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2023-W38

Armed Conflict Events, January-September 1, 2023

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(Source: Data ACLED, Map and Table by the Office of the Advisor to HM King Abdullah II)

RegionEventsFatalities
🔴Middle East10,0527,172
🔵East Africa3,6489,013
🟢Middle Africa1,5642,814
🟡West Africa3,48712,857
🟣North Africa1,9187,375


Regional Monthly Comparison in Major Conflict Engagements (2020 - September 1, 2023)

image (Source: Data ACLED, Map and Table by the Office of the Advisor to HM King Abdullah II)


Middle East Countries Monthly Comparison in Major Conflict Events (2020 - September 1, 2023)

image (Source: Data ACLED, Map and Table by the Office of the Advisor to HM King Abdullah II)


Northern Africa Monthly Country Comparison in Major Conflict Events (2020 - September 1, 2023)

image (Source: Data ACLED, Map and Table by the Office of the Advisor to HM King Abdullah II)


Sectors of Operation of the Main Insurgency & Terrorist Groups in Syria (2023)

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Syria (January – September 1, 2023)

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ForcesAttacksFatalities
🔴Military Forces of Syria26021747
🔵Attacks by Israeli Military Forces in Syria81100

(Source: Data ACLED, Map and Table by the Office of the Advisor to HM King Abdullah II)


Drone Attacks by Various Groups in Syria (2023)

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طائرة بدون طيار الهجمات العسكرية (2023)

Countryسورياالهجمات العسكرية
🔴الدولة الإسلامية (سوريا)9
🔵الثوار المعارضون (سوريا)9
🟢قوات سوريا الديمقراطية31
🟣هيئة تحرير الشام4
Total54

Iraq (January – September 1, 2023)

image (Source: Data ACLED, Map and Table by the Office of the Advisor to HM King Abdullah II)

Non-State Actor Engagements
🔴Islamic State (Iraq) total attacks.
🟢Islamic State (Iraq) use of Drones in attacks.

Yemen  (January – September 1, 2023)

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YemenAttacksFatalities
🔴Houthi Military Forces Engagements10271680
🟣Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Engagements (AQAP)107178

Yemen  (January – September 1, 2023)

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YemenAttacksFatalities
🟢Operation Restoring Hope618295
🔵Military Forces of Yemen471795

Eastern Africa Country  Monthly Comparison in Major Conflict Events (2020 – September 1, 2023)

image (Source: Data ACLED, Map and Table by the Office of the Advisor to HM King Abdullah II)


Somalia State vs Non-State Attacks

Somalia Non-StateAttacksFatalities---Somalia StateAttacksFatalities
Al-Shabaab1,5135,318---Military Forces of Somalia9024100

image (Source: Data ACLED, Map and Table by the Office of the Advisor to HM King Abdullah II)


Middle Africa Monthly Country Comparison in Major Conflict Events (2020 – September 1, 2023)

image (Source: Data ACLED, Map and Table by the Office of the Advisor to HM King Abdullah II)


Western Africa Monthly Country Comparison in Major Conflict Events (2020 – September 1, 2023)

image (Source: Data ACLED, Map and Table by the Office of the Advisor to HM King Abdullah II)


Wagner Group Conflict Engagements (2020 – September, 2023)

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Year Engaged
🟢2023 - September
🔴2022
🔵2021
🟡2020

Countries of High Presence and Engaged in Conflict:

  • Central African Republic
  • Mali
To a lesser degree:
  • Libya
  • Sudan
  • Burkina Faso

Air/Drone Attacks in the Regional Conflicts (January – September 1,  2023)

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RegionAttacksFatalities
Middle East2,8331,096
Eastern Africa1171,084
Middle Africa175
Western Africa5603,478
North Africa203392
Europe(Russia Ukraine War)4,2504,237
Total:7,98010,292

Countries with extensive battle use:

  • Russia-Ukraine War (Europe)
  • Burkina Faso (Western Africa)
  • Mali (Western Africa)
  • Nigeria (Western Africa)
  • Somalia (Eastern Africa)
  • Yemen (Middle East)
  • Syria (Middle East)
  • Iraq (Middle East)

The role of Artificial Intelligence and Drones in a future Air-Land Battle.

  • In saturating an Air Defense System, drone swarms are becoming a rising threat, This is integrated to a strategic in-depth defense by launching ballistic missile attacks deep from within a country’s own territory. Ballistic missiles will also compensate for any deficiencies in conventional forces capability,
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) is basically a computer based capability to execute human mental algorithms at super speeds.
  • A fleet of Drones reinforced by AI capabilities can create an effective Force Multiplier to the operational combat power.

Targeting:

  • Command, Control, Communications, Computers Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR)
  • Fire Control System