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United States Central Command (CENTCOM) Commander Gen. Frank McKenzie on Friday said he believes Iran will agree to a nuclear deal in order to gain sanctions relief, but warned it will remain a major threat in the region.
Download the Brief The Issue The number of Houthi attacks against predominantly civilian targets in Saudi Arabia doubled over the first nine months of 2021 compared to the same period in 2020, according to new CSIS analysis. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force and Lebanese Hezbollah have played a critical role in providing weapons, technology, training, and
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Share This: USAF Fearing Taliban attacks on U.S-led coalition forces as they withdraw from Afghanistan, the Pentagon has beefed up its air support for the troops remaining in the country. Further, Milley said that the Afghans are capable of standing up to the Taliban without the support of the U.S.-coalition. “They’re fighting for their own country now, so it’s not a foregone conclusion, in my professional military estimate, that the Taliban automatically win and Kabul falls, or any of those kinds of dire predictions,” Milley said. “That’s not a foregone conclusion. There’s a ...
Taliban launches major Afghan offensive after deadline for U.S. pullout Reuters | May 04, 2021 08:46 PM EDT Handover ceremony at Camp Anthonic, from U.S. Army, to Afghan Defense Forces in Helmand province, Afghanistan (Photo : Ministry of Defense Press Office/Handout via REUTERS) Afghan security forces fought back a major Taliban offensive in southern Helmand province in the last 24 hours, officials and residents said on Tuesday, as militants launched assaults around the country after a missed U.S. deadline to withdraw troops. Although the United States did not meet the May 1 withdrawal deadl...