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After three decades monitoring a frozen conflict, UN peacekeepers are withdrawing from a territory Morocco annexed in 1975, leaving the Sahrawi people without international protection.
Simon Whistler · November 4, 2026
After half a century of non-intervention, Algeria is sending troops abroad to fight jihadists. France learned how that can end. Algiers may be about to.
Paweł Wójcik · November 3, 2026 · 9 min read
Neither bloc can reach 61 seats, Netanyahu keeps his war powers as caretaker, and the Haredi parties may pick the next government — all while Washington and Jerusalem plan the next Iran strikes.
Fronts Staff · November 2, 2026 · 57m
Ethiopia’s rebel alliance promised to unite old enemies against Abiy Ahmed. We spoke to a Fano official about how that was supposed to work, and why it hasn’t.
Wilfred Waimiri · October 20, 2026 · 88 min read
A surge of attacks in Kirkuk suggests the jihadists never died — and Baghdad's security vacuum is widening just as it did after the 2011 withdrawal.
Paweł Wójcik · October 19, 2026 · 12 min read
Washington has opened direct talks with Myanmar's junta after five years of isolation, while Houthi forces tighten a siege on Taiz and an ambush in Congo exposes Erik Prince's expanding mercenary footprint.
Simon Whistler · October 18, 2026
Fronts Staff · October 17, 2026 · 1h 16m
After months of gaining ground around the country, Myanmar’s junta suffered its first major defeat in Rakhine state, after what was initially an offensive with high expectations ended in chaos. Overconfident from recent victories the junta sent wave after wave of forcibly conscripted soldiers into enemy fire, hoping to overwhelm the Arakan Army’s defenses. But to no avail.
Thomas van Linge · October 15, 2026 · 12 min read
Simon Whistler · October 15, 2026
Kyle Moran · October 13, 2026 · 11 min read
Yale Ford · October 13, 2026 · 14 min read
Beijing's second overseas base is taking shape in Laos, ISWAP's purges have cost it a thousand fighters, and Islamic State is testing Iraq's defences days after the US withdrawal.
Simon Whistler · October 9, 2026
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