President Biden backs the plan for Sweden to join the military alliance, but movement has been stalled by Turkey’s opposition.
Tag: Defense and Military Forces
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Elizabeth Tsurkov Held for Months in Iraq by Militia Linked to Iran
Elizabeth Tsurkov, an Israeli researcher, was seized in late March by an Iraqi Shiite group shortly after leaving a Baghdad cafe, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.
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A Captured Russian Soldier’s Story: ‘They Just Sent Us to Die’
An inmate hoped to start over with a clean slate by fighting in Ukraine. Instead, he was confronted by the drudgery of trench work and the terror of battle. “You’re going in as meat,” he said he was told.
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That North Korean Rocket That Set Off Panic In Seoul? It Was a Dud.
After analyzing debris from the North’s recently failed rocket launch, South Korea concluded that the isolated country’s satellite technology was useless.
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West Bank City of Jenin Has Long Ties to Palestinian Armed Struggle
In the northern reaches of the occupied West Bank, near the boundary with Israel, Jenin and its refugee camp have nurtured an ethos of defiance.