Violence is Exploding in South Sudan. And More.

Welcome back to The Briefing Room, your weekly rundown of underreported conflicts and undercover geopolitical stories from across the globe. It's going to be a rather depressing one this week, at least to start out with, when we cover a mass casualty cattle raid in South Sudan that pulls back the curtain on a country that's teetering on the cusp of open war.

Then we're traveling just a bit north to Sudan, where the paramilitary rapid support forces are secretly courting support from Israel as their primary sponsor, the United Arab Emirates, draws ever closer to Jerusalem on the world stage.

Finally, we're going to North Korea for a peek behind the curtain at a strange power shift within Pyongyang's military command at a moment when some 50,000 North Korean troops are allegedly preparing to deploy into Russia. As always, thank you for your support here on Fronts, and let's get into it.