Politics

Jun- 2019 -

14 June

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Raqqa security deteriorates as US drawdown threatens northern Syria stability

The drawdown of US troops from Syria has made Coalition allies’ sustained commitment to the counter-ISIS mission significantly more difficult

12 June

Acting US Secretary of Defense Patrick M. Shanahan on South Korea

Opinion Editor

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Questions SecDef nominee Shanahan should – but won’t – be asked

Gregory D. Foster proposes questions that would shed much-needed light on the thinking of Patrick Shanahan who is about to officially occupy the Defense Secretary post

10 June

Joanne Stocker

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France and Netherlands to repatriate 14 children of ISIS adherents from Syria

The French and Dutch governments will bring home 14 orphaned children of ISIS adherents from northeast Syria, autonomous administration official Abdulkarim Omar said

7 June

Staff Writer

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US and Russia navies accuse each other of unsafe maneuvers in Indo-Pacific

Russia and the U.S. have accused each other of unsafe maneuvers in the Indo-Pacific, each saying vessels from the other’s navies put crews and ships at risk. Russia on Friday, June 7 accused a U.S. naval ship of carrying out a dangerous maneuve

6 June

Staff Writer

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Taiwan confirms request to purchase US Abrams tanks, Javelin and TOW missiles

Taiwan confirmed it is hoping to buy Abrams tanks and Javelin and TOW missiles from the US in a proposed deal that drew a rebuke from China

4 June

Sudanese security forces moving in to break up a sit-in outside army headquarters

Staff Writer

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Sudan military cancels civilian transition deal after deadly crackdown on protesters

Sudan's military cancelled a power-transfer agreement with protesters and called for elections within nine months, a day after forcefully breaking up a weeks-long sit-in

May- 2019 -

22 May