SITREP 2020 2ND QTR

Last quarter saw an alarming rise in
tensions between Iran and both the U.S. and Saudi Arabia, and an escalation in
Yemen’s war, which could intensify further this summer. Pro-government forces
in Syria stepped up bombing in Idlib, and fighting worsened in and around
Libya’s capital, Tripoli. Relations between Somalia’s federal government and
regions deteriorated and Al-Shabaab upped attacks, boding ill third quarter.
Sudan’s military council resisted demands to hand over power to civilians and...