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Russian military jets are seen at Hmeymim air base in Syria, June 18, 2016. REUTERS/Vadim Savitsky/Russian Defense Ministry via Reuters/File Photo

Russia Denies Plans for New Military Bases in Syria

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Mar 20, 2017 | Middle East

Russia does not plan to open new military bases in Syria, the defense ministry said on Monday, after the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia said it had reached a deal with Moscow for a new military base in northwestern Syria. “There are no plans to deploy new Russian...

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US President Donald Trump. Reuters

US President Promises Historic Increase in Military Budget

by Heba El Koudsy | Feb 28, 2017 | World

Washington – US President Donald Trump promised a “historic” $54bllion increase in the US military budget for 2018, which includes a nearly 10 percent increase in defense spending. Trump told state governors at the White House his budget plan included a...

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US President Donald Trump August 1, 2016. REUTERS/Eric Thayer

Trump Seeks 9 Percent Increase in Military Budget

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Feb 27, 2017 | World

President Donald Trump is seeking what he called a “historic” increase in military spending of more than 9 percent, a huge rise even as the United States has wound down major wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and remains the world’s strongest military...

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Russian President Putin watches the launch of a missile during naval exercises in Russia’s Arctic North on board the nuclear missile cruiser Pyotr Veliky (Peter the Great), Aug. 17, 2005. REUTERS

Arctic..New Contact Line in Cold War with NATO

by Taha Abed alWahed | Feb 9, 2017 | World

Moscow – On the military level, the North Pole is the intersecting point of the Russian border with that of the NATO, especially U.S., Canada, Denmark and Norway. This region is of high importance to Russia since the Soviet Union age, namely that the greatest...

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Al-Shabaab Attacks a Kenyan Military Base in Somalia

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 28, 2017 | World

The militant group Al-Shabaab yesterday launched an attack on a Kenyan military base in southern Somalia. This is the second attack that the group that has links to Al-Qaeda has carried out this week. The attack on the Kulbiyow base where Kenyan soldiers are deployed...