ISTANBUL/DAMASCUS (Reuters) - After 13 years of civil war, Syria's opposition militias sensed an opportunity to loosen President Bashar al-Assad's grip on power when, about six months ago, they communicated to Turkey plans for a major offensive and felt they had received its tacit approval,...
Ukraine remains in desperate need of foreign financial assistance, humanitarian aid, infrastructure development, military support, and technical capacity building. However, quiet caution has emerged among various international supporters. Ukraine’s capacity to implement Western-backedpolitical, economic, and ...
After 13 years of civil war, Syria's opposition militias sensed an opportunity to loosen President Bashar al-Assad's grip on power when, about six months ago, they communicated to Turkey plans for a major offensive and felt they had received its tacit approval, two sources ...
According to two people close to the Kremlin, Putin has already gamed out the possibility of using a nuclear weapon in Ukraine and has come to the conclusion that even a limited strike would do nothing to benefit Russia. “He has no reason to press the button. What is the point of bomb...
interceptors, their combat radius of 900ish miles (achieved carrying external fuel tanks) means they can’t accompany H-6s fully leveraging their range. And the PLAAF has less than 10 percent the U.S. military’s aerial tanker capacity to mitigate that problem....
universities. I believe that the training that the faculty and students received in protecting critical infrastructure helped reduce the impact of Russian cyberattacks. The most obvious sign of this resilience is the success Ukraine has had inkeeping its internet ondespite Russianbombs, sabotage and...
There are many more persons involved of course but these are the ones I know and all have been wonderful to communicate with. The TPM website and newsletters keep us all current with progress and next steps as well as providing creative fund raising opportunities. TPM also has one of the ...
From Ukraine, the ambush. Photo by Anatolii Shara A few days ago I received a message on the Signal messenger from my old friend. His name is Olexander. He served in an elite special forces unit from 2014-to 2017 in theDonbas. When Russia launched a full-scale offensive on February 24...
For many, the symbolism of the announcement against the backdrop of Russia’s brutality could not be overstated. Lithuania’s President Gitanas Nauseda referred to candidate status as “the least [the EU] can provide”to Ukraine as it continues its “heroic fight for freedom....