US military exercise brings Libya’s rival factions together

The initiative runs alongside an agreed budget and political discussions on power-sharing facilitated by an American envoy, but Washington is concerned about the presence of foreign fighters

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Macron's Reformist Victory

[caption id="attachment_55257129" align="aligncenter" width="594"] Employees of French state-owned railway transport company SNCF join a demonstration called by nine pensioner unions on June 14, 2018…

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The Fall of Daraa

[caption id="attachment_55257123" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] A Free Syrian Army fighter in Yadouda, in Syria's Daraa Province, May 2018. (Reuters)[/caption] by Suha Maayeh and Nicholas A…

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ISIS. Diminished, but still dangerous

[caption id="attachment_55257098" align="aligncenter" width="3000"] A woman picks up debris from the ruin of a mosque destroyed by the Islamic State on April 24, 2018 in Mosul, Iraq. (TNS)[/caption] …

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Putin's Secret Services

[caption id="attachment_55256796" align="alignnone" width="940"] Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (L) shakes hands with local Federal Security Service (FSB) special forces officers during a…

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Vanishing Borders in the South China Sea

[caption id="attachment_55256792" align="alignnone" width="940"] DigitalGlobe imagery (overview) of the Fiery Cross Reef located in the South China Sea. Fiery Cross is located in the western part of…

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