Militant Wire

New Militant Wire article: Jihadist-Fueled Instability in Burkina Faso https://www.militantwire.com/p/jihadist-fueled-instability-in-burkina?s=w

🇺🇦🇷🇺Latest ISW maps of Ukraine

Headlines around the world about militant activity for May 17: - The capital of war-battered Libya was rocked by fighting between backers of two rival administrations for several hours Tuesday, threatening renewed chaos in the oil-rich North African country (AFP) - The number of people reported missing in violence-wracked Mexico has exceeded 100,000, according to official data, with rights groups calling for "immediate" action from the government to locate the disappeared (MSN) - Pakistani police say they have arrested a would-be suicide bomber who planned to blow herself up near a convoy of Chinese nationals along the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (Al Jazeera) - Two Iraqi soldiers were killed and another was injured while attempting to foil an Islamic State (ISIS) attack in central Iraq, state media reported on Monday (Rudaw) - Militants killed at least 20 civilians last week in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a monitoring group said Monday, in the latest massacre in the conflict-torn region (AFP) - Members of a cohort of suspected extremists arrested in Indonesia at the weekend had made pledges of loyalty to Islamic State via an instant messaging application, the national police said on Tuesday (Reuters)

The latest issue of ISKP’s VoK magazine states: "Muslim communities ... such as the Uyghurs of China, Muslims of Myanmar, Muslims of India ... are left to be killed at the hands of disbelievers." ISKP continues to be the most vocal Islamic State branch on Chinese policy https://twitter.com/lucasadwebber/status/1526661347404046336?s=21

🇫🇷🇺🇦🇷🇺Ukrinform: French President Emmanuel Macron has promised Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that arms supplies from France will increase in the days and weeks to come

🇺🇦🇷🇺French and UK assessments of Ukraine for May 17

🇺🇦🇷🇺Yahoo News: Prolonged war will cut Ukraine’s GDP by 39% says Tomas Fiala, CEO of investment firm Dragon Capital

🇺🇸🇮🇳Bloomberg: US Seeks to Wean India From Russia Weapons With Arms-Aid Package - Potential $500 million deal would put India near Israel, Egypt - India is the largest buyer of Russian made military hardware

🇺🇸Defence One editor Marcus Weisgerber: The U.S. Air Force says it successfully fired a hypersonic weapon. A B-52 bomber launched the Lockheed Martin-made Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon. The ARRW missile flew at more than five-times the speed of sound https://twitter.com/marcusreports/status/1526353995291365376?s=21

🇺🇦🇷🇺New AFP, French, and UK maps of Ukraine

🇺🇦🇷🇺ISW/CT maps of Ukraine for May 16

🇺🇦🇷🇺Reuters: Several explosions heard in western Ukraine's city of Lviv