Afghanistan: Latest updates on Balkh front, 14 August 2021
ISWNews Analysis Group: Heavy clashes between the Taliban and government forces are taking place in the western, northern and southern axes of Mazar-e-Sharif.
ISWNews Analysis Group: Heavy clashes between the Taliban and government forces are taking place in the western, northern and southern axes of Mazar-e-Sharif.
In recent days, the Taliban have gained complete control of six provinces and captured 18 provincial capitals, a widespread advance that shows the Taliban’s upper hand in Afghanistan’s military and political confrontation.
ISWNews Analysis Group: Ansar Allah air defense shot down a US-made Scan Eagle drone belonging to Saudi coalition in the skies of Marib province.
ISWNews Analysis Group: Turkish artillery and fighter jets continue to pound the hideouts of PKK militants in northern Iraq and clashes continued in mountainous areas.
ISWNews Analysis Group: The Iraqi resistance group attacked two US logistical convoys in Baghdad’s Yusufiyah and Mushahidah areas with roadside bombs.
ISWNews Analysis Group: Late on August 12, Turkish military base in the Zelkan area, north of Mosul, was targeted by a rocket
ISWNews Analysis Group: The Iraqi Ashab al-Kahf resistance group attacked a US logistical convoy in Diwaniyah area in southern Iraq with a roadside bomb.
ISWNews Analysis Group: Dubai Police confidential documents show that in the incident of explosion of one container in an Emirati ship in Jebel Ali harbor, south of Dubai, three Israeli died and two others wounded.
ISWNews Analysis Group: Mohammed Abdulsalam, Ansar Allah’s spokesman and head of negotiations, explained the details of Ansar Allah’s proposed package for peace in Marib.
With Turkey’s insistence on military presence at Kabul Airport and the Taliban explicitly opposing the decision, Afghan tensions are entering a new phase of regional conflict.
ISWNews Analysis Group: Scattered clashes and exchange of artillery fire between the militants and the Syrian army continue in various parts of Daraa province.
ISWNews Analysis Group: After revising the military and political strategies, the White House decided to transfer American troops in Afghanistan, Qatar, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and UAE to Jordan.