Saharan War

**SUPPORTED BY:**

* JFSSR

**SUPPORTED BY:**

* Commune of Briayon

## **History**

The path towards Evkarian independence was long and bloody. From a colony of Lindonce to a colony of the Mrassian Empire, the ethnic peoples there had always been subject to European occupation ever since the late 1800s. Evkaria became a province of the Mrassian Africa colony in 1925 with the signing of the Treaty of Evkiers. Yet this didn’t change much. Evkaria was still a colony under Mrassian imperial control. Independence movements across Africa would begin to spring up by the late 1940s, and by the 1950s, several provinces would either declare, be granted, or rise up in arms for independence from the European empires. Evkaria was one of the first to rebel, driven by the ideology of Islamic Nationalism, the Evkarian Islamic Army would rise up in 1951, and after a war against the Mrassian Empire, would become independent as the Islamic Republic of Evkaria in 1953.

### **Seeds of "Greater Evkaria"**

At first the republic functioned well. It was stable, had a growing economy, free elections, and a stable population. However as the nation began to stabilize, corruption began to flourish in the halls of power, with lobbying efforts halting any liberal reforms. As well as that, there would be several assassination attempts on succeeding presidents. These attempts would mainly be that of the social democrats and the socialists. This would lead many to doubt the stability and future of the current government. Yet things would turn around in the 60s, when under the nationalist conservative, Khalif Khadra began to spread the idea of “Greater Evkaria,” which was an idea where all surrounding lands populated by ethnic Evkarians should be incorporated into Evkaria proper. These ideas were shared by the other hardline nationalists. In 1967 the communist party would launch an attack on the presidential palace in Evkiers. From here the military would grow suspicious of the government, claiming it to be too weak to handle the threat the red menace posed to them.

Evkaria would undergo a right wing military coup in 1968, placing Kamaal Nasri in charge. Under his rule, the communist party and socialist movements would be brutally suppressed by violence, which gave the junta more enemies and saw the rise in popularity of Arab Communism, an ideology that was beginning to spread from the other North African states. The Nasri junta as well as the dictators who would succeed him throughout the 70s would at all costs try to stop the rise of this new branch of Communism, but to no avail. The junta would be overthrown in 1979 and the liberals under president Taweel Abbas. However his liberal government would prove to be weaker than the first republican government, and Arab Communist support was still growing. The liberals would stay in power until 1995 when they joined the Berufspakt and lost the 2nd Weltkrieg to the Pendel Internationale. In the peace deal, the Arab Communists would be allowed to take power in the new People’s Republic of Evkaria.

### **Copying off of the Junta**

Communist mercenary military general, Mourad Madani, through violence and intimidation, would become the first “president” of the new government. In 1997 he declared martial law as he stated “the threat of the capitalist old ways are still at large” and declared he would do anything to stop the “greedy white men” from ever holding power in the country again. Political and social violence skyrocketed under his military regime, as several conservatives and liberals were either killed, imprisoned, or fled into exile. Then in 2000, he began to conspire against his former allies in Aluus and Dagreb. In 2001, he reintroduced the idea of “Greater Evkaria” to his council of advisors.

His council of advisors agreed to go ahead with the plans for Greater Evkaria, yet the goal would be adjusted. Not only would they incorporate ethnic Evkarian lands, but they would unite the Islamic World under the red banner. To get the plan started, the Madani government would encourage ethnic rebellions in Aluus from 2002 to 2007. At first the Aluus syndicalist government struggled to find out the cause of the rebellions, and a government investigation would continue until the answers would be found. Their ally in Dagreb to the South would assist in these investigations. Things escalated in January 2007 when an Evkarian terrorist was caught and arrested. When brought in for questioning he confessed to be working for the Madani junta. After that, both Dagreb and Aluus demanded answers from Madani, who instead of answering, only ignored them. The Aluus government sent an ultimatum to Evkaria, demanding 30,000,000 Aluusan Dirhams for the attacks. Madani once again refused and on February 12, 2007, Aluus and Dagreb would declare war on the communist junta of Evkaria.

## **The War**

The opening months of the war saw the first offensives of the war. Madani would assemble all of his forces on the Western border with Aluus, and the Aluusan military was unprepared for the overwhelming numbers of their enemy divisions. Evkaria would would push deep into the Northeast of Aluus, and the plan was to make one massive push through the North, eventually planning to cut off the northern armies from the south, and then crush the encirclement and then crush the Aluusan resistance before finally invading Dagreb.

The invasion would be halted in September 2007 as reinforcements managed to stabilize the lines before the Evkarians could fully make their encirclement. This stunted Evkarian strength while giving a boost to coalition morale and resolve. Internationally, the war was met with massive protest. The Commune of Briayon demanded a swift end to the war due to the Briayonish Revolutionary Navy operating in the region. The stance was shared by their allies, the Socialist Republic of Lindonce and the Alestian Socialist State. Madani refused to end the war, and in response, the Briayonish Bloc placed sanctions on Evkaria, which crippled their economy, yet Madani and his forces refused to give in.

2008 didn’t see much development on the frontlines. Madani would attempt to reorganize his forces for an offensive towards the Aluusan capital city of Molal. While this reorganization was taking place, Aluus and Dagreb performed their counterattack, pushing the Evkarians back to the border. Central Aluus was barely defended, and the Evkarians took advantage of this, and launched their Molal Offensive in August 2008. The Evkarians made staggering progress once again as they captured one city after another. Caught off guard the coalition armies sent newly recruited soldiers to stall their advance while reinforcements arrived from the Northeast, and with the Commune of Briayon and Alestian Socialist  State sending volunteers, the Evkarians didn’t stand a chance, and in December of 2008, while the Madani armies arrived outside of Molal, they were suddenly encircled, trapped, by coalition forces. With the humiliating defeat, partisans against the Madani Junta would rise up across occupied territory and Evkaria proper.

By January 2009, the Evkarians were in full retreat and were pushed back to the border once again. Unrest was growing in Evkaria and the sanctions placed on them was destroying the once prosperous economy and industry, and the nation was struggling to recover. By the end of January, Aluus and Dagreb even made an effort to invade Evkaria, which succeeded due to instability and mutiny in the army. To make matters worse for the junta, the capital Evkiers was under threat of attack. Seeing the inevitable, Madani’s council of advisors went against his wishes and pleaded for a ceasefire. The Aluusan-Dagreb coalition agreed to meet with the council of advisors.