SOHR sources have reported violent clashes with heavy machineguns between factions of “al-Fath al-Mubin” operations room and regime forces on the frontlines of Deir Sonbol village in the western countryside of Maarrat al-Nu’man. The clashes erupted following an infiltration attempt by regime forces into posts of the factions. However, no …

Nearly three weeks after a coup that dissolved a tenuous transitional government, protesters in Sudan remain defiant. On Saturday, five protestors were killed and dozens were injured in pro-democracy demonstrations, as security forces deployed tear gas and gunfire to disperse the crowds. When protestors began to form in all of …

The trial of former Ansar al-Din member, Ahmed al-Faqi, was the most prominent case of a militant tried for war crimes stemming from the 2012-2013 conflict in Mali, but such trials have not continued since 2017. Ansar al-Din’s successor coalition group, Group for Supporters of Islam and Muslims (JNIM), and …