In September 2017, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) began a campaign to recapture large parts of Syria’s eastern Deir al-Zour province from ISIS. Around the same time, the SDF announced the creation of the Deir al-Zour Civil Council (DZCC) to administer the oil-rich desert province in the post-ISIS phase.
The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) captured Tabqah , located west of al-Raqqa city, from ISIS in May 2017. Since that time, the SDF-affiliated Tabqah Civil Council (TCC) has begun the arduous task of restoring some semblance of normal life to a city all but destroyed by the six-year civil war.
Forces affiliated with the Saudi-led coalition retook the coast of the Yemeni province of Hadramawt from Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula in spring 2016. While Hadramawt witnessed limited fighting during that period, it has largely remained insulated from the Yemeni civil war because Houthi forces never managed to secure a foothold inside the southeastern province.
Three years after Boko Haram insurgents overran and burned down a northeast Nigerian town, residents have rebuilt their area into a destination for IDPs fleeing the extremist organization’s violence.
Continuing tensions between the United States and Russia have brought the Suwalki Gap into the news lately.
“I’ve been going to Theth for a few years now, and it’s one of the most beautiful places in the country. Everything from the nature, to the air, to the food is wonderful.”
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As the “Theft of the Century” continues to ripple through Moldovan politics, Navanti analyst Alexsei Lund assesses the long term impact of the event on Moldova and the wider region.
Post-Euromaidan Ukraine is rife with examples of civic unity at the grassroots level. One only has to look to efforts of unpaid volunteers working to help wounded Ukrainian military veterans or assisting internally displaced peoples from the conflict zones to see tangible examples of a unified Ukrainian society.
Since it declared independence in 1990, the economy of the 4,000 square kilometer strip of land between Moldova’s Dniester River and the Ukrainian border known as Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, or simply Transnistria, has been tied to the fortunes of its neighbors and Russia.