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Syria: Welcome To The Mad Max Zone
Strategy Page· 6 hours agoThe Russians are using a combination of special operations troops, military contractors and Syrian mercenaries. ISIL survives because it still has access to millions ...
The Influencer Chef Dividing Syria’s Diaspora
Foreign Policy Magazine· 4 days agoThe eponymously named eatery is the latest venture of Damascus-born social media chef Omar Abu Lebda, who has exploded in popularity since the COVID-19...
Syria: Game Of Unknowns
Strategy Page· 2 days agoJanuary 9, 2018: In the south (Damascus) Syria claims that Israeli aircraft and missiles hit a missile warehouse outside Damascus. Syria claim they shot down one of the missiles and damaged ...
Yemen: Faction Fatigue
Strategy Page· 2 days agoMarch 19, 2019: The UN has been trying, for months to get major donor nations to provide $4.2 billion for Yemen aid in 2019. Most of what was raised came from four donors (the U.S., Saudi Arabia ...
Intelligence: Looking For Nuggets In The Rubble
Strategy Page· 1 day agoMosul was lost in July and dead bodies, and talkative survivors are still being found in the city. A month later the smaller city of Tal Afar, between Mosul and the Syrian ...
Air Defense: The Russian Solution
Strategy Page· 5 days agoJanuary 23, 2018: Russia admits to a missing link in its air defense systems. This was made clear at the end of 2017 when the Russian controlled Hmeimim (or “Khmeimim”) airbase in northwest ...
Iraq: Rage Against The Machines
Strategy Page· 5 days agoNovember 23, 2021: The November 7 attack on the prime minister and its aftermath did not work out to Iran’s advantage. The attack caused some material damage and wounded a few security personnel ...
Sudan's notorious paramilitary group loots a main Darfur hospital, aid group says
Associated Press· 2 days agoThe notorious Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group, fighting Sudan’s military for over a year,...
Israel: No One Expects The Armed Tunnel Robot
Strategy Page· 4 days agoDecember 11, 2018: Because of the newly discovered Hezbollah tunnels Israel wants the UN to openly hold Hezbollah and Iran responsible for violating the 2006 Lebanon peace deal and for continuing ...
Israel: The War With Iran
Strategy Page· 3 days agoMay 8, 2018: The Mossad operation in January that got half a ton of top-secret Iranian nuclear weapons program documents out of Iran and back to Israel in less than 24 hours has provided Iranian ...