July, 2022

• 13 July

  US to Send Another $400 Million in Weaponry to Ukraine

  

  US President Joe Biden has approved the shipment of a brand-new type of precision-guided artillery rounds as part of its new tranche of military assistance to Ukraine, according to a senior defense official. The insider said the most recent security support would be a combination of capabilities currently used throughout …

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• 13 July

  Europe Plans for the Worst as Russia Shuts Down Gas Pipeline

  

  Promises, Parts, and Pipelines The main natural gas pipeline between Russia and Germany has been shut down today for scheduled maintenance. Ordinarily, this would be no big deal. However, since Russia invaded Ukraine, everything has changed. Moscow has not been shy to use energy reserves as leverage during their almost …

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• 13 July

  The Future WHO (World Health Organization)

  

  “The alarming amendments offered by the Biden Administration to the WHO’s International Health Regulations would grant new unilateral authority to [WHO] Director-General Tedros to declare a public health crisis in the United States or other sovereign nations, without any consultation with the U.S. or any other WHO member. Specifically, the …

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• 13 July

  UN diplomats seek to reach deal to keep critical Syria aid flowing

  

  Diplomats at the United Nations held last-ditch discussions on extending Syrian cross-border aid Sunday, as residents of the country’s rebel-held northwest feared life-saving supplies could soon halt. The lack of an agreement threatens to upend assistance to more than two million people. The aid delivery mechanism across Turkey’s border into …

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• 13 July

  Does Iran take Israel-Gulf air defense cooperation seriously? – analysis

  

  Iran has already been striking the US in the region in dozens of rocket and drone attacks over the past year. Reports over the weekend said that Iran was upping its rhetoric against any sort of US-backed air defense pact that might link Israel and several Arab countries together. Ostensibly, …

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• 13 July

  Iraq’s elite forces recall ‘scary’ months-long battle to drive ISIS out of Mosul

  

  Dressed in their distinctive black uniforms, fours soldiers of Iraq’s Counter-Terrorism Services last week revisited the scenes of their bloody battles against ISIS in Mosul, the northern city the elite force played a key role in liberating five years ago.

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• 13 July

  IRGC Says it Neutralized Terrorist Cell, 4 of its Members Killed

  

  The Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) said its forces had neutralized a “terrorist cell” in Salmas near the Turkish border. The IRGC issued a statement announcing that its ground forces tasked with protecting the border triangle with Turkey and the Kurdistan region of Iraq “neutralized a terrorist cell after intelligence …

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• 13 July

  Israeli PM Speaks With Leaders of Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, Palestinian Authority Ahead of US President’s Arrival

  

  Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid continues his round of phone calls with regional leaders ahead of US President Joe Biden’s trip to Israel and Saudi Arabia on July 13-16. On Sunday, the Israeli PM spoke with both Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. Lapid and …

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• 13 July

  Drame de Melilla : comment une tentative d’entrée en Europe a conduit à la mort de dizaines de migrants

  

  Des témoignages et des images authentifiées par « Le Monde » permettent de retracer les événements qui ont conduit, vendredi 24 juin, à la mort de dizaines de migrants à la frontière entre le Maroc et l’enclave espagnole de Melilla.

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• 13 July

  José Eduardo Dos Santos, la dictature et les pétrodollars

  

  L’ancien président angolais est décédé ce vendredi à Barcelone. Retour sur un règne sans partage. José Eduardo dos Santos passait pour un autocrate discret. Il a marqué l’histoire de son pays pendant des décennies. Déjà à 16 ans, il intégrait le Mouvement populaire de libération de l’Angola (MPLA) alors que …

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