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An article on the CitySakh.ru website, from Russia's Pacific Far East region, shows a Russian marine, identified by the patch on his sleeve, filmed in the battle for Donetsk airport. (CitySakh.ru/ www.citysakh.ru)

UkraineAlert

Jan 30, 2015

DIRECT TRANSLATION: Russian Marine, Home From Ukraine War, Says ‘A Lot of Russian Military’ Are Fighting There

By Irena Chalupa

Troops from Russia’s Pacific Far East Region Are Prominent in a War 4,200 Miles to the West The Russian island of Sakhalin, in the Pacific Ocean just north of Japan, is fully a continent away from the war raging in southeastern Ukraine. But Konstantin Gorelov, a 22-year-old, active-duty Russian naval infantry commando, made the 4,200-mile […]

Ukraine

New Atlanticist

Jan 29, 2015

Taliban ‘Far from Being a Spent Force’

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Atlantic Council analyst sees resurgence of militants as three US contractors are killed in Kabul The death of three US contractors in a shooting incident at Kabul’s airport on Thursday and attacks on a checkpoint and funeral in other parts of Afghanistan prove that the Taliban is “far from being a spent force,” according to […]

Afghanistan
Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Work, June 12, 2014

NATOSource

Jan 29, 2015

Pentagon Official Urges NATO to Focus on Innovative Weapons

By Reuters and DoD News

From Andrea Shalal, Reuters: U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work on Wednesday urged NATO allies to develop and make more innovative weapons, and said bold action was needed to stay ahead of rapid weapons development by China, Russia and other countries.

NATO Security & Defense

MENASource

Jan 29, 2015

A New Hezbollah in Yemen?

By Nabeel Khoury

Young, handsome and charismatic, Abdel Malek al-Houthi has taken Yemen and the world by surprise. Leader of a ten-year insurgency against the central government in Sana’a, Abdel Malek has finally arrived, forcing the resignation of President Abdrabbo Mansour Hadi as Houthi fighters surrounded his house, seemingly to show displeasure with his failure to fully comply […]

Yemen

MENASource

Jan 29, 2015

Top News: ISIS issues new threat to kill Jordanian pilot

By MENASource

The Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) said they would execute a Jordanian pilot “immediately” if Amman does not hand over an imprisoned female suicide bomber by sunset Thursday.

MENASource

Jan 29, 2015

Top News: Political Parties Threaten to Boycott Elections

By EgyptSource

 The Socialist Popular Alliance Party decided to suspend participation in the upcoming parliamentary elections, until five “urgent” demands are met. These demands include the dismissal of Minister of Interior Mohamed Ibrahim, the rebuilding and restructuring of the police forces, the modification of the protest law, the release of all political prisoners, and guarantees that the upcoming […]

MENASource

Jan 29, 2015

EconSource: Egypt Central Bank Widens Band in Which Banks Can Trade Dollars

By EconSource

Egypt’s central bank widened the band in which banks can trade dollars to 10 piasters above or below the official rate, up from 3 piasters, prompting the lenders’ dollar rates to fall to their weakest ever levels. Expectations that the bank will devalue have grown since it announced a surprise 50-basis-point cut in benchmark interest […]

British figher jet intercepts Russian Tu-95 Bear bomber, Sept. 16, 2014

NATOSource

Jan 29, 2015

British Fighter Jets Scrambled to Intercept Russian Bombers

By Kyle MacLellan, Reuters

British Typhoon fighter jets were scrambled to intercept two Russian Bear long-range bombers which had flown close to UK airspace, Britain’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) said on Thursday.

Russia United Kingdom

New Atlanticist

Jan 28, 2015

Conditions Ripe for Electoral Violence in Nigeria

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Atlantic Council analysts see threat from Boko Haram, sore losers The fact that the militant group Boko Haram controls vast swaths of territory in northeastern Nigeria will likely disenfranchise voters and has elevated the danger of post-election violence, according to Atlantic Council analysts. “Because of insecurity in the northeast, one party may believe that its […]

Nigeria Politics & Diplomacy
Patriot missile system deployed in Turkey

NATOSource

Jan 28, 2015

Spanish Patriot Missiles in Turkey Now Operational

By NATO

Spanish troops joined NATO’s Patriot anti-ballistic missile deployment in Adana, Turkey on Monday (26 January 2015), replacing a Dutch unit which had been stationed there since January 2013.

Missile Defense NATO
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