The Houthis struck Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Saturday for the first time since a period of escalation over the summer. They further claimed an attack on Aramco facilities at Yanbu, a Saudi port, and appear

The Yemen-based Houthis’ naval blockade of Saudi Arabia and capture of additional territory near the Red Sea’s critical Bab el-Mandeb Strait adds a new dimension to the Iran war, with potentially major consequences for the

On both sides of the Red Sea, interconnected conflicts metastasize while Washington sends mixed signals. The Red Sea region is in a state of upheaval. Iran’s stranglehold on the Strait of Hormuz led to an

The latest outbreak of fighting in the South West State city stranded civilians unable to flee or reach hospitals. Intense clashes have broken out in the Somali city of Baidoa between government forces and fighters

The operation once again demonstrated the effectiveness of collaboration between the intelligence services of the AES forces. The joint forces of the Alliance of West African States, popularly known by the French acronym AES, killed

Sixteen years into the war against Boko Haram and ISWAP in Nigeria, public records still do not show what the North East campaign costs, where the money goes, or which interventions produce lasting security. After

The fresh hostilities in Ethiopia’s Tigray region come after months of growing animosity between rebel forces and the federal government. Horn of Africa expert Martin Plaut warns of possible regional spillover. Fighting has erupted again

The TPLF fought against against the Ethiopian military from 2020 to 2022 in a conflict that saw hundreds of thousands of civilians killed. A resumption of fighting has sparked fears of another brutal war. Fighting

Key Takeaways: Ethiopia. A recently announced rebel coalition has launched a large-scale offensive against the Ethiopian federal government, which may be the first move in a renewed full-scale war in northern Ethiopia. The rebel offensive

Puntland security officials told Drop Site they expect the U.S. air campaign—and CIA operations—in Somalia to intensify. On September 3, shortly after sunset, U.S. surveillance drones began carrying out reconnaissance missions in two areas of