Professional Conflict Mapping Service
The Kurdish-led SDF has recently lost most of its territory in northeast Syria. Over the previous year, Israel expanded its presence, Druze militia control shrunk somewhat but hardened, and the so-called “Islamic State” rebuilt desert influence zones.
Yemen’s far-flung island province has been spared the violence of the last few months, but that doesn’t mean nothing has changed there. Socotra’s current situation defies simple categories.
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Just weeks after appearing victorious, Yemen’s southern separatists lost almost all their territory, including what they had already controlled for years prior.
In early December 2025, Yemen’s southern separatist coalition swept across Hadramawt and Mahra provinces, upending years of stable control lines and nearly completing its dominance over the former South Yemen.
October and November of last year encompassed the height of Israel’s recent invasion of Lebanon, while violence continued in the Gaza Strip and West Bank.
Al Shabaab swept back across central Somalia in early 2025, while ISIS retreated amid an offensive by Puntland state. Meanwhile, Jubaland state went rogue after a violent conflict with the federal government.
Half a year of gains against Al Shabaab collapsed at the end of August 2023, ushering in more than a year of stalemate, while ISIS consolidated power in the northern mountains.
In mid-2023 the coalition against Al Shabaab reached its peak of territorial control, while the SSC-Khatumo rebellion emerged victorious against Somaliland.
Puntland state may act like an independent country, but claims that it declared independence in 2024 are misleading.
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The self-declared Republic of Somaliland claims that 2023’s successful “SSC-Khatumo” rebellion had help from Al Shabaab. Most experts aren’t convinced, but that doesn’t mean the Al Qaeda affiliate is completely absent from the area.
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