Yemen Control Map & Report: Collapse of Separatist Control – Feb. 8, 2026 (Subscription)
Just weeks after appearing victorious, Yemen’s southern separatists lost almost all their territory, including what they had already controlled for years prior.
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Yemen Control Map & Report: Height of Southern Separatist Control – Dec. 30, 2025 (Subscription)
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.
June 2025 Somalia Control Map & Timeline: Al Shabaab Resurgence, ISIS Retreat, Jubaland Defiant (Subscription)
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.
June 2024 Somalia Control Map & Timeline: Height of ISIS Control, Al Shabaab Stalemate
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.
August 2023 Somalia Control Map & Timeline: Peak of Federal Control, SSC-Khatumo Triumph (Subscription)
In mid-2023 the coalition against Al Shabaab reached its peak of territorial control, while the SSC-Khatumo rebellion emerged victorious against Somaliland.
Somalia Supplement: Is there an Al Shabaab presence in SSC-Khatumo?
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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Yemen Control Map & Report – March 2023 (Subscription)
Southern separatists have consolidated their control in the south, taking over most of Abyan province in clashes with rival government factions and Al Qaeda.
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Somalia Control Map & Timeline: Al Shabaab in Retreat – January 2023 (Subscription) – Final Version
Somalia’s pro-federal alliance has captured several major towns from Al Shabaab, in its biggest gains against the group in almost a decade.
Yemen Control Map & Report: Separatists vs. al-Islah – September 2022
Even as the ceasefire with the Houthis holds, rival Saudi-backed and UAE-backed government factions have gone to war with each other, with higher stakes than in previous clashes.
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Yemen Control Map & Report: Truce Pauses Fighting – April 2022
Houthi forces have rolled back their rivals’ recent gains, but still not been able to move on the central city of Marib. Amid this stalemate, a surprise truce and government shake-up may mean a new chance for peace.
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