https://twitter.com/SimNasr/status/1686725855408496640
Wagner Memento mori: What happened on 7 February 2018 near the towns of Khasham and Al Tabiyeh in the Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Khasham
https://twitter.com/SimNasr/status/1686725855408496640
Wagner Memento mori: What happened on 7 February 2018 near the towns of Khasham and Al Tabiyeh in the Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Khasham
6JUN2023 Wassim Nasr:
France had the military power to stop Wagner and to provoke political change in Bamako, but it chose not to. Nor did Paris not help Lieutenant Colonel Damiba in neighboring Burkina Faso when he was challenged and ousted by the young captain Traore, who called on French special operations forces present in the outskirts of the capital Ouagadougou since 2009 to leave the country in February 2023, a few months after his coup.
Washington and Paris should consider the jihadi factions in the Sahel as principally insurgencies, which they are, and use any means possible to confront and contain them, including negotiation. At the same time, they must also attend to the competition with rogue actors such as Wagner. Both issues should be addressed with the support of local populations and with a view to local dynamics. Avoiding simplistic anlaysis and absurd slogans like “war on terror” is key. The last two decades are here to remind us that poor political decisions are the result. A more nuanced and locally-informed view is badly needed.
https://www.hoover.org/research/new-dynamics-sahel-region
True.