Image is from the Wikipedia article on the Sudanese Civil War.
Al-Fashir, the capital of North Darfur (a little east of that deep red zone in the west of the megathread map), is the last major holdout of the Sudanese government in that state, and is currently under siege by the RSF. Losing it would be a significant blow to the SAF, though given how the conflict lines are shaping up, it seems increasingly plausible that there will be a de facto - if not de jure - partition of Sudan, unless the military situation substantially changes. This is because the RSF have been pushed out of central Sudan, while the SAF are being pushed out of Western Sudan - although, the situation is pretty complex and has been known to change rapidly before.
As has been a constant feature of the Sudan Civil War - perhaps the single worst humanitarian crisis on the planet right now when measured by numbers - the civilian situation pales in comparison to the military situation, with hundreds of thousands of children dead from famine, and tens of millions of people experiencing extreme food insecurity.
Al-Fashir has been the destination of many thousands of refugees fleeing genocide, and food and aid supplies into the town are being explicitly blocked by the RSF, resulting in scenes similar to what is happening in Gaza right now. The big difference is that fleeing from major battle zones is at least somewhat of an option, though people are often caught and robbed or enslaved or trafficked while moving to neighbouring towns and cities - and these cities are often experiencing similar conditions to places that refugees are leaving.
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Israel's Genocide of Palestine
Sources on the fighting in Palestine against the temporary Zionist entity. In general, CW for footage of battles, explosions, dead people, and so on:
UNRWA reports on Israel's destruction and siege of Gaza and the West Bank.
English-language Palestinian Marxist-Leninist twitter account. Alt here.
English-language twitter account that collates news.
Arab-language twitter account with videos and images of fighting.
English-language (with some Arab retweets) Twitter account based in Lebanon. - Telegram is @IbnRiad.
English-language Palestinian Twitter account which reports on news from the Resistance Axis. - Telegram is @EyesOnSouth.
English-language Twitter account in the same group as the previous two. - Telegram here.
English-language PalestineResist telegram channel.
More telegram channels here for those interested.
Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Examples of Ukrainian Nazis and fascists
Examples of racism/euro-centrism during the Russia-Ukraine conflict
Sources:
Defense Politics Asia's youtube channel and their map. Their youtube channel has substantially diminished in quality but the map is still useful.
Moon of Alabama, which tends to have interesting analysis. Avoid the comment section.
Understanding War and the Saker: reactionary sources that have occasional insights on the war.
Alexander Mercouris, who does daily videos on the conflict. While he is a reactionary and surrounds himself with likeminded people, his daily update videos are relatively brainworm-free and good if you don't want to follow Russian telegram channels to get news. He also co-hosts The Duran, which is more explicitly conservative, racist, sexist, transphobic, anti-communist, etc when guests are invited on, but is just about tolerable when it's just the two of them if you want a little more analysis.
Simplicius, who publishes on Substack. Like others, his political analysis should be soundly ignored, but his knowledge of weaponry and military strategy is generally quite good.
On the ground: Patrick Lancaster, an independent and very good journalist reporting in the warzone on the separatists' side.
Unedited videos of Russian/Ukrainian press conferences and speeches.
Pro-Russian Telegram Channels:
Again, CW for anti-LGBT and racist, sexist, etc speech, as well as combat footage.
https://t.me/aleksandr_skif ~ DPR's former Defense Minister and Colonel in the DPR's forces. Russian language.
https://t.me/Slavyangrad ~ A few different pro-Russian people gather frequent content for this channel (~100 posts per day), some socialist, but all socially reactionary. If you can only tolerate using one Russian telegram channel, I would recommend this one.
https://t.me/s/levigodman ~ Does daily update posts.
https://t.me/patricklancasternewstoday ~ Patrick Lancaster's telegram channel.
https://t.me/gonzowarr ~ A big Russian commentator.
https://t.me/rybar ~ One of, if not the, biggest Russian telegram channels focussing on the war out there. Actually quite balanced, maybe even pessimistic about Russia. Produces interesting and useful maps.
https://t.me/epoddubny ~ Russian language.
https://t.me/boris_rozhin ~ Russian language.
https://t.me/mod_russia_en ~ Russian Ministry of Defense. Does daily, if rather bland updates on the number of Ukrainians killed, etc. The figures appear to be approximately accurate; if you want, reduce all numbers by 25% as a 'propaganda tax', if you don't believe them. Does not cover everything, for obvious reasons, and virtually never details Russian losses.
https://t.me/UkraineHumanRightsAbuses ~ Pro-Russian, documents abuses that Ukraine commits.
Pro-Ukraine Telegram Channels:
Almost every Western media outlet.
https://discord.gg/projectowl ~ Pro-Ukrainian OSINT Discord.
https://t.me/ice_inii ~ Alleged Ukrainian account with a rather cynical take on the entire thing.
Palestinian factions and groups condemned the strike on the Al-Jazeera journalist tent today at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, which resulted in the martyrdom of 7, including 5 journalists, among them Anas Al-Sharif and Mohammed Quraiqe and several photographers and cameramen. They universally decried the targeting and labeled it as a crime intended to silence the truth and conceal planned escalation.
๐ข Hamas condemned the brutal crime that "exceeds all boundaries of fascism and criminality" and mourned the journalists, who join a list of 260 journalists killed by the "Nazi occupation army in the widest targeting of journalists the world has ever witnessed." They highlighted that Anas and Mohammed received direct, repeated threats from the IOF beforehand. Hamas warned that assassinating journalists is a prelude to a "major crime the occupation plans to commit in Gaza City" by silencing its media voice to carry out massacres far from the world's eyes. It called on the UN Security Council and journalists worldwide to condemn the crime and take immediate action.
โซ๏ธ The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine (PIJ) described the deliberate targeting as a "heinous war crime" committed by the "most brutal and criminal army in the world." The PIJ warned the international community that the attack confirms the occupation is "preparing the stage for its upcoming crimes" by eliminating the journalists who expose them. The movement asserted that this escalation proves the occupation's rejection of all efforts to reach a ceasefire and prisoner exchange deal, holding Arab and Western governments responsible for failing to stop these atrocities.
๐ด The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine stated that the attack confirms "truth is a direct enemy of the occupation" and called it a full-fledged war crime. The PFLP views the assassination as a "dangerous indicator of the occupation's intention to commit the most heinous crimes in Gaza" after eliminating media coverage. It highlighted the hypocrisy of the occupation claiming to allow foreign press into Gaza while its "blood-soaked hands" executes a local press crew whose only weapon was a "microphone and a camera." The Front declared that international silence on such crimes constitutes a "partnership in the crime" and called on international press unions and human rights organizations to pursue accountability in international courts.
โ๏ธ The Popular Resistance Committees in Palestine (PRC) eulogized the journalists, calling Anas al-Sharif an "icon of Palestine" whose "work exposed the zionist holocaust." The Committees stated that the assassination exposes the lie of Netanyahu's propaganda and proves the "zionist entity fears the word, the image, the camera, and the pen." Pledging to continue on the path of the martyrs, the PRC affirmed that their struggle will continue until the "entity of murder, fascism, and zionist crime" is removed entirely.
๐จ Fatah al-Intifada mourned the "martyrs of truth," stating that the targeting of journalists is a "blatant violation of human rights and freedom of the press." The movement asserted that the primary goal of such attacks is to "blind the world to the crimes" and assassinate the witnesses documenting the "genocide of the Palestinian people in Gaza." It called for international protection for media workers to ensure they can perform their duties in safety.
๐ The Palestinian Journalists Protection Center (PJPC) strongly condemned the heinous crime, noting that the assassination of Al Jazeera's correspondents came after months of "israeli" incitement against them. The Center called for an "independent and transparent international investigation" into the continuous targeting of journalists in Gaza to ensure accountability and an end to the "policy of impunity." It also demanded the international community provide "immediate and effective protection for Palestinian journalists."
https://t.me/PalestineResist