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Our global conflict tracker #CrisisWatch helps decision-makers prevent deadly violence by keeping them up-to-date on 70+ conflicts and crises.
Here are some of this month’s highlights. ⇊ 🧵https://t.co/EA0c5ixL0z
— Crisis Group (@CrisisGroup) June 4, 2021
The coup has reignited conflicts between ethnic armed groups and the government, threatening to destabilize swaths of Myanmar’s borders with China, Thailand, India, and Bangladesh. https://t.co/NO2FJG2c1k
— Foreign Policy (@ForeignPolicy) June 8, 2021
While the number of armed conflicts increased in the past year, the global total of #fatalities in #war fell significantly, according to a new report by @SIPRIorg.
Report by @AAhronheim | #Violence https://t.co/xIO0dYYwIY
— The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) June 13, 2021
In Ethiopia’s Tigray region, food is a weapon of war as famine looms https://t.co/JaYBzy3EqZ
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) June 12, 2021
For children facing both #COVID19 & armed violence, a lack of safe water can be life-threatening.@UNICEF is calling for immediate action to improve children’s access to clean drinking water to save lives in conflicts & crises. https://t.co/AxudXGvPly
— United Nations (@UN) May 31, 2021
Egyptians have warned #Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar against initiating another round of fighting while #Cairo pursues its efforts to help rebuild the #Gaza Strip#Israel | #Egypthttps://t.co/KWhwtCOdWz
— The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) June 10, 2021
“Myanmar will become a failed state, and new forces will appear to take advantage of that failure.”https://t.co/AwJTWw9f4d
— Foreign Affairs (@ForeignAffairs) June 13, 2021
Afghanistan War: How can the West fight terrorism after leaving? https://t.co/Xx8p4NsmZB
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) April 25, 2021
U.S. to send Ukraine $150 million in military aid, Russia eyes U.S. forces before summit https://t.co/KKph7bCJHW
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) June 12, 2021
Once in power, the Taliban may well turn to China for recognition and help, giving Beijing access to their country’s mineral resources and allowing Afghanistan to become another Belt-and-Road link to Iran. https://t.co/hBS6PoaJeu pic.twitter.com/EbGVQMWqce
— New York Times Opinion (@nytopinion) June 13, 2021
Crisis Group’s @peterjsalisbury spoke to @Reuters about the challenge of resolving #Yemen’s conflict.
“There is a lot of devil in the details to be worked out, in terms of what a ceasefire looks like and what an easing of restrictions looks like”. https://t.co/kfWTYSs6UQ
— Crisis Group (@CrisisGroup) March 24, 2021
Recent missile systems displayed at military parades and political statements indicate that North Korea is pursuing improvements to both its strategic and regional missiles. https://t.co/teZULYaC4Z #CatoFP pic.twitter.com/JYB0ZWvT3D
— Cato Institute (@CatoInstitute) April 29, 2021
Boko Haram and perhaps other criminal groups are exploiting the conflict between farmers and herders in Nigeria https://t.co/EtdgcDnmtb
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) May 21, 2021
Leaders hope to draw up a new strategic concept that broadens NATO’s aperture, embracing new challenges such as climate change, technological threats and the rise of China https://t.co/wOrnckP7TC
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) June 13, 2021
Iran has always been equivocal on India’s geostrategic concerns. Tehran’s tone is now more anti-India, and pro-Pakistan on Kashmir @abhinavpandya Opinionhttps://t.co/J1PTxQLhvD
— Haaretz.com (@haaretzcom) June 11, 2021
2020 marked the first time that armed drones were used in operational conflicts between two clearly defined sides. https://t.co/u84qPQTdpe
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) January 1, 2021
Pakistan premier ready for India talks if given Kashmir roadmap https://t.co/E7SL3dXXWT pic.twitter.com/R9r9egUrZw
— Reuters (@Reuters) June 4, 2021
Death of Boko Haram’s Leader Spells Trouble for Nigeria and Its Neighbors @DeutscheWelle: https://t.co/yvzNcDuhA6 #Nigeria pic.twitter.com/CubjdDd2cL
— allAfrica.com (@allafrica) June 13, 2021