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Although the country will conclude its bombing mission and pull six CF-18 fighter jets from the region, it will still maintain two surveillance planes and refueling aircraft in the area.
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Although the country will conclude its bombing mission and pull six CF-18 fighter jets from the region, it will still maintain two surveillance planes and refueling aircraft in the area.
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The Gulf Kingdom executed 47 people, including Shiite cleric Nimr-al-Nimr and dozens of anti-government protesters, in early January. After hundreds of Shiites took to the streets of Iran in protest over the executions, Riyadh responded by severing diplomatic ties with the country.
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Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksey Meshkov highlighted the "uncanny phenomenon" of Russia's Western partners, who for years have been "preaching the importance of democracy and promotion of democratic principles [but] are now feverishly wrestling against the inherent principle of democracy that is people's freedom to express their will - I mean referendums."
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Whether you think biotechnology, genetics and microbes constitute another plane upon the modern battlefield or not is irrelevant. Someone else already does, and they have a head start on the rest of the world.
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Last week, Saudi Arabia expressed readiness to send its ground forces to Syria to fight Daesh terrorist group.
Saudi Arabia is notorious for its attempts to spread radical Islam and support its adherences all around the world. Although it does not back up Daesh in particular, it may provide assistance to other extremist groups and thus contribute to the deterioration of security in the region, journalist Rainer Sollich wrote for Deutsche Welle.
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In November 2015, the first stage of the US-Ukrainian Fearless Guardian joint military exercises ended in Lviv region. Later in the month, Ukraine's National Guard reported that five mechanized battalions and one special forces battalion would be trained by US military advisers, within the framework of the next stage of Fearless Guardian drills that would end in November 2016.
"The International Peacekeeping and Security Centre of the National Land Forces Academy hosts the active phase of training of mechanized units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Currently, the U.S., Canadian, and Lithuanian instructors conduct training," the statement said.
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Putin meets with former US State Secretary Henry Kissinger
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Reuters has cited an official from the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) as stating that the new plan will apply to "newly signed deals" with France's Total, Russia's Lukoil, and Spain's Cepsa.
Reuters quotes the official as saying that "In our invoices we mention a clause that buyers of our oil will have to pay in euros, considering the exchange rate versus the dollar around the time of delivery."
Ahmad has been lionized as a national hero in Afghanistan after his death on Monday in the Uruzgan province at the hands of Taliban militants. The boy had previously gained national prominence for helping militia forces break an insurgent siege after his uncle had been wounded.
Ahmad's death, while fighting alongside his uncle, with a U.S. supported government militia called the Afghan Local Police (ALP) has thrust the grim practice of child soldiers in combat into the international spotlight once again.
"There's nothing heroic about putting a child in danger by arming him and having him fight in a war. The Taliban killed 10-year-old Wasil Ahmad, but those who encouraged him to fight bear responsibility as well," Patricia Gossman, the senior Afghanistan researcher for Human Rights Watch, told The Guardian.
Comment: The empire of chaos isn't remotely concerned about the fate of vulnerable children. Global conquest is the prime motivator and in such a conscienceless regime, everyone is disposable. The U.S. and its allies have no qualms about targeting civilian infrastructure in its wars, which has resulted in the deaths of countless numbers of women and children.
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Marib Dam before destruction by Saudi warplanes.
Marib Dam before destruction by Saudi warplanes.
According to the report, the reservoir, which supplied water to at least 30,000 people in the densely populated area, could store up to 5,000 cubic meters of water and had cost Yemenis $4 million. Since the beginning of the Saudi aggression on Yemen, the reservoir had been targeted by warplanes some 20 times and sustained partial damage but on Sunday it was completely destroyed.
The Saudi war machine conducted three airstrikes on a dam in the Sirwah district in the central Ma'rib Province and caused heavy damage to its structure. They also carried out attacks on some areas in the western province of Hudaydah.
Saudi jets also bombarded a hospital in the province and seriously wounded a physician and a nurse. The airstrike also inflicted damage to the building and some medical devices.
Yemen has been under airstrikes by Saudi Arabia since March 26 last year. The Saudi strikes have been meant to undermine the Houthi Ansarullah movement and bring fugitive former president, Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, back to power. Some 8,280 people, among them 2,236 children, have reportedly been killed and over 16,000 others injured. The strikes have also taken a heavy toll on the impoverished country's infrastructure.
Comment: Saudi Arabia, by bombing the reservoirs and destroying the dams, has denied the Yemeni people one of the most basic, life-sustaining, and essential substances known to man. In a primarily eco-desert country, the effect of these wanton acts of aggression will be no less than devastating on the human population, wildlife, and eco-systems, indiscriminate of its victims.
Comment: Yes, it does seem that Saudi Arabia is at the heart of Islamic terrorism in the world today. Just remember the Saudi connection to 9-11... that's what got this whole mess going.