UAE opts out of US-planned air defense pact as Biden flies to Jeddah
The United Arab Emirates planted an upset for US President Joe Biden ahead of his arrival in Jeddah on Thursday,
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US reinforcements push back against Russian drive into NE Syria
The US is reinforcing its 500-troop contingent in northern Syria with six Bradley fighting vehicles, 100 troops, fighter jets, Apache
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Unlikely Iranian bedfellows foster secret 25-year deal with China
Under the still-secret deal, China will have unrestricted access to Iran’s air bases and promises to rebuild its EW capabilities
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The Israel-Lebanese oil dispute – part of US-Russian Mid-East energy battle
Instead of accepting a US-brokered deal for Block 9, Hizballah and Iran make Israel’s offshore gas and oil fields a
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Kurds win Syrian oil under secret US-Russian deal – prize for Raqqa
US-backed Syrian Kurdish militias reported Sunday, Oct. 22, the capture of Syria’s biggest oil field of al-Omar in the eastern
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Putin and Netanyahu focus on Kurdistan crisis after Iran’s successful maneuver in Kirkuk
Gen. Sergey Shoigu had no sooner flown out of Israel on Wednesday, Oct. 18, than Iranian and Syrian army chiefs
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Saudi King asks Putin to help contain Iranian threat, accepts Russian gains in Syria
President Donald Trump’s best Middle East friend and ally, Saudi King Salman Bin Abdulaziz, arrived in Moscow Thursday Oct. 5
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An oil duel takes center of global diplomacy
DEBKA Weekly: German ex-chancellor Schroeder turned-Russian-oil executive and oil executive Tillerson turned-diplomat make intriguing new duelers. Sign here to subscribe.
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Kurdistan Weathers Its Referendum Unscathed, Kirkuk Oil Continues to Flow
Clouds of fantasy hang over the independence referendum staged by the Kurdish Republic of Iraq (KRG) ion Monday, Sept. 25.
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Iraqi Kurds vote for independence. Barzani: Our borders lie where our tanks stop
The 5.2 million eligible voters of the semiautonomous Kurdish Republic of Iraq avow their desire on Monday, Sept. 25 to
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