The situation is stuck, and the purpose of the conference is also to raise the level of pressure on several international actors
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This is certainly not all thanks to “Berlin I” or German diplomats
The progress in the Libyan conflict was rather the work of Turkey, says Tarek Megerisi
What is not new is the presence of loitering munition. What is also not new is the observation that these systems are quite autonomous.
Ulrike Franke says that the UN report does not say how independently the drone in Libya acted, how much human oversight or control there was over it, and what specific impact it had in the conflict.
Morocco is weaponizing migration
France’s reaction is partly due to the good relationship it has established with President Ndaw, who had just returned from a summit on the African economy in Paris
It was an attempt to try to reassert some form of civilian control over the transition
Mali’s civilian leadership fired Camara and Koné to try to take the upper hand, according to Andrew Lebovich,
The motivating factor for what happened is the announcement of the government reshuffle, that would have stripped key posts -defence & internal security from two members of the military junta
Andrew Lebovich explains that what the second military takeover prompted in Mali was the government reshuffle
These countries are primarily interested in tying Syria closer to the Arab world again – away from Iranian and Turkish influence
Julien Barnes-Dacey says that some countries in the region are already interested in the normalisation of relations with Syria
Morocco has seen the EU’s reaction, with which it had not counted on, and had to close the border to not risk worsening relations, not with Spain but, with Brussels
José Ignacio Torreblanca comments on the EU’s backing in the Spanish-Moroccan crisis
Morocco believes that they help Spain on issues that are existential for them and now that Morocco has an existential issue [Western Sahara], Spain is not helping at all
José Ignacio Torreblanca is quoted in an article tackling the Moroccan-Spanish migration crisis in Ceuta