>>46210
>If the West had enough control over the rebels, they'd seek a primarily PR-friendly secular uprising.
>it's a lot easier to get international volunteers and funding for Islamist rebels, and the Islamists do have a power base in Syrian society
Yeah foreign powers have to work with what's available.
>sectarianism but not theologically motivated
Religious people can have other reasons to be disgruntled. Like they might live in poverty. And those in poverty can be incited to action.

>>46230
All the Sahel region is the playground of "jihadis", various Al Qaeda and ISIS affiliates. I wonder of other countries follow Mali's and Burkina Faso's example. A Sahel Spring. Kinda reverse of the Mediterranean events where regimes rise which more "skeptical" towards the French influence and handling of the situation.
>Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration
Similarly poetic sounding name to the Malian movement.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/1/28/ecowas-due-to-discuss-response-to-burkina-faso-coup
This article says:
>The coup makers in Mali and Guinea, as well as in the Central African nation of Chad, where the military took power in April 2021, have all set up transitional governments with a mixture of military officers and civilians.
So essentially now we are at 4 countries in the Sahel Spring. Or maybe Sahel Autumn (AS - Arab Spring -> SA Sahel Autumn...)
Also I see a video in that page, "What's behind the coups in West Africa?", they say that was a coup attempt in Niger too.