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title: Briefing Room 21.02.26
description: "Defections to Islamic State are testing JNIM's grip on its ranks even as it mounts unprecedented attacks in Burkina Faso. Plus: Turkey blesses SDF integration, and Petro claims he escaped assassination."
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Defections to Islamic State are testing JNIM's grip on its ranks even as it mounts unprecedented attacks in Burkina Faso. Plus: Turkey blesses SDF integration, and Petro claims he escaped assassination.

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Full analysis is behind the paywall. Read the gated piece at https://fronts.co/videos/briefing-room-21-02-26/.
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