Eurasia Press & News
Washington and Beijing shared one fundamental goal for Monday night’s virtual meeting between Chinese leader Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden: to bring a modicum of stability to U.S.-China relations. The meeting, which ran 3 1/2 hours, was described as “intense and engaged.” “It seems to me our responsibility …
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16 November
Russian Air Force Takes Revenge On ISIS In Deir Ezzor Desert
Violent explosions rocked the areas under the control of the Syrian regime in the western countryside of Deir Ezzor, yesterday morning (Sunday), caused by intense air strikes, carried out by Russian warplanes on areas in the desert of the region, in an attempt to target ISIS, which is hiding in …
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16 November
Syria will attend the next Arab summit in Algeria, Syrian politician predicts
“In my estimation, Syria will be present at the next Arab summit in Algeria,” Omar Rahmoun tells the Tehran Times. It seems that the ice between Damascus and Arab countries are thawing.United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan met Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus on Tuesday in …
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16 November
Afghanistan: From American Strategic Defeat to Regional Integration Platform
In fact, if the Heartland were to succeed in joining the Rimland, the maritime superiority of the United States and more generally of the thalassocratic powers would be over. At that point, the U.S. would only have to shift all its military weight to the Indo-Pacific region and unleash a …
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16 November
Countering Russia: The Role of Special Operations Forces in Strategic Competition
Key Findings To successfully compete with Russia and other great powers, the United States requires the ability to mitigate adversarial messaging efforts, engage key populations, support decisionmakers against influence efforts by malign actors, improve the resilience of partner institutions, assure foreign partners of U.S. resolve, deter adversaries, and illuminate and …
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16 November
Prospects for Sino-Russian Coordination in Afghanistan
The increasingly close bilateral relationship between China and Russia is one of the most interesting, consequential, and surprising geopolitical developments since the end of the Cold War. Beijing and Moscow — once bitter adversaries — now cooperate on military issues, cyber security, high technology, and in outer space, among other …
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16 November
NATO Arms Sales to Ukraine: The Spark That Starts a War with Russia?
The United States and its NATO allies are busily arming Ukraine and engaging in other actions that encourage the leaders in Kiev to believe that they have strong Western backing in their confrontation with Russia and Russian-backed separatists. The United States and its NATO allies are busily arming Ukraine and …
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16 November
Iraqi Security Forces kill senior ISIS figure in Kirkuk
Members of the Iraqi security forces on Friday killed a senior ISIS figure in an operation south of the disputed Kirkuk province, the Iraqi Ministry of Defense said. The ministry said in a statement that an Iraqi army unit had “killed the commander of the terrorist sniper detachment nicknamed (Abu …
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16 November
ISIS ambush kills 13 loyalist fighters in Syria
An ISIS ambush has killed at least 13 fighters loyal to the Syrian government, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said. The attack in the country’s east killed “at least 13 members of a local pro-regime group and wounded others”, the watchdog said. It took place in the Masrib …
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16 November
Israel loses patience with Iranian entrenchment in Syria
Israel has detected increased activity by Iran as it builds up its military presence in Syria. Is Syrian President Bashar al-Assad starting to change his mind about the long dominance of Iran and Russia in his country? Several intelligence analysts have assessed recently that with Assad’s regime stabilized, the Iranian …
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