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News Roundup 2/1/2023

News Roundup 2/1/2023

Russia Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday said Ukraine needs to secure the supply of new weapons from its Western backers and that arms deliveries need to speed up. AWC Adm. Rob Bauer, the head of NATO’s Military Committee, said that NATO is “ready” for...

News Roundup 2/1/2023

News Roundup 1/27/2023

US News Released this week as part of an effort to kickstart his presidential campaign, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo caused considerable controversy in addressing, and ultimately dismissing, Saudi Arabia’s 2018 assassination and dismemberment of Washington...

US Says ISIS Leader Killed in Somalia Raid

US Says ISIS Leader Killed in Somalia Raid

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Thursday said that US forces conducted a raid in northern Somalia that resulted in the killing of a senior ISIS leader, Bilal al-Sudani, in a rare US operation in the country that didn’t target al-Shabaab.

News Roundup 2/1/2023

News Roundup 1/23/2023

Russia The German foreign intelligence service assesses that Kiev is losing a "three-digit number" of soldiers daily, according to a report in Der Spiegel. Berlin informed politicians of the assessment during a secret meeting this week. AWC The Pentagon has decided to...

News Roundup 2/1/2023

News Roundup 1/11/2023

US News Republicans in the House are divided over a deal Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) made with conservative GOP members to secure enough votes to win the speakership that could potentially bring this year’s military budget down by about $75 billion, although the...

White House Gives Somalia Millions in Weapons

White House Gives Somalia Millions in Weapons

The US announced a $9 million military assistance package to the Somali government based in Mogadishu. The Joe Biden administration hopes the Somali military will use the weapons against al-Shabaab.  A statement by US Africa Command on Sunday said the package includes...

News Roundup 2/1/2023

News Roundup 1/9/2023

Venezuela The Venezuelan Embassy in Washington DC has followed up on the ouster of opposition figure Juan Guido, announcing that they will close the facility. AWC Russia The State Department on Thursday rejected Russian President Vladimir Putin’s order for a...

News Roundup 2/1/2023

News Roundup 12/27/2022

US News President Biden on Friday signed the massive $858 billion 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which is $45 billion more than he requested. AWC Russia The CIA has been using a European NATO country’s intelligence services to conduct sabotage attacks...

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