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Professor of Security & Military Studies @DohaInstitute. HP @SSI_Exeter. Author, How ISIS Fights & "How Hamas Fights." Editor, Bullets to Ballots. 🇬🇧🇶🇦🇺🇦
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‘Repel the enemy’: Crimean Tatars have become a key asset for Ukraine’s war effort

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By Driss Rejichi, Omar Ashour
| Middle East Eye Verified
On the edge of the Ukrainian capital, inside the Kyiv Islamic Cultural Centre, a handful of Crimean Tatars conclude their Friday prayer with the taslim greeting. Isa Akayev exits the masjid last. Even though he has been retired since December, the 60-year-old veteran still proudly wears a shirt bearing the symbol of the Ukrainian Military Intelligence, along with his beard and taqiyah hat.
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In Mali, every foreign intervention failed - and militants adapted

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By Omar Ashour
| Middle East Eye Verified
"Unite against the terrorist junta." That rare French-language appeal, attributed to Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) following its April 2026 offensive across Mali, was more than propaganda. It was an operational communique: a call to see Mali's military regime not as the "shield" of the republic, but as the target of the "revolution". In Mali today, the multi-layered insurgency is no longer merely raiding outposts.
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In Mali, every foreign intervention failed - and jihadists adapted

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By Omar Ashour
| Middle East Eye Verified
26 May 2026 13:30 BST ago French operations and Wagner's repression helped turn JNIM into a sophisticated force that blends drones, blockades and political strategy - tactics now spreading across the Sahel A framed portrait and the coffin of Malian Defence Minister Sadio Camara are displayed during his state funeral in Bamako, Mali, on 30 April 2026 (Mali Presidency/Reuters) "Unite against the terrorist junta." That rare French-language appeal, attributed to Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam...
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