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Syria's Idlib caught between hell and a hard place
A three-month aerial bombardment campaign by Syrian regime forces and Russia, combined with a ground assault on the last jihadi stronghold, is largely deadlocked, leaving thou...
By Nicholas Heras
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North Korea tests missiles for the second time in a week
North Korea appears to have tested its second set of missiles in just a week — a sign that its displeasure with South Korea and the US is growing. The South Korean military sa...
By Duyeon Kim
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Technology & National Security
Two Ways to Ward off Killer SpacecraftIf you worry that the recent near-collision between U.S. and Russian warships or Iran’s downing of an American drone could escalate into war, you should be even more worried a...
By Michael Horowitz
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The key foreign policy questions 2020 Democrats must answer, according to 9 experts
Twenty Democrats vying to become the next president take the stage in Detroit this week to participate in the CNN debates. While the two-day event will almost certainly featur...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Can Trump’s Pick for Intel Chief Tell the President What He Needs to Hear?
Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats was an increasing rarity in the orbit of U.S. President Donald Trump. As the principal intelligence advisor to a president who has ...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Technology & National Security
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser urges participation in anti-crime effortD.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Monday urged residents, businesses and organizations to the participate in the city’s Private Security Camera System Incentive Program in an effort...
By Kara Frederick
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Army 'Night Court' deep cuts revealed as Esper eyes expanding process Pentagon-wide
The Army's "Night Court" process cut $25 billion from legacy weapon systems to spend more on emerging technologies, with $15 billion coming from program eliminations and reduc...
By Susanna V. Blume
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'Slow war of attrition' on Syria's Idlib frontline
For three months Damascus and its ally Russia have been pummelling hospitals, markets and schools in Idlib unleashing a deadly, ferocious campaign aimed at retaking Syria's la...
By Nicholas Heras
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Transatlantic Security / Middle East Security
U.S. and U.K. divide increases on IranBritain’s refusal to go along with the Trump administration’s fiery approach to recent Iranian aggression has experts and lawmakers concerned about the state of the “special r...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Libya’s Haftar might seek deescalation with Turkey
The proxy conflict in Libya appears to have been heating up with Libyan National Army (LNA) General Khalifa Haftar making threats against Turkey, which backs his Government of...
By Nicholas Heras
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North Korean saber-rattling dims euphoria of Trump’s DMZ meeting
Nearly a month after President Trump became the first sitting U.S. president to walk on North Korean soil, the euphoria from his meeting with Kim Jong Un faded this week as No...
By Duyeon Kim
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Trump is letting Kim Jong Un do almost anything he wants
In just the past week, North Korea has unveiled a brand new submarine that could potentially launch nuclear weapons and tested two short-range missiles that gravely threaten U...
By Duyeon Kim
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North Korea fires ‘new type of ballistic missile’ into sea toward Japan
North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast into the Sea of Japan on Thursday morning, according to the South Korean government, in the first such ...
By Duyeon Kim
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Donald Trump vetoes resolutions prohibiting defence sales to Saudi and UAE
US President Donald Trump issued three vetoes on Wednesday overriding Congress decisions and allowing arms and defence sales to Saudi Arabia and the UAE. The White House anno...
By Nicholas Heras
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U.S. Maximum Pressure on Iran Unsettles Syria's Kurds
Hawkish factions in Washington tout the Syrian Kurdish forces as a way to block Iran from regaining the “land bridge” through the Middle East that it once had through its alli...
By Nicholas Heras
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US continues to debate fate of Venezuela waiver for Chevron, other companies
Roughly two days before a waiver which allowed Chevron and four US oil services companies to continue working in Venezuela's oil sector is set to expire, the Trump administrat...
By Neil Bhatiya
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North Korea says missile test was 'solemn warning to South Korean warmongers’
North Korea said Friday that its test of a “new type of tactical guided weapon,” overseen by leader Kim Jong Un, was a demonstration of its power and a "solemn warning to Sout...
By Duyeon Kim
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US-led coalition carries out patrols in Syria amid Turkish invasion threats
The US-led coalition to fight the Islamic State is carrying out patrols along the Syrian border between Tal Abyad and Serekaniye amid Turkish threats to invade over its southe...
By Nicholas Heras
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UK warships to escort British-flagged vessels through Strait of Hormuz
UK warships will accompany all British-flagged vessels through the Strait of Hormuz in a change of policy after the government earlier said it did not have the resources to pr...
By Nicholas Heras
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Kim Jong Un Threatens South Korea in Bid for Trump’s Attention
While Kim Jong Un said his latest missile tests were aimed at South Korean “military warmongers,” the North Korean leader had a clear message for U.S. President Donald Trump: ...
By Duyeon Kim