Executive Summary: Over the past months, Russia’s “Africa Corps,” which is mostly made up of former Wagnerites, in Africa’s Sahel states have faced numerous blows from jihadist groups. These defeats have begun to raise questions about the future of Russian military forces in the region following the...
> These defeats have begun to raise questions about the future of Russian military forces in the region following the eviction of French and US forces, replaced by Russian mercenaries whose massacres fuel rebel anger and desire for revenge.
Palestinians fleeing sites of Israel’s renewed military operation in northern Gaza are being shot at as they evacuate, according to residents there and footage shared with CNN documenting their journey.
“Drones were firing at everyone passing by on the road,” Sultan told CNN. “Three people were shot right in front of me. My brother and I tried to help the injured get to the hospitals, but a little girl was shot in the neck, and her father was also injured.”
There has been a sharp rise in the number of Russians aged 45 and over voluntarily enlisting in the Russian military to fight in Ukraine, Russian independent media outlet Verstka reported on Wednesday.
One Russian Air Force officer based in southern Ukraine’s Kherson region said that 40% of those in his unit who had voluntarily enlisted to serve were “over 50 years old” and that “three quarters of the new ones are even older”.
The mayor of the capital of Mexico's violence-plagued state of Guerrero was killed on Sunday less than a week after he took office, the state's governor confirmed.
Arcos' death comes just three days after the new city government's secretary, Francisco Tapia, was shot to death.
"They were young and honest officials who sought progress for their community," Senator Alejandro Moreno wrote on social media.