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Tag: War

“Catastrophic” End to Ukraine’s Offensive in Kursk While Russia Seeks “Ironclad” Guarantees
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“Catastrophic” End to Ukraine’s Offensive in Kursk While Russia Seeks “Ironclad” Guarantees

March 19, 2025

Speaking with 5 Ukrainian soldiers who recently fled Kursk Oblast in Russia, the BBC received the picture of a disorganized and…

Trump Team’s Russia Negotiations Rightly Shatter Europe and Kyiv’s Remaining Illusions
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Trump Team’s Russia Negotiations Rightly Shatter Europe and Kyiv’s Remaining Illusions

February 19, 2025

A round of talks between the chief diplomats of Russia and the US in Saudi Arabia regarding how to…

New Pentagon Chief Hegseth Dispels ‘Illusory’ Hopes for Ukrainian Peace Agreement in First Major Policy
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New Pentagon Chief Hegseth Dispels ‘Illusory’ Hopes for Ukrainian Peace Agreement in First Major Policy

February 13, 2025

In his first headline appearance as Defense Secretary, Pete Hegseth told a committee in Brussels that the Trump Administration…

Israeli Losses in Trade and Soldiers Much Higher Than Previously Thought
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Israeli Losses in Trade and Soldiers Much Higher Than Previously Thought

February 5, 2025February 5, 2025

Israel’s newly appointed Chief of Staff, Major General Eyal Zamir has stated Israel’s war dead at 5,942 from the…

Russian Forces Close in on Last Major Donbas Town While Ukraine’s Counteroffensive Garners Little
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Russian Forces Close in on Last Major Donbas Town While Ukraine’s Counteroffensive Garners Little

January 14, 2025

The new year has seen a renewed effort by the Ukrainian army to advance into Russia’s home oblast of…

Kurdish Commander Says They Have Agreement with HTS on Post-War Relations, Sending Delegation to Damascus
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Kurdish Commander Says They Have Agreement with HTS on Post-War Relations, Sending Delegation to Damascus

December 13, 2024

Throughout the whole of the conflict in Syria, the population in Kurdistan to the northeast has retained a degree…

Israeli Army Razes 600 Buildings to Build Military Bases in Gaza
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Israeli Army Razes 600 Buildings to Build Military Bases in Gaza

December 4, 2024

While Israel has lost nearly all international sympathy and opinion for its siege in Gaza, any punitive action has…

Trump’s Foreign Policy Failures Encapsulated by Fresh Terrorist Violence in Syria’s Aleppo
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Trump’s Foreign Policy Failures Encapsulated by Fresh Terrorist Violence in Syria’s Aleppo

December 3, 2024

A major terrorist offensive has been launched at Syria’s battered northwest city of Aleppo, led by a mixture of…

Russia Targets Ukraine with Strange Possibly-Ballistic Missile Following US Escalation
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Russia Targets Ukraine with Strange Possibly-Ballistic Missile Following US Escalation

November 25, 2024

Ukrainian ballistics experts recently issued a press statement regarding an unknown missile type just fired by Russia at the…

US Vetoes Gaza Ceasefire at UN Security Council Even Though it Included Call for Immediate Hostage Release
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US Vetoes Gaza Ceasefire at UN Security Council Even Though it Included Call for Immediate Hostage Release

November 21, 2024

On Wednesday, the US used its veto in a UN Security Council Resolution to demand an unconditional ceasefire and…

Israeli Forces Beaten Back in Southern Lebanon Turn to More Airstrikes
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Israeli Forces Beaten Back in Southern Lebanon Turn to More Airstrikes

October 31, 2024

In the same way that resistance in Afghanistan caused the US to rely more and more on drones and…

Yahya Sinwar’s Death Unlikely to Change Anything
War

Yahya Sinwar’s Death Unlikely to Change Anything

October 21, 2024October 25, 2024

Throughout the assault on Gaza and the strip’s civilian population, Western leaders have been accused of continuing to support…

Israel ‘unable to take any village’ in Lebanon During Fierce Exchanges with Hezbollah
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Israel ‘unable to take any village’ in Lebanon During Fierce Exchanges with Hezbollah

October 18, 2024

Even as dozens of Gazans were killed, burned, or buried alive when Israel conducted its latest school/hospital bombing, the…

Death, Injury Toll Mounts for the IDF as Israeli Invasion of Lebanon Meets Stiffer Resistance
War

Death, Injury Toll Mounts for the IDF as Israeli Invasion of Lebanon Meets Stiffer Resistance

October 4, 2024

Strict military censorship, far more constricted than anything seen in Ukraine, prevents almost any information on the number of…

Russia Captures the ‘Balcony,’ Another Town Key to Ukraine’s Donbas Defense
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Russia Captures the ‘Balcony,’ Another Town Key to Ukraine’s Donbas Defense

October 3, 2024October 3, 2024

War footage from Russian soldiers claimed to be verified by CNN shows Federation forces raising their flag above the town of…

Israel Makes it Clear That Allies’ Job Is to Shut-up and Follow Orders,
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Israel Makes it Clear That Allies’ Job Is to Shut-up and Follow Orders,

September 30, 2024

In the assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, Netanyahu and his Likud Party have made it clear to France,…

Elected for Detente with the West, Iran’s Pezeshkian Pushed into Precarious Position Over Lebanon
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Elected for Detente with the West, Iran’s Pezeshkian Pushed into Precarious Position Over Lebanon

September 27, 2024

A feature of the biggest election year in history, where more countries took to the polls than at any…

Israel’s Inevitable Assault on Lebanon Threatens to Drags a Corner of Europe into Conflict: Cyprus
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Israel’s Inevitable Assault on Lebanon Threatens to Drags a Corner of Europe into Conflict: Cyprus

September 26, 2024

An Israeli assault on Lebanon, which is now looking imminent, will claw the EU into the conflict in the…

Israel-Lebanon War Imminent
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Israel-Lebanon War Imminent

September 24, 2024

One should believe the Likud Party; they’ve kept their word and treated the Gazans like Amalek, the ancient tribe…

‘Abjectly terrifying’ Report Finds 50+ Members of Congress Hold Military Stocks Worth in Excess of $10 Mil.
Foreign Policy

‘Abjectly terrifying’ Report Finds 50+ Members of Congress Hold Military Stocks Worth in Excess of $10 Mil.

September 17, 2024September 17, 2024

Is it a conflict of interest for lawmakers required to determine and approve funding for the largest military in…

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Putin Proposes an Extension to the New START Nuclear Deal Through to 2027

Julien Torres October 4, 2025

Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that his government will adhere to the NEW START treaty with the US…

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July Tariff Revenues Generate a Meager One-Fourth of Deficit Spending Increase

Andy Corbley September 8, 2025

Despite year-over-year revenue from import duties growing 252% compared to July of last year, government inlays were dwarfed by…

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Israel’s Destruction of Palestinian Olive Trees: Security Meets Environmental Warfare

Suzanne Latre August 28, 2025

At dawn on Monday, Israeli military bulldozers entered the Nablus area. They began uprooting thousands of olive trees, which…

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