Syria braces for clash as Assad forces press Kurdish gains
After IS loses Raqqa and Boukamal, Syrian government troops backed by Iran and Russia face off with U.S. backed SDF across the Euphrates. The Kurds hold major oil fields in Deir el Zour and seek U.S. commitment while Washington weighs a broader Russia U S deal to shape Syria’s future.
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Hezbollah
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Iran says missiles to Yemen show Iranian markings
The top U S Air Force official in the region said a missile fired at Riyadh bore Iranian markings linking the weapon to Iran. Saudi Arabia backed the claim and said rocket remains indicated Iranian involvement, while Tehran denied supplying arms.
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Nikki Haley
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Syria
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Jane’s Defense Weekly
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Washington Institute For
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Ministry of Culture and Information
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Obama
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Red Sea
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Khamis Mushait
Center For Strategic and International Studies
Mehdi Taeb
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Guard
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
Gulf drill Eagle Resolve at risk from Qatar crisis
A U S Air Force general warned that the annual Eagle Resolve exercise with Gulf Cooperation Council nations may be canceled or altered due to the Qatar diplomatic crisis. In Kuwait in March the drill involved about 1000 U S troops and the disruption extends to other leadership programs already canceled.
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Jeffrey L. Harrigian
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Eagle Resolve
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Egypt
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Marine drill instructor jailed for abusing recruits at Parris Island
Gunnery Sgt. Joseph Felix received 10 years in prison after a Marine jury convicted him of tormenting more than a dozen recruits at Parris Island South Carolina. He taunted three Muslims as terrorists, forced two into a clothes dryer, and led others to choke drink and vomit during brutal training. Felix forfeits pay, is demoted to private and dishonorably discharged.
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Iraq
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Navy
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Law professor seeks protection against forced video testimony
Law professor Ellen Yaroshefsky fights a possible order to testify by video at a USS Cole case hearing. The dispute tests the reach of the military commissions system created after 9 11 to try non citizens. Prosecutor Maj. Michael Pierson argued Congress and the Defense Secretary authorize the power to compel testimony. Spath orders Yaroshefsky to Virginia war court HQ to discuss her ethics opinion used by defense attorneys who resigned from Abd al Rahim al Nashiri's death penalty defense team.
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Spath
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Virginia
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