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Communication lost with group of “Self-Defence Forces” in Al-Shuhayl, and SDF storm the area

Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: SOHR sources say that five members of the SDF-backed “Self-Defence Forces” went missing. The missing members used to be stationed at checkpoints near Euphrates river in Al-Shuhayl town in eastern Deir Ezzor.

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Hezbollah: Armed resistance only way to free Palestine

The deputy head of Lebanon’s resistance movement Hezbollah said normalization with Israel has no benefit for the Palestinians and only serves the regime’s interests, describing armed resistance as the sole way to liberate Palestine from Israeli occupation.

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Why the Shiites Care So Much About the Finance Ministry

Beyond the political context and clientelist considerations, Amal and Hezbollah are always looking for levers to control government action. The insistence of the Shiite duo (Hezbollah and Amal) on obtaining the finance ministry in the next cabinet has little to do with a particular political context and even less with …

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Revealed: The CIA and MI6’s secret war in Kenya

A covert Kenyan paramilitary team armed and trained by the US and supported by UK intelligence is behind renditions and controversial killings of terror suspects in night-time raids, Declassified UK can reveal.

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The Abraham Accord: Realignment, Containment, and Militarism

On 19 August 2020, an article in Foreign Affairs argued that a “botched peace plan” in the Middle East accidentally produced the Abraham Accord between the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Israel and the US. On the surface, the Abraham Accord appears to be a ‘botched peace plan’. However, it is …

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