Burkina faso: April 13, 2026 saw around one hundred terrorists neutralized in the Soum. Following several days of intelligence gathering, the Combat Forces launched a perfectly coordinated air and ground operation in the Soum region during the night of April 13-14, 2026. This operation resulted in the neutralization of over one hundred terrorists and the recovery of a significant arsenal of weapons. Furthermore, terrorist leaders were neutralized in several locations during the first half of April. According to Burkina Information Agency, from April 1 to 13, 2026, the Burkinabe army conducted a series of offensive operations combining ground actions and air strikes in several localities, notably in Liptako, Nakambé, and Boucle du Mouhoun, inflicting heavy losses on armed groups. The most significant operation took place on the night of April 13, 2026, in the Soum region. Intelligence services detected a massive concentration of terrorist fighters who had come from the East to reinforce their positions in pre paration for large-scale attacks against several strategic locations. After confirmation by reconnaissance aircraft, a strike campaign was launched. Heavy bombing targeted several enemy positions, destroying their logistics, including pickup trucks, ammunition, and fuel. Survivors attempting to flee were hunted down and neutralized. At daybreak, elements of the 28th Rapid Intervention Battalion (BIR) were deployed for a sweep mission. They quickly crushed pockets of resistance before recovering any still-usable equipment. The report states that more than a hundred terrorists were neutralized, numerous weapons were recovered, including around fifty assault rifles and several heavy machine guns, as well as several dozen vehicles. On the same day, the 19th BIR conducted a sweep operation in its area of responsibility, neutralizing remaining elements and recovering equipment. Simultaneously, units from the 10th and 18th BIRs, conducting reconnaissance in the Koumbara area, also neutralized criminals. On April 1 1, 2026, the special intervention group of the 18th BIR intervened in Mawe, where a terrorist pair on a reconnaissance mission was neutralized. On April 10, 2026, in the Pétégoli area, about ten terrorists on motorcycles, who had come to observe the Forces' deployment, were followed to their logistics base located to the north. An airstrike neutralized them and destroyed their ammunition and fuel depot. April 9, 2026, was marked by several simultaneous actions. In Biguimnoghin, in the Nakambé region, a terrorist attack was repelled by the Combat Forces. In the Kouy area, near Nouna, elements of the 52nd Commando Infantry Regiment (RIC) neutralized criminals. On the same day, in the Soum region, a major meeting of terrorist leaders, located by intelligence, was confirmed by aerial reconnaissance. This was followed by a precision missile strike, which destroyed the position. On April 7, 2026, the BIR 29 special intervention group neutralized criminals in the Poro area. On April 6, 2026, a large-scale operati on destroyed a terrorist headquarters in the Pama forest, housing a high-ranking leader and a center for manufacturing improvised explosive devices. On April 3, 2026, the Forces engaged in Kosse neutralized a terrorist pair in the Balanso area. As early as April 1, 2026, Tougan's special intervention group made contact with enemy elements in the Nassan area, marking the beginning of a series of sustained offensive operations. Furthermore, during a recent night, Special Forces commandos, conducting maneuvers on the border in the Petegoli area, neutralized terrorist elements who had come to gather intelligence.