Eurasia Press & News
U.S.-led coalition special operation forces hit back against an Islamic State cell in Syria, capturing a midlevel leader linked to a rise in attacks by the terror group in the Deir el-Zour countryside.
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12 May
Turkey Arrests Dozens of ISIS Elements in 4 Months
Turkish security forces have carried out a total of 8,163 operations targeting terrorist organizations during April, said Interior Ministry spokesman Ismail Catakli.
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12 May
Kurdish-backed security forces arrest alleged ISIS financial chief in Raqqa
The Kurdish-backed Anti-Terror Forces (HAT) in northeastern Syria arrested a senior Islamic State financial chief in Raqqa on Wednesday who was allegedly responsible for organizing sleeper cells in the city.
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12 May
Luton far-right extremist admits having explosives
A far-right extremist has pleaded guilty to terror offences and having explosives.
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12 May
European prisons releasing 1,000 returned ISIS fighters in 2020 poses new security challenge
The threat from ISIS will be greater after the release of 1,000 of its returned fighters from European prisons over the course of 2020, chief analyst at the UN told The National.
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11 May
Hungary – Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles Extended Range (AMRAAM-ER)
The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Hungary of sixty (60) AIM-120C-7/C-8 AMRAAMER missiles, and two (2) spare AIM-120C-7/C-8 AMRAAM-ER guidance sections and related equipment for an estimated cost of $230 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress …
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11 May
Trump 'personally ordered' marine incursion into Venezuela: Maduro
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says there is evidence his American counterpart Donald Trump “personally ordered” the recent military raid on the Latin American country, arguing that Washington swiftly cut remaining ties with Caracas thereafter.
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11 May
WHO: 44 Million Africans at Risk for COVID-19
Up to 44 million people in Africa could come down with the coronavirus and 190,000 will die if the virus is not contained, the World Health Organization said.
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11 May
Beijing Media Calls for Quadrupling China's Nuclear Weapons as US Continues Encirclement
In a Friday op-ed, Global Times editor-in-chief Hu Xijin called for China to quadruple its nuclear weapons stockpile from 260 to 1,000 weapons amid unprecedented pressure by the United States. In recent years, Washington has declared reversing China’s rise and undermining the Chinese Communist Party its primary geostrategic goals.
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11 May
Spanish police arrest man in Barcelona over ISIS terror plot
Spanish police have arrested a man in Barcelona over a suspected ISIS terror plot.
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