New Moroccan drone strikes against the Polisario : A beginning of a resumption of daily strikes?

The Moroccan army reportedly carried out a strike against “armed elements” in the area of Mijek near the border with Mauritania. This action was allegedly in response to rumors and threats from the Polisario about the arrival of Iranian drones. However, the pro-Polisario media claims that the strike was against civilians. The incident is said…

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[ Syria / Iraq SITREP: 1-7/12 ] Turkey threatens ground offensive if Kurdish forces do not withdraw

Update from Syria: Turkey’s President Erdogan had warned that Turkey will have no choice but to resort to a new ground offensive into Northern Syria to establish the 30km buffer zones between the Turkey-Syria border from any Kurdish forces operating in Syria. Russia had reacted by opening negotiations with the Kurdish-majority Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)…

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Putin’s Path to Victory Against the West.

Putin has a clear path to defeating the West. Russia and NATO cannot resolve their conflict by war in a nuclear world. Instead, Putin will leverage the threat of humanitarian disaster caused by the war in Ukraine and the looming world economic recession. Victory for Putin means holding onto some of his gains in Ukraine…

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Dronification of the conflict in Western Sahara.

On April 8, 2021, it was rumored (and reported by AFP) that Morocco had launched its first ever drone strike, that killed the Polisario police chief / commander of the national gendarmerie, Addah al-Bendir in Tifariti, an oasis town in the North-eastern part of Western Sahara. The strike was thought to be conducted by Harop…

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Remembrance Day Sunday Service 2022 at Kranji War Memorial

At the invitation by the British High Commission Singapore to Defense Politics Asia (media invitation), DPA had agreed to attend the 2022’s Remembrance Day service at the Kranji War Cemetery to pay tribute to all who laid their lives so that the generations after them could live in peace. The event is held by the…

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LIFELINE FOR LEBANON: Israel and Lebanon signs the Maritime Border Deal mediated by United States

The Maritime Border Deal, which aims to resolve the 860-square-kilometer maritime dispute in the Eastern Mediterranean between Israel and Lebanon, which do not have diplomatic relations, was finalized on October 11, 2022, under the US mediation led by special energy envoy Amos Hochstein. According to the published text of the Maritime Border Deal, entire Karish…

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