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Arab Perspectives on the Middle East Crisis

THE REGIONAL REPERCUSSIONS Amid the horrible loss of civilian lives among both Israelis and Palestinians, the international community must take a step back and look at the root cause of this weekend’s terrible events. The world might have been surprised by the size of the Hamas attack, but it should …

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Meduza’s updated combat map Russian offensive by Avdiivka threatens to compromise Ukraine’s southern front

Like our earlier reports on the combat situation in Ukraine, this article takes stock of the recent developments in the battlefield based on open-source information. Meduza has condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine from the very start, and our detailed military analyses are part of our commitment to objective reporting on …

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Why does GRU need a PMC? Meet the private military company ‘Redut’ — a mercenary recruitment proxy for Russian intelligence and Spetsnaz forces

In a joint new investigation, two divisions of Radio Free Europe — the Ukraine-based Skhemy project and the Russian media Sistema — uncovered an illicit military recruitment scheme run by Russia’s Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU). The military intelligence agency, it appears, is using a fictitious private military company, PMC Redut …

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