continued their targeted strikes using aircraft, FPV and Geran drones against JNIM/FLA in and around Anéfis, resulting in significant human and material losses especially of the precious captured armored vehicles.

More Malian troops attempted to surrender but were reportedly killed by the Russians in the camp before they could leave.

Reinforcements from Gao still haven't been able to break through and resupply the Anéfis base, what's coming next looks to be very bloody, and if there is no major assault in coming days, the Malian and Russian troops trapped inside are in serious danger of dying of thirst and hunger.

[الـمـلـثـم إبن الصحراء @Ag_Asahra]

إسقاط مروحية تابعة للفيلق الإفريقي جات كغطاء جوي للرتل القادم من غاوة
شاهد اللحظة بتوثيق أبطال أزواد
#ازواد
#مالي
#روسيا

[Paweł Wójcik 🦋 @SaladinAlDronni]

The Tuaregs from FLA have shot down a Russian helicopters during the battle against the Gao convoy in the past few hours. First confirmed visuals, there will likely be more if Anefis is cleared.
Looks like tonight victory shifts towards the rebel coalition. Huge. #Mali

[Wassim Nasr @SimNasr]

#Mali il semble que le convoi Africa Corps parti hier de Gao vers Anefis a été bloqué par le FLA entre Tarkint et Tabankorat

[Wassim Nasr @SimNasr]

#Maliً images source propre JNIM, Base d’Anefis il y a ~30 minutes, l’écran d’orientation des tirs contre les FAMa & Africa Corps retranchés & « le JNIM a frappé avec une voiture piégée le convoi de renfort Africa Corps qui faisait route vers Anefis »

[الـمـلـثـم إبن الصحراء @Ag_Asahra]

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