Russia continues to send reassuring messages regarding its military presence in Syria following the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime and the assumption of power by the new administration.

While pulling back in Syria, Russia simultaneously fortified its positions in Libya, focusing on the geopolitically crucial North African and Eastern Mediterranean regions.

Intense clashes were witnessed in Tripoli in August involving the RADA Special Deterrence Forces, under the Presidential Council, and the 444 Brigade, affiliated with Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh's government — the two major military forces safeguarding the capital.

ECOWAS set the date for the invasion of Niger, although it did not announce it, while the coup leaders showed no sign of backing down and restoring President Mohamed Bazoum to power.