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Greece Weighs Post-Erdogan Military Options

par This Is Beirut, 14/01 21:04 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Greece's Defense Minister stated on Sunday that the country should ready its armed forces for potential "instability" following the conclusion of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's current term. Greece must prepare its armed forces for possible "instability" after the end of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's latest term, the Defense ...

French FM Hails Poland's 'Return' to the European Scene

par This Is Beirut, 15/01 22:58 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Poland is "back" on the European scene, France's foreign minister said on Monday, calling for Paris, Warsaw and Berlin to work together on EU reforms and aiding Ukraine. "Poland is back in Europe and with that, the hope of moving forward on essential European reforms for our citizens," Minister Stéphane Séjourné said during a visit to ...

NATO Wants Its Members to Increase Defence Spending

par This Is Beirut, 14/02 13:46 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg will on Wednesday detail increased defence spending by members of the alliance, rattled after Donald Trump threatened to encourage Russia to attack countries paying too little. The Republican White House frontrunner was widely rebuked after saying he would not defend NATO members who had not met their financial ...

NATO Chief: US Aid Blockage Hurts Ukraine

par This Is Beirut, 15/02 11:52 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday that a delay in passing new US aid for Ukraine was already hurting Kyiv's forces on the battlefield against Russia. "We see the impact already of the fact that the US has not been able to make a decision, but I expect the US to be able to make a decision, that the Congress and the House of ...

Overpowering Fascism

par Charles Chartouni, 04/03 09:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Thousands of Russians, braving state terrorism, the bitter weather, and the post-factual narrative of the criminal autocracy, showed up at the funeral of Alexeï Navalny to express their moral commitment and pay tribute to the man who defended, at the expense of his life, the right of Russians to live under a democratic regime that honors ...

Sweden Joins NATO, Ending Non-Alignment in Ukraine War

par This Is Beirut, 07/03 19:54 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Sweden on Thursday became the 32nd member of NATO in the shadow of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, turning the page on two centuries of non-alignment and capping two years of torturous diplomacy. Days after Hungary followed key holdout Turkey and became the last NATO member to sign off, Sweden ceremonially handed over accession documents to the ...

Sweden's Banner Raised on NATO's Headquarters

par This Is Beirut, 11/03 14:26 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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As Sweden's flag is raised above NATO HQ, it shows that Putin has “failed” in his attempt at weakening the mutual defense organization, claims NATO Chief Jens Stoltenberg on Monday. NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said Monday that Sweden's accession to the alliance shows Russian President Vladimir Putin "failed" in his Ukrainian war strategy of ...

Political Vignettes and Ongoing Conflicts

par Charles Chartouni, 08/04 09:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

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Sergei Shoïgu, the Russian minister of defense, surmises French responsibility behind Moscow’s terror attack since Ukrainians are masterminded by their European mentors and France has defied the moral and political arrogance of the dictator. Relaying the lies of the Russian autocrat, S. Shoïgu perpetuates the culture of dissembling and ...

G7 Hears Calls for 'Critical' Ukraine Aid

par This Is Beirut, 18/04 23:03 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told a G7 meeting Thursday that Ukraine had an "urgent, critical need for more air defense", as Kyiv's foreign minister pressed allies for more Patriot systems. Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven developed nations, including US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, are gathering on the Italian island of ...

NATO Countries to Procure Ukraine With Air Defenses

par This Is Beirut, 19/04 19:32 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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NATO countries agreed to give Ukraine more air defenses after desperate pleas from Kyiv for advanced systems to shoot down Russian attacks, alliance chief Jens Stoltenberg said on Friday. "NATO defense ministers have agreed to step up and provide further military support, including more air defense," Stoltenberg said after virtual talks with ...

Pentagon Chief Calls for Additional Patriot Systems for Ukraine

par This Is Beirut, 30/04 20:30 - Reading : less than a minute

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US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Tuesday that he has been encouraging countries with Patriot missile systems to donate them to Ukraine, which appealed for more of the air defense batteries. "There are countries that have Patriots, and so what we're doing is continuing to engage those countries," Austin told a House Armed Services ...

NATO Convenes to Discuss Ukraine Using Western Arms Against Russia

par This Is Beirut, 30/05 18:16 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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NATO foreign ministers gathered in Prague on Thursday in the face of growing calls for leading allies to lift restrictions stopping Kyiv from using Western weapons to strike inside Russia. The two-day meeting in the Czech capital is meant to focus on efforts to hammer out a package of support for Ukraine at NATO's summit in Washington in July, ...

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