Security

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  Security

  2019-04-12

  Recent mishaps highlight growing deficiencies in Russian military equipment

  Russian officials regularly trumpet new military mega-projects, but a number of recent mishaps have shone a light upon the increasing weaknesses of the Kremlin's aging military.

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  Security

  2019-04-08

  Kazakh special forces test combat readiness in military exercise

  The drills were aimed at verifying the readiness of the nation's special operations units for a variety of situations, including potential terrorist attacks.

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  Security

  2019-04-03

  Wives and children of defeated IS fighters face future of statelessness

  Following the collapse of the group's so-called 'caliphate' in Syria last month, thousands of fighters, women, and children have been confined in a number of camps, awaiting their fate.

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  Security

  2019-04-02

  Coalition hunts down remaining 'Islamic State' fighters in Syria

  The US-led coalition is conducting 'precision strike support' to help flush out the remaining militants.

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  Security

  2019-03-29

  France to hold Syria, Russia responsible for any further chemical attacks

  Paris, alongside coalition partners such as the United States, is ready to again launch punitive strikes against the Syrian regime 'if necessary.'

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  Security

  2019-03-18

  Unease grows in Central Asia as Putin celebrates anniversary of Crimea seizure

  While Russian President Vladimir Putin celebrates the Kremlin's illegal annexation, Central Asian countries wonder if the same could happen to them.

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  Security

  2019-03-08

  China chips away at Russia's security influence in Central Asia

  Chinese behaviour in the region belies the old assumption that Beijing cares only about economic investments -- and is increasing tension with Russia, analysts say.

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  Security

  2019-03-06

  Dying IS territory in Syria empties itself of last survivors

  Tens of thousands of civilians have been trucked out in recent weeks from the jihadists' ever-shrinking territory in Baghouz, near Syria's border with Iraq.

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  Security

  2019-03-05

  Putin suspends Russia's compliance with key missile treaty

  In his state of the nation address, Putin threatened to deploy new missiles against Western capitals, a common Kremlin tactic to use external threats to avoid dealing with domestic issues.

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  Security

  2019-03-04

  US, Kazakhstan hold joint training on nuclear-material smuggling

  Exercises aimed at ensuring materials don't fall into the hands of terrorists.