Chad announced last week that it will end its defense agreement with France, its former colonial power, which was seen as the latest blow for Paris in Africa.
Tag: geopolitics
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TURKISH INTELLIGENCE IS AIDING ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS INVADING SYRIA
The fighters from Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the main Turkish-backed group invading Syria’s Aleppo, are receiving intelligence from Ankara as their fighters try to maintain their grip on the city and advance south, the AFP reported last week.
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U.K.’S JOHNSON SAYS WEST IN PROXY WAR WITH RUSSIA, MAIN PROBLEM HAS BEEN SLOW TO ESCALATE
Boris Johnson, the former British prime minister who has emerged as a major Russia hawk, said in an interview last week that the West is fighting a proxy war with Russia through Ukraine and the biggest problem has been the reluctance to escalate the conflict.
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UKRAINE FIRES U.K. STORM SHADOW MISSILES INTO RUSSIA IN LATEST ESCALATION
Ukrainian forces last week fired the U.K.-provided Storm Shadow missiles to strike targets inside Russia after receiving permission from the West to use long-range missiles to hit Russian targets.
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BIDEN GETS SUPPORT FROM EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AFTER GIVING UKRAINE PERMISSION TO USE LONG-RANGE MISSILES TO HIT RUSSIA
President Joe Biden’s decision last week to give Ukraine the green light to use U.S.-provided long-range missiles to strike Russian targets was widely embraced in capitals across Europe that were Washington's lead on the matter.
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BIDEN KEEPS ESCALATING UKRAINE WAR, PROVIDES KYIV WITH ANTIPERSONNEL LANDMINES PROHIBITED BY SOME COUNTRIES
The Biden administration announced last week that it will provide Ukraine with antipersonnel landmines in an effort to help Kyiv slow down Russian troop advancements in the east.
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RUSSIA’S MEDVEDEV MAKES NUCLEAR THREAT TO EUROPEANS
Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy chairman of the Security Council of Russia, used last week’s hypersonic missile strike on Ukraine as a reason why Europeans should come out forcefully against further weapons support for Kyiv.
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ESTONIA: EUROPEAN LEADERS MUST CONSIDER SENDING MILITARY FORCES TO UKRAINE IF TRUMP LANDS PEACE DEAL
Estonia’s top diplomat said in an interview last week that European leaders need to consider populating Ukraine with soldiers if Donald Trump makes good on his campaign promise to bring a swift resolution to the war.
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FIRE AWAY! FRANCE GIVES UKRAINE THE GREEN LIGHT TO FIRE SCALP MISSILES INTO RUSSIA
The French government announced Saturday that it gave Ukraine the green light to use the long-range SCALP missiles that Paris provided to strike targets deep inside Russia as part of the West’s latest escalation before Donald Trump takes office in the U.S.
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TRUMP BACKS WAR HAWK HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON TO RETAIN HIS ROLE
Donald Trump said last week that he stood behind House Speaker Mike Johnson—an evangelical Christian fully committed to Israel.