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“Build Back Better” was Joe Biden’s campaign slogan. How different is that, really, from “Make America Great Again”? Both BBB and MAGA suggest the need for restoration, for reversing deterioration and decline, for fixing what’s broken.
In foreign and national security policy, President Trump following eight years of President Obama’s unwillingness to bolster the credibility of American power against America’s enemies achieved some significant successes. He also suffered some significant failures. In other areas, he made incremental progress which his successor can advance if he sees his task as building his own presidency rather than building back the Obama White House.
Iran-Linked Militias Attack Liquor Stores in Baghdad
21 Dec 2020
Gang members and militia fighters associated with a coalition linked to Iran have escalated attacks on liquor stories most owned by Christians and Yazidis in Baghdad, Iraq, the Kurdish outlet Rudaw reported Sunday.
Members of groups associated with the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), the Iran-backed Shiite coalition, have taken responsibility for some of the attacks, which have largely consisted of bombings. The PMF rose to heightened prominence in the Iraqi government during the war against the Sunni Islamic State jihadist group that began in 2014. Given the incompetence of the Iraqi military, Baghdad formally legalized the PMF as a wing of Iraq’s armed forces in 2018 and allowed PMF leaders into the inner circle of federal power during the ISIS fight.
Russian Forces Establish Presence On Syrian-Iraqi Border zerohedge.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from zerohedge.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Over the past weeks, the Syrian Army and its allies have intensified their operations against ISIS cells hiding in the Homs-Deir Ezzor desert.
According to pro-government sources, during the past few days, Syrian government forces and Iranian-backed militias carried out a series of raids to the south of the Palmyra-Deir Ezzor highway and southeast of al-Mayadin. Pro-militant media outlets claim that over 10 Syrian soldiers and 15 ISIS members died in these clashes.
The Russian Aerospace Forces also resumed their strikes on ISIS targets in the desert region. Pro-opposition sources say that the Russians delivered over 100 airstrikes. Indeed, the intensity of this campaign demonstrates that the regularly resurfacing ISIS cells, which actively exploit the state of chaos on the Syrian-Iraqi border, pose a notable security threat.
Newsweek: From Greece to India, via Israel a new Middle East alliance is expanding – Analysis en.protothema.gr - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from en.protothema.gr Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.