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Russia sends troops to Armenian border with Azerbaijan after cry for help from Yerevan following altercations with Azeri forces

Both Russia and Armenia are part of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), a mutual defense pact, similar to the…

3 years ago

Pentagon poised to make Covid jabs MANDATORY for all 1.3mn active duty troops as only 64% vaccinated voluntarily – reports

The Pentagon head is expected to announce the new mandate on Friday after making a recommendation to the White House,…

3 years ago

Afghan president blames ‘abrupt’ departure of US-led troops for failures in war with Talban

“The reason for our current situation is that the decision [to withdraw international troops] was taken abruptly,” Ashraf Ghani told…

3 years ago

Biden says US ‘combat mission’ in Iraq will be over by year’s end, but won’t say how many troops to remain deployed

Speaking during a meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi on Monday, Biden said the US will fully transition to…

3 years ago

As US troops are flown out of Afghanistan, the graveyard of great empires is now once again at the center of a battle for Eurasia

In early July, American and coalition forces left Bagram Airfield, once Washington’s largest base of operations in Afghanistan. Already at…

3 years ago

Washington denies its top envoy discussed withdrawal of troops from Iraq with Prime Minister Kadhimi

A statement referring to a pullout of American troops from Iraq was released by the office of Prime Minister Mustafa…

3 years ago

George W. Bush is HEARTBROKEN over Biden’s decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan, frets over dangers to women and girls

Instead, Bush said in an interview released on Wednesday by Germany’s DW media outlet that he fears the “unspeakable harm”…

3 years ago

As Taliban runs riot in Afghanistan, new commander of withdrawing US & NATO troops vows to support ‘abandoned’ Afghan forces

US Army General Austin ‘Scott’ Miller officially handed off his role as commander in a ceremony on Monday in Kabul,…

3 years ago

Haiti requested US troops after president’s assassination, a minister tells New York Times

The minister, Mathias Pierre, said the request was made after US Secretary of State Tony Blinken and President Joe Biden…

3 years ago

Most UK troops on NATO mission now out of Afghanistan, rest are returning home – PM Johnson

The withdrawal comes 20 years after the US, with British support, launched the so-called “war on terror” against the Taliban…

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