China's Wagner Group are in Myanmar. And More.
China’s Wagner-style proxy moves into Myanmar, Russia’s grip on Africa slips, Colombia edges back toward violence, and ISIS stirs in Syria and Iraq. Four flashpoints, one global powder keg—watch now.Stay ahead of global conflicts with WarFronts Weekly! Get sharp, no-nonsense military analysis straight to your inbox.
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00:00 Introduction
01:00 China’s “Wagner Group” Gets Active in Myanmar
11:28 Russia’s Grip on Africa is Slipping
22:17 Colombia is Sliding Back into Violence
33:12 Islamic State Reactivating in Iraq and Syria
References
Wagner Africa Corps Sahel
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/wagner-out-africa-corps-africa-file-june-12-2025
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/world/africa/africa-terrorism-trump-ivory-coast.html
https://issafrica.org/iss-today/why-a-jihadist-takeover-of-a-sahelian-capital-is-unlikely
https://x.com/Sahel_Tales
https://apnews.com/article/mali-goita-bill-transition-cf66d83bc3d84b626daab408e2e4240a
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c98w49220rko
https://apnews.com/article/burkina-faso-ibrahim-traore-97748f2a2a9b5397a3f23450c71b0b39
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1egely9v3go
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250612-niger-benin-border-standoff-deepens-as-trade-collapse-bites
https://africa.businessinsider.com/local/lifestyle/despite-ecowas-fallout-nigeria-moves-to-reunite-with-mali-niger-and-burkina-faso/dsk6xld
https://www.mining.com/web/niger-targets-jihadist-financing-kills-13-in-illegal-gold-mine-raids/
China Myanmar:
https://greydynamics.com/the-united-wa-state-party-myanmars-most-powerful-ethnic-army/
https://factsanddetails.com/asian/cat66/sub417/item2733.html
https://www.irrawaddy.com/culture/books/the-much-misunderstood-wa-of-myanmar-and-china.html
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-37996473
https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/myanmars-wa-state-army-keeps-global-tin-market-guessing-2024-01-10/
https://www.eurasiareview.com/17062025-chinese-intervention-expands-in-myanmar-as-military-junta-loses-grip-oped/
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-backed-militia-secures-control-new-rare-earth-mines-myanmar-2025-06-12/
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chinas-rare-earth-weapon-changes-contours-trade-war-battlefield-2025-06-06/
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/myanmar-rebels-disrupt-china-rare-earth-trade-sparking-regional-scramble-2025-03-28/
https://apnews.com/article/myanmar-rebel-fighting-army-setback-kanpaiti-b9b89e0ffd736e0cedb284543ae1107c
Colombia:
Council on Foreign Relations: https://www.cfr.org/article/colombia-clock-turning-back-security
Economist: https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2025/06/12/political-violence-has-returned-to-colombia
Guardian, Cali attacks: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/10/cali-colombia-attacks
Wall Street Journal: https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-narcoterrorists-rise-in-colombia-shooting-criminial-terrorists-south-america-dcc26945
Guardian, February unrest: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/23/colombia-violence-eln-cucuta
BBC Mundo: https://www.bbc.com/mundo/articles/c1ege7n4nwpo
GZero media: https://www.gzeromedia.com/news/analysis/colombia-surge-political-violence-uribe
Insight Crime, grenade attacks in Bogota: https://insightcrime.org/news/explosion-grenade-use-colombia-capital-city/
Insight Crime, Colombia murder rate: https://insightcrime.org/news/insight-crime-2024-homicide-round-up/#h-colombia-1-9
The City Paper, Bogota: https://thecitypaperbogota.com/news/petros-disapproval-rises-to-64-as-colombians-abandon-leftist-agenda/
ISIS
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/islamic-state-reactivating-fighters-eying-comeback-syria-iraq-2025-06-12/
https://thearabweekly.com/isis-reactivating-fighters-eying-comeback-syria-and-iraq
https://thearabweekly.com/manoeuvre-reassure-skeptics-syria-launches-raid-isis-hideouts
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-may-27-2025
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-may-30-2025
https://icct.nl/publication/threat-isis-fragmentated-syria
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/middle-east-watch/iraq-in-the-crossfire
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/us-pulls-out-two-more-bases-syria-worrying-kurdish-forces-2025-06-17/ Receive SMS online on sms24.me
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