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ISIS Redux: The Central Syria Insurgency in June 2024

ISIS carried out at least 29 confirmed attacks in June in the Homs, Hama, Raqqa, Deir Ez Zor, and Aleppo governorates. These attacks killed at least 49 pro-Assad regime soldiers and two civilian and wounded at least 23 more soldiers and civilians. There were also 12 high quality* attacks carried …

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Erdogan meets ‘dear friend’ Putin as Russia, Turkey eye cooperation on Syria

The two leaders reaffirmed their commitment to bilateral ties only days ahead of the NATO summit. Less than a week before his planned travel to the NATO summit in Washington, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, met in Astana on Wednesday and reaffirmed their commitment …

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Turkey’s Erdogan arrives in US for NATO summit: Defense sales, PKK ties in focus

The Turkish president said cooperation against terrorism and removing defense sale obstacles against his country will top his agenda during his trip. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Washington on Tuesday to attend the NATO’s three-day summit, where Ankara is expected to make its case for boosting defense sales …

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Iran: Reformer Pezeshkian On The Path To Reforms? – Analysis

Reformer Masoud Pezeshkian, who advocates for greater openness towards the West, was elected President of the Islamic Republic of Iran in a decisive second round of presidential elections held on 5 July 2024. He faced hardline conservative candidate Saeed Jalili, succeeding President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash …

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Russia Sees Signs of Diplomatic Rehabilitation in Orbán Visit

For Moscow, the significance of the Hungarian leader’s most recent visit had nothing to do with any peace proposal he may have put to Putin. It simply proved to the Kremlin that Russia is treading a similar path to the one it followed after 2014: from international outcast to a …

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Énergie, défense, diplomatie : Les enjeux du voyage de Modi en Russie

La Russie, actuellement aux prises avec des sanctions occidentales sans précédent, attend avec impatience l’arrivée de son allié de toujours, le Premier ministre indien Narendra Modi. Il s’agira de la première visite de Modi en Russie depuis 2019, année où il a participé au Forum économique oriental à Vladivostok. La …

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Le rédacteur en chef du Wall Street Journal, Gerry Baker, déclare : Nous avons été éclairés et trompés – pendant des années – tout cela au nom de la «démocratie»

Le rédacteur en chef du Wall Street Journal, Gerry Baker, déclare : «Nous avons été «éclairés» et trompés» – pendant des années – «tout cela au nom de la «démocratie»». Cette tromperie «s’est effondrée» avec le débat présidentiel de jeudi. «Jusqu’à ce que le monde voie la vérité… [contre] la …

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NATO Summit: Georgia And Armenia Will Get Some Attention

A NATO summit will convene July 9 in Washington with the main objective being enhancing Ukraine’s ability to defend itself against Russian aggression. But an ancillary aim for the Atlantic Alliance will be strengthening relationships with states in the Caucasus and Central Asia in the hopes of crimping Russia’s ability …

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Orbán And Le Pen Form New Far-Right Group ‘Patriots For Europe’

A new far-right group, the Patriots for Europe, was formed in the European Parliament on Monday (8 July) after swallowing their predecessor, Identity and Democracy (ID), and unifying enough lawmakers on the right and far-right side to become the third-largest group. The intention to form a group of “patriotic and …

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What The Iranian People Want And Don’t Want – OpEd

Within the span of a week, the world saw two very contrasting picture of the Iranian people and their desires. On the one hand were the first and second round of the Iranian regime’s sham presidential elections, held on June 28 and July 5, which were met with an unprecedented …

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