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These Are The Four Most Likely Outcomes To The War In Syria
Likely end-game scenarios for Syria's three-year-long civil war are coming into view, even if the actual end of the conflict appears as hopelessly far-off as ever.There are four likely scenarios in...
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Senior Al-Qaeda Jihadist Asks ISIS To Spare The Life Of Peter Kassig, The...
Abu Omar Aqidi, a prominent member of Jabhat al-Nusra, the al-Qaeda linked Syria group, recalls being treated by Peter Kassig for a shrapnel woundA senior al-Qaeda jihadist has spoken out in defence of...
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The Fight Against ISIS Will Not Succeed Without Help From These Tribes
To defeat ISIS in Iraq, the support of the Sunni tribes is essential. The Sunni tribes felt disenfranchised and, therefore, over the last several years they have protested and struggled against...
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These Charred Tanks Point To Continued Russian Meddling In Ukraine
HORBATENKO Ukraine (Reuters) - The burnt-out remains of dozens of tanks and armored vehicles in fields near this small village bear witness to the ferocity of a battle that turned the tide of the...
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Afghan Who Helped US Describes Sheer Terror Of Being A Taliban Target
A former Afghan interpreter who now lives in the US started a Reddit AMA with the goal of shedding light on the nightmarish process that Afghans who worked for coalition forces must go through in order...
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Here's China's Latest Tactic To Take A Disputed Island Chain From Japan
China has seemingly shifted gears in a bid to bring the disputed Senkaku Islands under its control, Hiroyuki Akita reports for the Nikkei Asian Review. The Senkaku Islands are an uninhabited island...
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Iraq's Defense Minister Plans To Create An Inclusive Army To Go After ISIS
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Iraq's new defense minister affirmed his commitment to military reform and said going on the offensive against Islamic State fighters is a priority, the Pentagon said on Thursday...
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John McCain Calls The Pentagon's Top Spokesman An Idiot
Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, called Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel’s chief spokesman an “idiot” last week during an interview with a North Carolina radio talk show host.The name calling was prompted by...
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US OFFICIALS: Ground Offensive Against ISIS 'Months' Away In Iraq
MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE Florida (Reuters) - Iraqi forces are months away from being able to start waging any kind of sustained ground offensive against the Islamic State and any similar effort in Syria...
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ISIS Plants Flag On Kobane Hill, Coalition Airstrike Wipes It Out
This is a striking video showing what happened to a hill near Kobane, where ISIS had just planted a flag. ISIS fighters were unaware that the position was going to be literally buried by bombs dropped...
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Putin: 'So-Called' Cold War Victors Want To Reshape The World
LAURA Russia (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin criticized on Friday what he called the United States' "unilateral diktat" in global affairs and said the "so-called" winners of the Cold War...
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Russia And China Are Sprinting To Catch Up With The US's Advanced Submarine...
US national security officials are concerned about the pace and intensity of Russian submarine development, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jon Greenert said Thursday."There are competitors that are...
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A Look Inside Iran's Spy Network In Bosnia
An important European security issue I’ve tried to raise awareness about for years is the nefarious role played by Iranian intelligence in Southeastern Europe, above all in Bosnia-Hercegovina.Tehran’s...
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US General: North Korea May Be Able To Build Nuclear Warheads Small Enough To...
A top US general has told reporters that North Korea has likely achieved the capability of being able to miniaturize nuclear weapons that could be placed on top of a rocket, Felicia Schwartz reports...
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The Ukrainian Government May Be Using Banned Munitions Against...
"The earth shook, the window panes rattled like they would fall out. I thought the whole building would collapse." Sitting in the shared kitchen of a bleak five-story Soviet-era housing block where she...
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The Failure Of A Major Mission In Afghanistan In Two Charts
Opium poppy cultivation sprawled to more than a half-million acres in Afghanistan last year, a record according to a report by the Inspector General responsible for overseeing Afghanistan's...
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Nearly Eight Years Into The Drug War, These Are Mexico's 7 Most Notorious...
The Mexican Drug War, launched in December 2006 by then-President Felipe Calderon, is approaching its eight-year mark.The series of conflicts, which has pitted the Mexican military, cartels,...
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Czech Secret Service: There Is An 'Extremely High' Number Of Russian Spies In...
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Russia deployed an "extremely high" number of intelligence officers at its Czech embassy last year, the NATO member country's secret service said in an annual report released on...
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The Most Powerful Militaries In The Middle East [RANKED]
The balance of power in the Middle East is in disarray: A three-year civil war has torn apart Syria and opened up a vacuum for the rise of the Islamic State group; Sunni powers led by Saudi Arabia...
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China's New Nuclear-Armed Submarine Fleet Could Upset The Balance Of Power In...
China is on the cusp of achieving a long-standing goal: fielding a submarine fleet that can rival even the US's naval supremacy in the Pacific, Jeremy Page writes for The Wall Street Journal. Page...
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