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  2021-01-05

  China ramps up incursions into Taiwanese airspace

  Chinese jets made a record 380 incursions into Taiwan's defence zone last year, posing a threat to regional and national security, a defence official said.

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  2020-12-29

  Russia's expansion into Africa sets off alarm bells

  The Kremlin has installing 'instructors' in volatile conflict zones and signing military deals across the continent in a bid to expand Russia's geopolitical influence.

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  2020-12-27

  The heavy price of Soleimani's dream of making Yemen a proxy war playground

  Qassem Soleimani and Iran's Revolutionary Guards have fuelled a long, bitter proxy war in Yemen for years, bringing the country to the brink of economic and political collapse.

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  2020-12-26

  US military on alert as tensions rise over Iranian miscalculations

  Iran-backed militias have continued to launch attacks on US interests in Iraq and the region ahead of the anniversary of Qassem Soleimani's killing.

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  2020-12-25

  Soleimani's ghost still haunts Afghan youth lured into Iranian militias

  The Fatemiyoun militia, founded by the slain Iranian commander, still recruits impoverished Afghan immigrants, many of whom die fighting while others face the reality of Tehran's broken promises.

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  2020-12-15

  Kremlin aims to use uptick in Taliban violence to scare Central Asian states

  Russian officials are using fear mongering to badger the leaders of Turkmenistan and other countries bordering Afghanistan to coalesce more closely around Russia.

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  2020-12-11

  Russia's reliance on private military contractors raises alarm worldwide

  Vega joins a growing list of Russian mercenaries -- including the Wagner Group -- carrying out the Kremlin's dirty work in strategically important countries and offering Putin plausible deniability.

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  2020-12-09

  Russia loses 'doomsday plane' equipment in latest military mishap

  Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov described the breach as an 'emergency', and interior ministry personnel are scrambling to recover the highly classified equipment.

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  2020-12-08

  UN adopts resolution demanding end to Russian occupation of Crimea

  The UN vote comes shortly on the heels of the call by incoming Moldovan President Maia Sandu for Russian troops to withdraw from a breakaway region on the border with Ukraine.

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  2020-12-04

  Uncertainty deepens as Russia plans long-term presence in South Caucasus

  The Kremlin achieved its goal in regaining a military foothold in Azerbaijan after being forced to leave more than 25 years go. Observers now wonder what Putin has planned next.