--- title: "The Congo's OTHER Hidden War" description: "Go to http://sheath.com/WARFRONTS and use the code “WARFRONTS” to get 20% off your order. Stay ahead of global conflicts with WarFronts Weekly! Get sharp, no-nonsense military analysis straight to your inbox. 📩 Subscribe now: https://subscribepage.io/WarFrontsWeekly This video is #sponsored by Sheath. Love content? Check out Simon's other YouTube Channels: Megaprojects:https://www.youtube.com/@megaprojects9649 SideProjects: https://www.youtube.com/@Sideprojects Into The Shadows: https://www.youtube.com/@IntotheShadows Today I Found Out: https://www.youtube.com/@TodayIFoundOut Brain Blaze: https://www.youtube.com/@brainblaze6526 Casual Criminalist: https://www.youtube.com/@TheCasualCriminalist Decoding the Unknown: https://www.youtube.com/@decodingtheunknown2373 Places: https://www.youtube.com/@Places302 Celestium: https://www.youtube.com/@ManyColouredShapes PoliticalFronts: http://www.youtube.com/@homefronts Simon's Social Media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/SimonWhistler Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simonwhistler/ 00:00 Introduction 02:31 The Insurgency in Ituri 09:04 Terror, Metastasized 14:09 Attrition, Chaos, Caliphate References https://www.csis.org/blogs/examining-extremism/examining-extremism-allied-democratic-forces#::text=The%20Allied%20Democratic%20Forces%20(ADF,ongoing%20conflict%20in%20eastern%20DRC. https://acleddata.com/report/m23-rebels-take-hold-eastern-congo-islamic-state-capitalizing-chaos https://thesoufancenter.org/intelbrief-2025-january-28/ https://thesoufancenter.org/intelbrief-2023-june-23/ https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/08/1165586 https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/08/1165586 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/30/is-isil-a-growing-threat-in-the-dr-congo-and-east-africa https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/18/isil-backed-rebels-killed-at-least-52-people-in-eastern-dr-congo-un-says#::text=The%20ADF%2C%20an%20armed%20group,take%20refuge%20in%20its%20base. https://reliefweb.int/report/democratic-republic-congo/m23-rebels-take-hold-eastern-congo-islamic-state-capitalizing-chaos https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/rebels-armed-with-machetes-kill-least-52-eastern-congo-2025-08-18/ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3ezjg34lw4o https://www.crisisgroup.org/africa/central-africa/democratic-republic-congo/eastern-congo-adf-nalu-s-lost-rebellion https://www.iiss.org/online-analysis/online-analysis/2019/01/adf-jihadist-group-drc/ https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-68603701 https://apnews.com/article/congo-islamic-rebel-attack-adf-kivu-makoko-faae44fe327d54ca619acd7c3fb30104 https://reliefweb.int/report/democratic-republic-congo/drc-monitoring-brief-allied-democratic-forces-adf-data-april-2025 https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/08/06/dr-congo-armed-group-massacres-dozens-in-church https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/08/1165586 https://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/africa-file-special-edition-uganda-drc%E2%80%99s-m23-conflict%E2%80%94friend-all-enemy-none https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/islamic-state-backed-rebels-killed-52-people-eastern-124756546" url: https://fronts.co/videos/warfronts-3ayddwoxmys.md canonical: https://fronts.co/videos/warfronts-3ayddwoxmys/ datePublished: 2025-09-28T17:00:06.000Z dateModified: 2025-09-28T17:00:06.000Z author: - name: Fronts Staff url: https://fronts.co/authors/fronts-team/ publisher: Fronts type: NewsArticle language: en access: members isAccessibleForFree: false tokens: 790 --- Go to http://sheath.com/WARFRONTS and use the code “WARFRONTS” to get 20% off your order. Stay ahead of global conflicts with WarFronts Weekly! Get sharp, no-nonsense military analysis straight to your inbox. 📩 Subscribe now: https://subscribepage.io/WarFrontsWeekly This video is #sponsored by Sheath. Love content? Check out Simon's other YouTube Channels: Megaprojects:https://www.youtube.com/@megaprojects9649 SideProjects: https://www.youtube.com/@Sideprojects Into The Shadows: https://www.youtube.com/@IntotheShadows Today I Found Out: https://www.youtube.com/@TodayIFoundOut Brain Blaze: https://www.youtube.com/@brainblaze6526 Casual Criminalist: https://www.youtube.com/@TheCasualCriminalist Decoding the Unknown: https://www.youtube.com/@decodingtheunknown2373 Places: https://www.youtube.com/@Places302 Celestium: https://www.youtube.com/@ManyColouredShapes PoliticalFronts: http://www.youtube.com/@homefronts Simon's Social Media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/SimonWhistler Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simonwhistler/ 00:00 Introduction 02:31 The Insurgency in Ituri 09:04 Terror, Metastasized 14:09 Attrition, Chaos, Caliphate References https://www.csis.org/blogs/examining-extremism/examining-extremism-allied-democratic-forces#::text=The%20Allied%20Democratic%20Forces%20(ADF,ongoing%20conflict%20in%20eastern%20DRC. https://acleddata.com/report/m23-rebels-take-hold-eastern-congo-islamic-state-capitalizing-chaos https://thesoufancenter.org/intelbrief-2025-january-28/ https://thesoufancenter.org/intelbrief-2023-june-23/ https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/08/1165586 https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/08/1165586 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/30/is-isil-a-growing-threat-in-the-dr-congo-and-east-africa https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/18/isil-backed-rebels-killed-at-least-52-people-in-eastern-dr-congo-un-says#::text=The%20ADF%2C%20an%20armed%20group,take%20refuge%20in%20its%20base. https://reliefweb.int/report/democratic-republic-congo/m23-rebels-take-hold-eastern-congo-islamic-state-capitalizing-chaos https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/rebels-armed-with-machetes-kill-least-52-eastern-congo-2025-08-18/ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3ezjg34lw4o https://www.crisisgroup.org/africa/central-africa/democratic-republic-congo/eastern-congo-adf-nalu-s-lost-rebellion https://www.iiss.org/online-analysis/online-analysis/2019/01/adf-jihadist-group-drc/ https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-68603701 https://apnews.com/article/congo-islamic-rebel-attack-adf-kivu-makoko-faae44fe327d54ca619acd7c3fb30104 https://reliefweb.int/report/democratic-republic-congo/drc-monitoring-brief-allied-democratic-forces-adf-data-april-2025 https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/08/06/dr-congo-armed-group-massacres-dozens-in-church https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/08/1165586 https://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/africa-file-special-edition-uganda-drc%E2%80%99s-m23-conflict%E2%80%94friend-all-enemy-none https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/islamic-state-backed-rebels-killed-52-people-eastern-124756546 --- Full analysis is behind the paywall. 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