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Dec 12, 2024 | defenseone.com | Ben Watson |Brad Peniston

Skip to Content Sponsor Message Sponsor Message Sponsor Message Sponsor Message Sponsor Message Sponsor Message Insights & Reports Future of Ukraine Russian invasion forces are advancing again in eastern Ukraine, approaching within roughly six kilometers of Pokrovsk, which the New York Times describes as “a key rail and road hub for Ukraine’s army.” Russian troops are allegedly attacking Ukrainian positions “up to 30 times per day and have an advantage in artillery fires—suggesting that...

Dec 10, 2024 | defenseone.com | Ben Watson |Brad Peniston

Pacific regionNaval alert: Taiwan says China just deployed more ships near the Taiwan Strait than at any time since 1996. Some 100 Chinese warships and various coast guard vessels have arrived in an area “stretching from the southern Japanese islands to the South China Sea,” the New York Times reports. “This is likely the first time such a large-scale maritime operation has involved multiple Chinese theater commands and its coast guard,” the Wall Street Journal reports, citing a Taiwan official.

Dec 9, 2024 | defenseone.com | Ben Watson |Brad Peniston

Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad fled his palace in Damascus on Sunday as a coalition of rebel factions poured into the city this weekend, capping a lightning advance from the north that began gaining significant speed just over a week ago. Assad’s departure to Moscow brought his 24-year rule to an abrupt end after more than a dozen years of civil war that began in the first few months of the Arab Spring. Assad’s family has ruled the country since the early 1970s.

Dec 5, 2024 | defenseone.com | Ben Watson |Brad Peniston

Skip to Content Sponsor Message Sponsor Message Sponsor Message Sponsor Message The morning's best defense digest, from conflict to commentary. email Sponsor Message Sponsor Message Insights & Reports Syrian troops retreat from HamaNew: Just a week after taking Aleppo, jihadists and rebels seized another major city in Syria on Thursday.

Nov 27, 2024 | defenseone.com | Ben Watson |Brad Peniston

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