Monthly Archives: April 2019

Tanf Syria: FSA Maghawir al Thawra

Lt. Col. Muhannad al-Tala’a, FSA Maghawir al Thawra commander, at Tanf, said his 300 fighters are chiefly focused on preventing an Islamic State comeback.

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Libya: LNA gunboat to Ras Lanuf

LNA spokesman Ahmed Mismari told reporters his forces had sent the Alkarama patrol vessel[IMO: 7820693] to Ras Lanuf in Libya’s key Oil Crescent region as part of a “training mission” to visit the operations room and to secure oil facilities.

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Libya: Ecuadorian mercenary?

26 April 2019 The pilot of one of the aircraft that has been shot down by the Libyan National Army (LNA) was an Ecuadorian mercenary, Ahmed al-Mismari, the spokesman for the faction announced in a press conference on 25 April. … Continue reading

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Libya: Tamanhint & Jufrah AB for Hifter

Haftar has concentrated his forces near Tripoli, using mainly the Jufrah air base but also Tamanhint to fly in materiel and send it on by road up north towards the Mediterranean coast. The eastern Libyan National Army (LNA) forces repelled … Continue reading

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Turkey hosts early-warning radar at Kürecik

Posted online on May 23, 2017, the military construction portion of the Army’s budget proposal includes approximately $6.4 million to build out a so-called “forward operating site” at an unspecified location in Turkey. The plan would provide adequate space for … Continue reading

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Algeria: Muslim Brotherhood redux

Abderrazak Makri, a 58-year-old doctor, leads the Movement of Society for Peace (MSP) party, believed to be close to the Muslim Brotherhood.     “The term ‘Muslim Brotherhood’…is an umbrella term for a variety of movements, in the case of … Continue reading

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Iraq: Spring tourists in al-Rutba

Iraqi security forces join local families as they set up picnics near the Abila lake and dam in al-Rutba district in March. [Photo courtesy of the Iraqi Ministry of Defence] Remote recreational sites in western Anbar’s al-Rutba district are seeing … Continue reading

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American deaths in Iraq attributable to Iran

“During Operation Iraqi Freedom, DoD assessed that at least 603 U.S. personnel deaths in Iraq were the result of Iran-backed militants,” Navy Cmdr. Sean Robertson, a Pentagon spokesman, said in an email.   Officials previously said that Iran was linked to … Continue reading

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Algeria: highly contagious

La jeunesse et le savoir, piliers de l'économie de demain. Auj en #Allemagne avec Karim et Abdelhak, 2 ingénieurs venus d'#Algérie pour une formation sur notre technologie révolutionnaire #EvCon. Fier de nos jeunes !@GroupeCevital @KamalBenkoussa pic.twitter.com/3t4SWaqoT7 — Issad Rebrab (@IssadRebrab) … Continue reading

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