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Syrian President Bashar Assad said in an interview with Sputnik that he was ready to meet with his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, only after the withdrawal of Turkey s troops from the territory of Syria. ....
This past year’s surprise success of the Islamic State (ISIS), which has put the future of Iraq in jeopardy, has prompted concern among U.S. policymakers that, as U.S. and coalition forces depart, Afghan forces could face a similar threat from the Taliban. While Afghanistan does not face the same Sunni–Shia sectarian divisions that have fueled the fighting in Iraq, the Afghan government remains dependent on international financial support, and the Afghan security forces require U.S. air support, equipment, training, and intelligence to maintain an edge over the Taliban. ....
(Reporter Sha Hanting) The Oversight and Accountability Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives sent letters to several senior officials of the White House, the Department of Defense, and the State Department on the 17th local time, requesting them to submit documents related to the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan by the Biden administration. The U.S. State Department issued a statement on the same day saying that as of November 2022, the State Department has held 150 briefings on the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan to members of Congress from both parties. ....
After 12 years of fighting against the Taliban in Afghanistan and failing to convince Pakistani leaders to crack down decisively on terrorist bases on their side of the border, American military planners are considering providing Pakistan with billions in leftover equipment from the war. A Washington Post story from last weekend indicates that U.S. military planners are in discussions with their Pakistani counterparts about the possibility of leaving behind, for Pakistani use, armored vehicles and other equipment deemed too expensive to ship back to the U.S. ....
Earlier in the week, amid deteriorating relations between France and Burkina Faso, the official Burkinabe news agency said Ouagadougou had formally suspended a. 26.01.2023, Sputnik International ....