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The Tigray Ethiopia War
The Tigray Ethiopia War: Video Sources
Ethiopia: War in Tigray – Background and state of play Eric Pichon. 2022 12 9. Think Tank European Parliament. https://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document/EPRS_BRI(2022)739244 https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/BRIE/2022/739244/EPRS_BRI(2022)739244_EN.pdf War in Ethiopia Center for Preventive Action. 2023 3 31. Council on Foreign Relations. https://www.cfr.org/global-conflict-tracker/conflict/conflict-ethiopia Tigray War Fast Facts CNN Editorial
Recent Airstrikes Are Our Periodic Reminder That We’re Fighting a War in Syria
“Given that IS lost its last piece of territory roughly four years ago, that would seem to eliminate the stated justification for maintaining an active anti-IS mission there.
The argument now is that we have to keep troops in Syria so that IS stays defeated.
“If you completely ignore and turn your back, then you’re setting the conditions for a resurgence,” Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told The New York Times during a recent visit to Syria.
What exactly the U.S. interest is in further suppressing a rump remnant of a vanquished terrorist group goes unexplained.”
Russia’s Wagner boss escalates rift with Putin’s military, threatens Bakhmut withdrawal due to a lack of thousands of artillery shells
https://www.yahoo.com/news/russias-wagner-boss-escalates-rift-143720041.html
Why Ukraine Re-Taking Crimea Will Destroy Russia
Biden’s team fears the aftermath of a failed Ukrainian counteroffensive
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/24/biden-ukraine-russia-counteroffensive-defense-00093384
America’s hypersonic arms race with China, explained
“Hypersonic weapons, or vehicles and missiles that travel faster than Mach 5, or five times the speed of sound, aren’t new; the US has been developing and testing these weapons since the 1950s. But there’s been relatively little USinvestment in these systems
A Ukrainian drone commander said Russian troops would sit around and get shot at the start of the war, but have learned from their mistakes
https://www.yahoo.com/news/ukrainian-drone-commander-said-russian-084843014.html
Pro-Russian propagandist killed in blast in St. Petersburg
https://www.yahoo.com/news/pro-russian-propagandist-killed-in-blast-in-st-petersburg-205919774.html