Reports that a dormant ISIS pocket in Syria has grouped up and is moving, possibly aiming to capture territory

Syrian Military: A group of approximately 500 #ISIS fighters inside the desert have started moving together

The #UN said the armed groups that signed the 2015 agreement expressed concern that the peace agreement would fall apart without mediation by the United Nations, which will abandon its mission in #Mali this year.

According to this report prepared by the UN, both the terrorist groups and the armed groups that signed the agreement are competing for control of trade and trafficking routes in the regions of Gao and Kidal, in the north of the country.

The stagnation in the implementation of the agreement, especially with regard to the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration of combatants into society would be especially favoring the JNIM (terrorist group linked to #AlQaeda).
In this sense, the violence and attacks perpetrated especially by the Islamic State in the Greater #Sahara make the signatories of the 2015 Peace Agreement appear "weak and unreliable", thus generating the JNIM to take advantage of the situation to show itself as the only actor capable of "protecting" the population against the Islamic State.

Some sources affirm that the Government of Mali believes that over time the confrontation between the two terrorist groups will end up benefiting the Bamako authorities, although there are also sources that disagree with this theory and explain that time favors the jihadist groups, "whose military capabilities and community penetration are growing every day."
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