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Princely ties: The growing Chechnya-Gulf security relationship

Chechnya leader Ramzan Kadyrov’s Middle East engagement appears set for substantial growth in special forces and counterterrorism training

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“What can we tell them?”: US general pressed for reassurance for SDF after Syria withdrawal decision

After Trump’s decision to withdraw US troops from Syria, a CJTF-OIR commander sought direction on what to tell their SDF partners

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‘We need time’: Incredulous US officials hustled to alert ‘shocked’ allies about Trump’s Syria withdrawal

US State and Defense departments hurried to rework plans in the wake of Trump’s shock decision to pull troops from Syria

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US will withdraw troops from Syria

US President Donald Trump will withdraw US forces deployed to Syria with the Coaltion against ISIS

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Will the China-India joint military drill erase scars of the Doklam standoff?

Is the latest China-India counter-terrorism drill an attempt to forge a long-term partnership or a regular annual military feature with little to no impact?

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The tentative ties between the Allied Democratic Forces and ISIS

Growing evidence is emerging of links between Islamic State and the ADF, a Ugandan-led militant group based in Democratic Republic of Congo, Robert Postings reports

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The rise of educated young Kashmir militants: propaganda or unpalatable truth?

Gowhar Geelani looks at the apparent increase in highly educated young people joining militant groups in Kashmir

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Malaysia and Indonesia foreign fighter transit routes to Philippines identified

Sandakan in Malaysia's Sabah state and Manado in Indonesia's North Sulawesi province are used as gateways to the southern Philippines by foreign militants

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Iraq will pay Popular Mobilization militias the same as their army counterparts

Iraq announced that the Hashd al-Shaabi militias, also called the Popular Mobilization Units, will receive a salary equal to their equivalents in the Iraqi military

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Russia arrests PMC Wagner expert Vladimir Neelov on treason charges

Russian expert Vladimir Neelov, who has extensively written about private military contractors, including PMC Wagner, has been arrested and accused of treason

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