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Spotlight UNITED STATESSYRIA 13/05/2015 Washington shapes Syrian rebel force The first US weapons and trainers arrived in Turkey at the beginning of May, headed for the NATO military base of Incirlik, in the south, and the central Anatolia Turkish base of Hirfani, to support ‘moderate’ Syrian rebels fighting to [...]
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UNITED STATESCHINA 13/05/2015 Pentagon monitors Chinese peacekeepers Concern is growing at the Pentagon about the increasing use [...]
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UNITED STATES 08/04/2015 The FBI The FBI, which was only marginally affected by the revelations [...]
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UNITED STATESRUSSIA 11/03/2015 US keeps eye on Russian nuclear While Washington and Moscow have been daggers drawn Cold War-style since the start of the Ukrainian crisis, the US administration is trying to keep a few discreet Russian programmes operational. [...]
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UNITED STATES 26/11/2014 Swegel helps Pentagon aviation program Jeffrey Swegel, who was director for sensitive activities at the [...]
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UNITED STATESUKRAINE 29/10/2014 Douglas goes to bat for Motor Sich Richard Douglas, the former deputy assistant secretary for defense for counter-narcotics under Ronald Rumsfeld and Robert Gates, is now doing [...]
