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Since December, Al Shabaab has lost control of some towns in Somalia, while disputes over governance in Jubaland and Galmudug states have erupted briefly into armed battles with the federal government. Meanwhile, the country is battling with a major outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus.
As the fight for Tripoli rages on, Libya's UN-recognized government has captured the city of Sabratha, securing control of the whole coastline west of the capital for the first time in a year.
Since last month, Syria's Assad government has gained more ground against the rebels and come into direct conflict with the Turkish military. Now, a deal between Russia and Turkey has brought a new ceasefire to the area.
Over the past month, forces loyal to Syria's Assad government have many major gains in the northwest, capturing two rebel strongholds and reestablishing control along the entire Damascus-Aleppo highway for the first time in eight years.
Since a month ago, the eastern-based Libyan National Army has captured the coastal town of Sirte and reached the doorstep of western-controlled capital Tripoli, even as the western government welcomes reinforcements from the Turkish military and allied Syrian rebels.
Since November, Syrian army forces loyal to the Bashar al-Assad government have captured more small parts of the rebel-dominated Idlib province, even as the so-called "Islamic State" (ISIS/ISIL) continues its activities in the eastern desert.  |
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Since November, forces loyal to Libya's eastern-based government have moved closer to Tripoli's center, where they hope to unseat the country's rival western-based government, even as Turkey prepares a military intervention to defend the government in Tripoli. 
In the past month, Turkey and its allies have further consolidated their chunk of territory in northern Syria, while the Assad-loyal Syrian military has deployed along most of the rest of the border, in line with the Russia-brokered agreement for a "safe zone" free of Kurdish militia fighters. |
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Amid a US withdrawal, Turkey and its rebel allies have begun their long-threatened intervention against Kurdish-led fighters in northeastern Syria, who now have struck a deal with the Assad government to share their territory and jointly fight back against Turkey.
Since July,
fighting for control of capital city Tripoli has largely remained at a
stalemate, with each of the country's rival governments losing and the
recapturing territory, though there have been some small net changes in control.  |
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Over the past month and a half, fighting between rebels and government forces in the northwest has dominated events in Syria. Meanwhile, the so-called "Islamic State" (ISIS/ISIL) remains confined to uninhabited desert areas of central Syria.  |
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Since June, direct fighting between Libya's two biggest rival governments has
continued in the Tripoli area, each with their own international
backers, with the western government achieving a notable victory along the road south from Tripoli.
The past month and a half
have seen continued fighting and many small changes to territorial
control around the edges of the rebel-held area in Syria's northwest.
The so-called "Islamic State" (ISIS/ISIL) remains active in
the desert of central Syria, and is thought to control a large area of
uninhabited land, but no longer seems to govern any towns.