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Iran Update Special Report, June 15, 2025, Evening Edition

The Critical Threats Project (CTP) at the American Enterprise Institute and the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) will be publishing two updates over the next 24 hours from June 15-16, 2025, to provide insights into the ongoing strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities, military infrastructure, and key military and …

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From rebels to soldiers: Foreign fighters in Syria’s new army

Damascus, Syria – What happens when foreign fighters no longer roam the desert but march in formation under a national flag? In Syria, this question is no longer hypothetical. The interim government under Ahmed Al-Sharaa has begun formally integrating around 3,500 foreign fighters – many of them Uyghurs from China …

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