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The World’s Jailers

It was on March 23, 2019 that the last remnant of Islamic State (IS) territory, the village of Baghuz, fell to the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). It marked the decisive defeat of the militant theocracy that had once conquered and controlled huge areas of Iraq and Syria. Tens of …

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Biden warns Putin of a decisive response if Russia invades Ukraine

President Biden on Saturday warned Russian President Vladimir Putin that if Russia invaded Ukraine, the U.S. and its allies would “respond decisively and impose swift and severe costs on Russia,” the White House said. The two leaders spoke by phone for roughly an hour. “President Biden reiterated that a further …

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America’s Real Adversaries are Its European and Other Allies

The U.S. aim is to keep them from trading with China and Russia The Iron Curtain of the 1940s and ‘50s was ostensibly designed to isolate Russia from Western Europe – to keep out Communist ideology and military penetration. Today’s sanctions regime is aimed inward, to prevent America’s NATO and …

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US F-22 fighter jets arrive in UAE after Houthi attacks

U.S. F-22 fighter jets arrived in the United Arab Emirates on Saturday, part of an American defense response to recent missile attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels targeting the country. The Raptors landed at Al-Dhafra Air Base in Abu Dhabi, which hosts some 2,000 U.S. troops. American soldiers there launched Patriot …

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Pentagon orders US soldiers out of Ukraine as war fears mount

U.S. Army National Guard troops on a training mission in Ukraine have been pulled out of the country amid growing concerns about a possible Russian invasion, the Pentagon said Saturday. About 160 members of the Florida National Guard, who have been in Ukraine since November, have been repositioned elsewhere in …

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Hungarian PM warns of refugee wave if Russia invades Ukraine

Hungary’s nationalist prime minister warned Saturday that a Russian invasion of Ukraine could send hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian refugees fleeing across the border into his country. Right-wing populist leader Viktor Orban, speaking in an annual address that this year kicked off his political campaign for Hungary’s parliamentary election on …

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