Iranian tankers have fed fuel to one of Venezuela’s most important refineries, enabling the strategic El Palito facility to resume gasoline production after it was forced to largely reduce its activities under pressure from draconian American sanctions.
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Russia deploys military fighter aircraft to Libya
U.S. Africa Command assesses that Moscow recently deployed military fighter aircraft to Libya in order to support Russian state-sponsored private military contractors (PMCs) operating on the ground there.
Read More »Russian Influence Grows in the Middle East and North Africa
Bottom Line Up Front: In both Syria and Libya, Russia has relied on a combination of mercenaries, weapons sales to proxies and clients, and an aggressive disinformation campaign to grow its influence.
Read More »As Saudi Official Hid Abroad, His Family Became a Target at Home
Saad Aljabri knows “where the bodies are buried.” Now Saudi authorities are arresting his relatives to force him to return to the kingdom, his son says.
Read More »Captured Iraqi Daesh member details splits in the extremist group
A senior Daesh member being held in Iraq has described the group’s new leader as “not as firm” as his predecessor Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi.
Read More »Czech Court Upholds Former Prague Muslim Leader's Conviction
A Czech appeals court on Thursday upheld a lower court ruling that convicted a former Prague Muslim leader of being part of a terror group and financing terrorism, sentencing him to 10 years in prison.
Read More »French Daesh terror suspects escape YPG-controlled jails in Syria
Thirteen female suspected Daesh militants from France have escaped from YPG/PKK-controlled prisons in northern Syria, a Paris-based anti-terror monitor said Wednesday.
Read More »British government to prosecute Hezbollah flag wavers at online protests
The British government warned it will prosecute protesters who break the law if Hezbollah flags are displayed in online demonstrations.
Read More »20 years after withdrawal, Israel, Hezbollah brace for war
Twenty years after Hezbollah guerrillas pushed Israel’s last troops from southern Lebanon, both sides are gearing up for what could be another war, one that neither seems to want.
Read More »US-led Coalition airstrikes destroy ISIS tunnels southwest of Erbil: Source
The US-led coalition against the Islamic State, in coordination with Kurdish Peshmerga forces, carried out airstrikes on Wednesday against the terrorist group’s fighters in the area known as Qarachukh Mountain, located outside the disputed district of Makhmour, a security source said.
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