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US airstrikes target bunkers used by Iran-linked militias in Syria

US President Joe Biden authorized the strikes in a bid to deter harassment of US troops in Iraq and Syria. The US military said it carried out precision airstrikes against a bunker complex used by Iran-backed militias in eastern Syria early on Wednesday. US President Joe Biden authorized the strikes …

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Iran pushes back against IAEA claims as US responds to nuclear deal proposal

As it reviews the latest US response about returning to the 2015 nuclear deal, Iran is refuting the International Atomic Energy Agency’s claims about its previous nuclear activities. Iran said Wednesday it had received a US response on its latest proposal as part of efforts to revive the nuclear deal. …

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Dix choses à savoir sur le général Michael Langley, commandant de l’armée américaine en Afrique

Le 6 août, le lieutenant-général Langley est devenu le premier général quatre étoiles noir en 246 ans d’histoire des Marines. Après 37 ans passés dans ce corps d’élite, il vient de prendre la tête du commandement militaire américain pour l’Afrique. Quatre étoiles La nomination de Michael Langley à la tête …

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RDC-Russie : le groupe Wagner tente-t-il de s’implanter chez Félix Tshisekedi ?

Alors que des contacts officiels ont récemment eu lieu entre les gouvernements congolais et russe, un homme attire les regards à Kinshasa : Viktor Tokmakov. Ce diplomate, qui a été en poste en Centrafrique, s’est en effet déjà révélé être l’un des principaux VRP du groupe de mercenariat Wagner. Révélations. …

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NATO Is Hedging on Its Promise to Protect the Baltics

The alliance is still making only token increases to its military presence in Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. At its June summit in Madrid, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization agreed to adopt a plan for defending the Baltic states—firming up what had been more of a tripwire than a serious combat …

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Security Threat: China’s Interest in US Agriculture

The more US agricultural technology China acquires, especially through theft, in order to become dominant in the agritech field, the worse the US will fare when it comes to selling its own technology, whether to China or third countries. The specific goal is for China to be able to satisfy …

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L’Algérie peut-elle devenir membre des BRICS ?

Et si les BRICS devenaient les BRICSA ? Abdelmadjid Tebboune en est persuadé : l’Algérie qu’il préside répond en grande partie aux conditions pour adhérer à ce club d’économies émergentes comprenant le Brésil, la Russie, l’Inde, la Chine et l’Afrique du Sud. Qu’en est-il réellement ? Décryptage. « L’Algérie s’intéresse …

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Islamic State threatens Kurdish workers in northeast Syria

The Islamic State is threatening to kill employees in the Kurdish-led Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria in the countryside of Deir ez-Zor if they continue to report to their jobs. Islamic State (IS) cells in the countryside of Deir ez-Zor in eastern Syria threatened employees and workers of …

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Turkey signals new rules of engagement to Syrian Kurds, Damascus

Turkish strikes on Syrian government troops and overt Kurdish attacks on targets inside Turkey signal that both sides are changing the rules of the game as Ankara eyes normalization with Damascus. Ankara’s reconciliation overtures to Damascus have been accompanied by growing Turkish attacks on Syrian Kurdish and government forces along …

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Barzani says former Turkish president wanted federation with Iraq’s Kurds

In his memoir, Iraqi Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani shares that Turkey’s former President Turgut Ozal had once floated the idea of “annexing” Iraqi Kurdistan. As Turkey escalates its campaign against Kurdish militants in the north of Syria and Iraq and Kurdish politicians within its borders, Masoud Barzani, the preeminent leader …

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