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The Russian Armed Forces have slowed down the pace of advancement in Ukraine, the elimination of the “pocket” near Kurakhovo, a new strike by ATACMS. What happened on the front this week

In today’s summary:Russian Armed Forces advance into residential areas of Kurakhovo; a pocket occupied by Ukrainian troops has been eliminated to the south of the cityRussian troops are expanding their control zone in the outskirts of Pokrovsk and are trying to send saboteurs thereAt the Vremevsky salient, the Ukrainian Armed …

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Syria: Will The Real Al-Jolani Stand Up? – Analysis

Ahmad Hussein al-Shara, aka Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, would like you to think he is a changed man. These days, al-Jolani, a 41-year-old one-time al-Qaeda and Islamic State operative with a $10 million bounty on his head, no longer spews jihadist fire and brimstone. Instead, he preaches pluralism, religious tolerance, diversity …

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Assad’s Enemies Are Not Our Friends

The fall of Bashar Al Assad’s brutal regime is a moment for celebration. He is responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of civilians and the immiseration of millions more. Like his late Baathist co-partisan, Sadaam Hussein, Assad used the state to torture, kill, and maim innocent civilians for …

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Russia Negotiating With New Syrian Government to Keep Military Bases

Latest Developments • Russia Negotiates To Keep Bases: Officials from Russia and representatives of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) — the Syrian rebel group that overthrew Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad last week — are conducting direct negotiations over whether Moscow can retain control over its two military bases in Syria, Russian …

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