Militant Wire

🇦🇫 Islamic State threatens Central Asian and Chinese ventures in Afghanistan - MW co-founder Lucas Webber https://eurasianet.org/islamic-state-threatens-central-asian-and-chinese-ventures-in-afghanistan

🇳🇬BBC: More than 400 prisoners are missing following a raid on a prison in Nigeria's capital Abuja, officials say. Four inmates, a security guard and several attackers were killed after the prison was targeted (by Islamic State/ISWAP forces) on Tuesday night, according to officials.

🇳🇬Al Jazeera: Nigeria confirms ambush by gunmen on president’s security convoy - Gunmen attacked a convoy carrying an advance security team for President Buhari in his home state of Katsina

Latest Militant Wire article on the Islamic State urging its supporters to join IS's African branches https://www.militantwire.com/p/islamic-state-urges-supporters-to

New on Militant Wire: ISKP Ups Status in Global IS Media Ecosystem, Boosts Relations with Translation and Archival Platform https://www.militantwire.com/p/iskp-ups-status-in-global-is-media?r=8utdx&s=w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

New Militant Wire article on how a resurgence of militant violence is fuelling Rwanda-DRC tensions https://www.militantwire.com/p/resurgent-militant-violence-exacerbates?r=8utdx&s=w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

🇺🇦🇷🇺Bloomberg: Ukraine Loses Its Final Eastern Stronghold in Luhansk Region

🇳🇬Sahara Reporters: Boko Haram Terrorists Open Fire On Military Helicopter In Borno - The militants used “sophisticated anti-aircraft rifles and GPMG” during the attack on the helicopter last Thursday

🇸🇴Hiiraan Online: At least five soldiers were killed, and several others wounded on Saturday in a roadside bomb blast targeting African Union forces on the outskirts of Marca district, Lower Shabelle region

🇩🇰AP: Danish police said Sunday that several people were shot at a Copenhagen shopping mall, one of the largest in Scandinavia. Copenhagen police said that one person has been arrested in connection with the shooting at the Field’s shopping mall, which is close to the city’s airport. Police tweeted that “several people have been hit,” but gave no other details.

🇺🇦🇷🇺George Barros of ISW: July 2, 2022 map update. Russian forces captured Lysychansk, the last large Ukrainian settlement in Luhansk Oblast. Only about 55 square km of Luhansk remains uncontested, and Russian forces will likely occupy Luhansk in a few days.

🇺🇦🇷🇺 Here are the July 2 control of terrain maps for Russia's invasion of Ukraine from ISW and CT