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France Drafts UN Security Council Plan to Protect Navigation Through Strait of Hormuz
France is working with the United States on a Security Council proposal for an international mission to protect commercial navigation through the Strait of Hormuz.
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Houthis Reach Strategic Perim Island as Threat to Bab el-Mandeb Shipping Grows
Houthi forces have reached Perim Island and the nearby Yemeni town of Dhubab, increasing pressure around one of the world’s most important maritime chokepoints.
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Al-Burhan Accused: Sudan’s Chemical Weapons Programme Exposed
Special Report No. PIF/SUD/2026-10 · September 2026 · SPECIAL REPORT CHEMICAL WEAPONS & ACCOUNTABILITY Leaked documents place Sudan’s army commander Abdel Fattah al-Burhan at the heart of a secret chlorine munitions programme. As his generals plotted and produced chemical weapons over blueprints in dark hangars, al-Burhan watched — then ordered the traces erased. This Paris…
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Iran–Sudan Military Relations: From Estrangement to an Emerging Defense Partnership
Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) Paper · August 2026 Region: Horn of Africa & Red Sea · Classification: OSINT / Unclassified 1. Executive Summary & Key Assessments Available open-source information indicates that the relationship between Iran and authorities associated with the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) has, since the second half of 2023, moved from a phase of…
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Iran’s Wounded Supreme Leader Breaks Silence as War With U.S. and Israel Reaches Six Months
Six months after the United States and Israel launched coordinated strikes against Iran, the war has settled into a grinding stalemate with no clear resolution in sight. At the centre of Iran’s battered leadership stands a man who has neither been seen in public nor heard from until this week — a supreme leader thrust…
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Who is Wassim al-Assad, sentenced to death for Syria war atrocities?
The latest sentence against Wassim al-Assad comes a week after ousted President Bashar al-Assad was sentenced to death. 01:32 Waseem al-Assad on trial over militia crimes and Captagon trafficking in Syria Published On 18 Aug 202618 Aug 2026 Syria has sentenced the former al-Assad regime figure Wassim al-Assad to death for crimes that include premeditated…