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Pompeo during rare Golan Heights visit: ‘This is Israel’

Secretary tours Syrian border with Israeli counterpart, scoffs at US elites and ‘salons of Europe’ who want Assad to control strategic ridge; is briefed on Iran’s influence in area Mike Pompeo on Thursday visited the Golan Heights, a first trip to the contested territory since Washington recognized Israeli sovereignty over …

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Exclusif – Emmanuel Macron : « Entre la France et l’Afrique, ce doit être une histoire d’amour »

Image de la France, caricatures du Prophète, Sahel, franc CFA, Sahara, démocratie, colonisation, Ouattara, Condé, Kagame… Trois ans après le discours de Ouagadougou, le chef de l’État français s’est longuement confié à JA pour évoquer son bilan et les sujets brûlants de l’actualité.

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A Washington Echo Chamber for a New Cold War

A Rising China Lifts All Boats (Submarines, Aircraft Carriers, and Surface Ships), Not to Speak of Fighter Planes, in the Military-Industrial Complex War: what is it good for? Apparently, in Washington’s world of think tanks, the answer is: the bottom line.

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A Fragile Peace in Nagorno-Karabakh Leaves Russia and Turkey in Charge—For Now

Armenia and Azerbaijan signed an agreement last week to end six weeks of bloody fighting over the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh. The Russia-brokered deal requires Armenia to give up much of the territory it controlled prior to the recent hostilities, and calls for Moscow to maintain a peacekeeping force of …

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Intel: Senators move to block US F-35, drone sale to UAE

A bipartisan group of US senators say they received no reply from the Pentagon or State Department after inquiring last month about implications of the sale of advanced weaponry to the United Arab Emirates.

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Is Russia’s naval base in Sudan a signal to Turkey … and Biden?

Moscow is set to create a strategic foothold in Africa along vital shipping routes. Russian President Vladimir Putin approved on Nov. 16 the government’s plans to create a naval facility in Sudan to service the needs of the Russian navy in the region and serve as a logistics center. The …

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