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The Islamic State maintains a presence in the Salah ad-Din area of northern Iraq. The Iraqi air force has reported conducting new airstrikes against enemy fighters. Pilots commanding F-16 fighter jets carried out the aerial strikes northwest of Mutaybija in Iraq’s Salah ad-Din province in the north of the country. …
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November, 2021
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17 November
SDF arrest ISIS facilitator in Deir al-Zor
“This operation, assisted by Coalition forces, was part of continued efforts of SDF to deter Daesh (ISIS) resurgence and shut down their terrorist network.” The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) arrested an Islamic State (ISIS) weapons and explosives facilitator in the eastern Syrian province of Deir al-Zor on Sunday night, the …
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17 November
Iraq’s Surprise Election Results
All is still not well in Iraqi politics some eighteen years after the U.S. invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein’s regime. In 2019, a wave of popular protest known as the Tishreen movement swept across the country, as demonstrators called for fundamental reform of the post-2003 political system. Elections held in …
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17 November
On freezing Poland-Belarus border, migrants cry for help
Thousands of mostly Middle Eastern migrants are camping out in the freezing cold, stranded on the Belarus border with Poland, and prevented from going any farther toward their goal – the European Union. Trapped between Polish soldiers guarding the border fence and Belarusian soldiers who will not let them turn …
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17 November
Biden and Xi ‘meet’ and agree: US-China competition, not conflict
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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