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Syria Remains a Complex Battlefield for Intervening Parties

Multiple outside powers and domestic actors are pursuing their interests simultaneously through armed action on Syrian territory. The regime of President Bashar al-Assad has largely prevailed over what many regarded as a civil war in the country, but it has limited sovereignty over much of Syrian territory and most of …

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Macron warns of ‘predatory’ Russian mercenaries in Mali

While announcing on Thursday that France would withdraw its troops from Mali, President Emmanuel Macron made his strongest condemnation yet of the shadowy Russian mercenary group Wagner whose alleged arrival in West Africa has infuriated Paris. The French leader made clear that a suspected deal between the Malian military regime …

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Biden Administration Announces Allocation of Frozen Afghan Assets

On February 11, President Joseph Biden issued an Executive Order enabling the administration to distribute frozen funds from Afghanistan’s central bank between representatives of victims of 9/11 in the U.S. and humanitarian efforts in Afghanistan. Following the Taliban’s assumption of control of the Afghan government, the United States government froze …

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Ukraine-Russia crisis: What to know as the tension grinds on

Spiking tensions in eastern Ukraine are heightening Western fears of a Russian invasion and a new war in Europe, with U.S. President Joe Biden saying he’s “convinced” that Russian President Vladimir Putin has made the decision to invade. NATO countries fear that the volatile east, which has seen intense shelling …

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