US Plan Is to Build Up Syrian Proxy Forces to Guard Oilfield | Plan to exploit Syrian oil comes with plan to strengthen Kurdish SDF
US Plans To Build Up Syrian Proxy Forces to Guard Oilfield
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Germany Pullout: Esper Says Troops are Moving Closer to Russia
About 5,600 of the US troops withdrawing from Germany are moving into Poland and Baltic states
Taiwan Sends 200 Marines to Island in South China Sea
Deployment comes after rumors of PLA simulating invasion of small islands
Gulf Alliance Pressures UN to Extend Iran Arms Embargo
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says UN Security Council will make a “mockery of its mission” if the embargo is not extended
US Begins Highest Level Taiwan Visit in Decades
Trump signed a bill into law in 2018 that allows high-level visits to Taiwan
Esper Says There Will Be Less Than 5,000 US Troops in Afghanistan by November
Peace talks between Afghan government and Taliban expected to start soon
Afghanistan’s Tribal Council Approves Release of 400 Taliban Prisoners
On Sunday, Afghanistan's tribal council, the Loya Jirga, approved the release of 400 Taliban prisoners in an effort to hurry the peace process and start talks between the government and the Taliban. The US-Taliban peace deal requires the Afghan government to release...
Nagasaki Mayor Stresses the Importance of Arms Control
Last major nuclear arms control agreement between US and Russia set to expire in February 2021
As Trump Advances Ban, CIA Says No Evidence of TikTok Giving Data to China
As Trump Advances Ban, CIA Admits No Evidence of TikTok Giving Data to China| Chinese govt has yet to try to access user data
UN Condemns Saudi Airstrikes in Yemen That Killed Children
UN Condemns Saudi Airstrikes in Yemen That Killed Children | Fourth such attack against civilians in North Yemen since June
