February, 2021

• 7 February

  What US ending Saudi war support means for Yemen

  President Joe Biden’s announcement that the U.S. will end its support of a Saudi-led coalition’s yearslong war against Yemen’s Houthi rebels likely will increase pressure on the kingdom to end its campaign there. However, reaching an enduring peace for the Arab world’s poorest country still remains in question.

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• 7 February

  Russia Is Extending One Of The Runways At Its Syrian Airbase

  Satellite imagery that The War Zone has obtained of Russia’s Khmeimim air base outpost in Syria shows work ongoing to extend one of its two main runways by around 1,000 feet. The extension would allow the base to support more regular deployments of larger and more heavily-laden aircraft, including heavy …

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• 7 February

  Threat to NATO: Russian Kilo-class subs armed with Kalibr missiles

  Russian Warsaw-type [Kilo-class – ed.] submarines will be armed with Kalibr cruise missiles and will be able to remain in service for a long time, maintaining their leadership position, learned BulgarianMilitary.com citing expert’s opinion published in the Chinese edition of Sohu.

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• 7 February

  Russia has sent a huge heavily armed convoy to Syria

  Moscow sent a substantial military convoy of equipment and weapons systems of the Russian Federation to the area of ​​the Syrian city of Ayn Issa, some Russian agencies report, including Aviapro. According to sources in the Russian news agency, it is a convoy of at least 16 vehicles, including armored …

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• 7 February

  Fierce clashes along the Ethiopia-Sudan controversial border

  The Lebanese newspaper Al-Masdar News, which is known for its pro-Syrian publications and support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, wrote in its article that violent clashes occurred between the Sudanese and Ethiopian armies on the border between the two countries.

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• 7 February

  Al-Qaeda leader in Yemen under arrest, his deputy killed

  A UN document said Khalid Batarfi, the leader of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) for just under a year, was arrested and his deputy, Saad Atef al-Awlaqi, died during an “operation in Ghayda City, Al-Mahrah Governorate, in October.”

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• 7 February

  Fight against ISIS shores up Kadhimi’s image among Iraqis

  The Iraqi prime minister has used Issawi’s killing to restore the public’s trust in the government and security forces, which had declined following two security setbacks in Baghdad and Saladin.

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• 7 February

  Al Qaeda’s leader in Yemen under arrest, UN report reveals

  The leader of al Qaeda’s affiliate in Yemen has been under arrest for several months, the United Nations disclosed Thursday in a development that may have opened up a goldmine of information for counterterrorism agencies in their campaign against the global al Qaeda network.

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• 7 February

  UN approves advance team for Libya for cease-fire monitoring

  The U.N. Security Council requested the secretary-general on Thursday to swiftly deploy an advance team to Libya as a first step to sending monitors to observe an October cease-fire between the country’s warring parties. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres recommended in late December that international monitors be deployed to Libya, under a …

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• 7 February

  An Indebted Ex-President and the Pricey German Fix to a Montenegrin Stench

  Two independent experts say a German company hired to fix the sewage issues of the Montenegrin tourist town of Budva overcharged by millions of euros. More than a decade after the contract was signed, much of the sewage still flows into the sea.

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