The opposition's Western and Gulf Arab backers sought to encourage a centralised rebel leadership and in December 2012 a number of brigades affiliated themselves to a newly-created Supreme Military Council (SMC). The SMC's chief-of-staff, Gen Idris, wants it to be a more moderate and stronger alternative to the jihadist rebel groups in Syria.
Bamyan Province is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, located in the central highlands of the country. Its terrain is mountainous or semi-mount... Bamyan Province is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, located in the central highlands of the country. Its terrain is mountainous or semi-mount... Skip navigation
The Nagorno Karabakh Republic is situated in the southeastern part of Caucasus Minor. The landscape of the republic is extremely rugged and mountainous, but it includes the eastern part of the Karabakh plateau, inclining from west to the east and merging with the Artsakh valley, a major part of the Kur-Araks lowland.