Murab Kubalt
| Cobalt Square | |
|---|---|
| ⵎⵓⵔⴰⴱ ⴽⵓⴱⴰⵍⵜ Murab Kubalt | |
| Leader | Khyar Aziouel Amastan Elmoctar Hmija Khabte Chekkadh Amanrassa |
| Foundation | 2013 |
| Country |  Charnea |
| Motives | Establishment of a military government |
| Active regions | East Scipia |
| Ideology | Militarism Neo-Charneanism Charnean Nationalism |
| Opponents | Alxekum |
The Cobalt Square (Tamashek: ⵎⵓⵔⴰⴱ ⴽⵓⴱⴰⵍⵜ, Murab Kubalt) is a political faction of the Imperial Charnean Army seeking to establish a nationalist Neo-Charneanist military government. The Murab Kubalt was established in the wake of the Seven Day Coup and the rise of Martial Martuf Lamine in 2013 by four Colonels of the counterinsurgency forces active in the Hatheria and Deshret regions of eastern Charnea. The founders of the Murab Kubalt are all combat veterans of the Ninvite War, deriving the name of their organization from Operation Cobalt Sky. The Murab Kubalt faction of the army was generally supportive of the Martial's government and loyal to Martuf Lamine, while calling for a full military government with the Martial at its head and a purge of what they view as the corrupt AKE Party administration of Charnea. Martial Lamine's government in Charnea (2013-2022) utilized the Murab Kubalt for its political aims but largely distanced itself from the more radical and controversial positions of the group. His death in December 2022 set the stage for a power struggle between the Murab Kubalt and the moderate Alxekum faction of the Army.
The Murab Kubalt has not formed any political party and has no recognized standing in the Army hierarchy, representing an informal political faction of the military. The faction is popular among the junior officers of the Army, having a strong base of support in the counterinsurgency forces fighting the Azdarin Liberation Front and other militant groups primarily in eastern Charnea, the border guard forces and the Tege expeditionary forces which saw action in the Fahrani Civil War. Murab Kubalt sympathies can generally be found in those who are excluded from the system of political patronage in the Army, being passed over for promotion or otherwise facing discrimination and unfavorable treatment from superior officers.