Tag: Algeria

Putin’s Arms Bazaar Is in a Serious Sales Slump

Arms Trade, Military Aid, Foreign Policy, Security, Visas, Military
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(Bloomberg – bloomberg.com – Tobin Harshaw – April 25, 2017) Tobin Harshaw writes editorials on national security, education and food for Bloomberg View. He was an editor with the op-ed page of the New York Times and the paper’s letters editor. Russian President Vladimir #Putin is mighty proud of his #military’s performance in #Syria. And, as I have written, it’s […]

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Russian diplomat warns of terror threat in Syria, Algeria, Mali

Africa, Middle East, North Africa, Syria, Terrorism
Syria Map

(Interfax – Moscow, 1 February) The events in Syria, Algeria and Mali are interrelated and demonstrate the multi-faceted nature of the modern terrorist threat, Aleksandr Zmeyevskiy, the Russian president’s special representative on international cooperation in the fight against terrorism and transnational organized crime, has said. “Al-Qa’idah and its partners in this unsavoury business seriously intend to take power in states. […]

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