1. Since June, the ADF / Islamic State Central Africa Province has mounted a sustained offensive in southern #Irumu #Ituri #DRC pushing further north towards Komanda. This represents a significant shift and expansion of its traditional AO in #Beni territory of #NorthKivu.
2. While most of its efforts are along RN4 between Eringeti and Komanda, it has also mounted a significant targeted campaign near Boga and Tshabi, also in southern #Ituri, killing and kidnapping nearly 100 people in this same timeframe. All of this data is available @KivuSecurity
3. Meanwhile, the Islamic State has heavily publicized the offensive along RN4, claiming 5 operations alongside 18 exclusive photos and one video. The pictures also detail the ADF's brief occupations of the villages of Ofai and Maniala, just a few kms south of Komanda.
4. For comparison, this is all of the ADF's attacks in 2020. The vast majority of its #Ituri operations were centered around Ndalya, southern Mambasa, and the Boga-Tshabi-Kainama axis. Compared to its ops in just the last month, it is easy to see the spread north.

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17 Jun 20
1. Jihadists in #Syria are reporting that Abu Saloh, the founder and former emir of the Uzbek group Katibat al Tawhid wal Jihad (now part of HTS), was arrested by HTS' internal security yesterday after he reportedly defected to Jabhat Ansar al Din.
2. Abu Saloh left his position as emir of KTJ sometime last year, opting for more behind the scenes work and preaching. He founded the group in late 2014. Which I covered back in the day: thelineofsteel.weebly.com/news/katibat-a…
3. KTJ was originally part of al Qaeda's Jabhat al Nusrah before splitting to be its own group. It then rejoined in Sept. 2015 and is now part of HTS - though it retains some autonomy in terms of media output thelineofsteel.weebly.com/news/an-update…; longwarjournal.org/archives/2015/…
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