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The CIA Is Better Than the U.S. Military at Creating Foreign Armies

The disintegration of the Afghan army—trained and equipped by the U.S. military for the past two decades—has once again raised questions about the efficacy of the Defense Department’s advise-and-assist programs with foreign partner militaries. The United States spent more than $83 billion trying to build up the Afghan force only …

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Will the U.S. Withdraw from Syria as it Did from Afghan Base?

After the United States withdrawal from Afghanistan, Arab countries are wondering whether Syria – which has hundreds of American soldiers – will be the next country to witness a U.S. withdrawal. This was already stated in an analytical article in the Foreign Policy magazine. The piece says that given current …

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Has the Daraa Agreement Undermined the Expansion of Iran in Southern Syria?

Local activists in Daraa said that the recent settlement reached by the central committees in the Daraa governorate with the regime’s security committee serves the interests of Daraa’s people and prevents the demographic change that Iran wants to impose. The Ahrar Horan Group quoted the Syrian journalist Mohammed al-Aweed as …

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