US Airstrikes in Somalia Increased By 30% in 2022

US airstrikes in Somalia rose by 30% in 2022 as the Biden administration has escalated its involvement in the war against al-Shabaab, Military Times reported on Sunday. According to data compiled by the Long War Journal, a project of the hawkish Foundation for the...

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Putin’s Christmas Ceasefire Doesn’t Hold

The ceasefire ordered by Russian President Vladimir Putin for Orthodox Christmas did not hold, as heavy shelling was reported in eastern Ukraine on Friday and Saturday. The ceasefire was to be held from noon on Friday through midnight on Saturday. The Russian military...

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US Warship Makes First Taiwan Strait Transit of 2023

A US Navy guided-missile destroyer sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Thursday in the first US transit of the sensitive waterway of 2023. The US Navy's Seventh Fleet said the USS Chung-Hoon made the passage. Entering the new year, tensions between the US and China...

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