June, 2020

• 27 June

  Five Things Kosovo Must Know Before Doing a Deal with Serbia

  Following the election of the new government in Kosovo, the US special presidential envoy for the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue, Richard Grenell, has taken a proactive and assertive approach to the talks, increasing the likelihood of a final deal in which the US plays a significant role.

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• 27 June

  Palestinians: Is It Really about 'Annexation'?

  It is dead wrong to assume that if Israel abandons its plan, most Muslims would give up their desire to destroy Israel and replace it with an extremist Iran-style Islamic state.

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• 27 June

  U.S. Used Missile With Long Blades to Kill Qaeda Leader in Syria

  Special Operations forces used a secret weapon designed to limit civilian casualties to strike the Qaeda veteran this month.

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• 27 June

  How the US military has failed to address white supremacy in its ranks

  A recently uncovered extremist plot has put fresh scrutiny on the relationship between US service members and white supremacist groups. An alleged plot by a young solider to coordinate with a neo-Nazi group to attack and kill members of his own army unit has put new scrutiny on the US …

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• 27 June

  Neo-Nazi Memoir Describes Terror Group’s Acid-Soaked Ram Sacrifice

  January was a spectacularly bad month for The Base. A nationwide FBI crackdown dismantled the neo-Nazi terror group, resulting in multiple arrests of its members for things as sinister as assassination plots and plans to shoot up a protest and as peculiar as animal sacrifice and the production of DMT. …

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• 27 June

  US accuses Iran of sheltering Al Qaeda members

  The US accused the Iranian government of sheltering members of Al Qaeda. In its annual terrorism report issued on Wednesday, the US State Department said Iran remained unwilling to convict Al Qaeda members living in the country and refused to publicly identify members in its custody.

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• 27 June

  Iraqis flee border areas as Turkey strikes Kurdish militants

  Dozens of civilians fled villages in northern Iraq on Monday as Turkey stepped up a military campaign targeting Kurdish rebels that has drawn condemnation from Iraqi officials.

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• 27 June

  Iraq launches third phase of anti-ISIS operations as coalition withdraws

  Iraq on Monday launched the third phase of a military operation in the north to combat ISIS sleeper cells as US-led coalition forces begin to withdraw.

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• 27 June

  US State Department insists no ‘back-room deal’ behind release of Hezbollah financier

  The US State Department is denying any deal-making or “good-will diplomacy” was behind the impending release of Kassim Tajideen, a Lebanese-Belgian businessman and convicted financier of the militant organisation Hezbollah.

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• 27 June

  Al-Qaeda-linked group in Syria detains former commander who defected

  Jamal Zeina split from group once known as Nusra Front earlier this year to set up a new hardline organization.

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