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Eastern Security Brief
A publication of Gath Defense Collective, focusing on Dovani, Vascania and Temania.
October, 5604 | Southern Mina launches Operation "Sword of Thunder"

As the breakway region of Nefa presses the attack, the Minan Armed Forces respond with ballistic missile attacks.

President of the Ahmadi Republic of Southern Mina Wahid Mazin Nadim in a joint statement with the Minister of the Armed Forces, Taajuddeen al-Azam and Chief of the General Staff of the Ahmadi Republic of Southern Mina Armed Forces Lieutenant General Nadheer al-Masri announced the beginning of Operation Sword of Thunder (Sayf Al-Ra‘d). The operation according to Minan intelligence sources is to capture of the vital port city of Masset, the capital of the Minan Governorate of Nefa and vital industrial center in the south. Masset holds vital facilities operated by the Majatran Organization for Industrialization and the Mina Industrial Development Corporation, both of which produce military equipment for the Armed Forces of Mina. Over the course of the past several months the Royal Minan Guard Corps has radically transformed and have deployed in its entirety to Nefa; most notably the 1st Royal Minan Guard Brigade and the 2nd Royal Minan Guard Brigades. Sources close to the Ministry of Defense have reported that the elite Special Operations Service of the Royal Minan Guard Corps have deployed to the region en masse for the first time.

A Royal Minan Guard Brigade Type 96 Main Battle Tank, produced in conjunction with Yingdalan engineers and designers by MIDC.

Tensions have been boiling following a prolonged lull in the action, but the recent influx of new fighters from Solentia and the restored region of Quanzar have escalated the conflict tremendously. Comparatively, while the Minan Armed Forces possess significant combat experience and combat history, the upstart Ahmadi Republic of Southern Mina Armed Forces are well trained and combat hardened. Minister of the Armed Forces Taajuddeen al-Azam has sought to bring a blend of professionalism and religious zeal to the armed forces of Southern Mina and has instituted strict controls to professionalize the militia-type forces that many Solentian and Majatran forces came from during the Solentian Civil War and the subsequent restored Quanzar period in Istalia. This strict control and combination of veteran fighters have caused significant problems for the Minan Armed Forces regular forces, with the exception of the better equipped forces and more professional forces. The significant deployment of combat forces, especially those with combat experience by the Minan Armed Forces highlights the concern that they have that Nefa might fall and the loss of Masset will be a significant loss for the Minan government.

Ahmadi Republic of Southern Mina Ground Forces (ARSMGF) training somewhere in Nefa.

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PREMIER OFFERS SUPPORT TO NEW MIDWAY GOVERNMENT, LOOKS FOR COOPERATION ON CANAL

December, 5610

Premier Faaid al-Radi affirmed his support for Midway to restore their control over the Midway Canal, an important channel for commerce into and from the Sea of Carina. The Premier avoided political and ideological questions regarding the canal and events in Midway but cited that Dovani had long suffered under various types of "neo-Colonialism" and the Midway Canal has had several battles fought over it; and it appears that another is shaping up over it as well. The Premier offered support to the new government in Midway as a means to cool tensions and work on a plan towards management of the Midway Canal in the future. The Premier elluded to involvement of other Dovani nations, notably those tied to the Sovereign Sea and the Sea of Carina, both of which are linked by the Midway Canal in the management and ownership of the canal as a whole. According to the Ministry of the Royal Office, the recently created ministry aimed at representing the Sultan, Minister of the Royal Office, Azhaar al-Abyelaib, has cited the Sultan's desire to utilize funding of the Royal Development Authority to purchase part of the canal, giving Mina a position of management and leadership within the canal.