A sneaky move at a Kremlin meeting may show why Putin took his time in eliminating Prigozhin

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People hang out portraits of Yevgeny Prigozhin and Dmitry Utkin, a shadowy figure who managed Wagner's operations, as they pay tribute to them at the makeshift memorial in front of the PMC Wagner office in Novosibirsk, on August 24, 2023
Portraits of Yevgeny Prigozhin and Dmitry Utkin at a makeshift memorial at the Wagner office in Novosibirsk on August 24.

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America's foes are teaming up to push the US military out of the Middle East, and it's messing up plans to fight terror

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American soldiers fire from Bradley fighting vehicles during a joint exercise with Syrian Democratic Forces at the countryside of Deir Ezzor in northeastern Syria, Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021.
American soldiers fire from Bradley fighting vehicles during a joint exercise with Syrian Democratic Forces at the countryside of Deir Ezzor in northeastern Syria, Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021.

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Russia's fighter jets have gone from harassing US aircraft to actually breaking them as Moscow flexes its muscles where it still can

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A Russian fighter jet in flight.
A Russian fighter flies dangerously close to a US MQ-9 before deploying flares from a position directly over an MQ-9 drone on a defeat-ISIS mission in Syria in July.

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Video captures a Russian Su-35 fighter jet harassing and breaking a US Reaper drone by popping flares above it

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A Russian fighter flies dangerously close to a US MQ-9 before deploying flares from a position directly over an MQ-9 drone on a defeat-ISIS mission in Syria July 23, 2023.
A Russian fighter flies dangerously close to a US MQ-9 before deploying flares from a position directly over an MQ-9 drone on a defeat-ISIS mission in Syria July 23, 2023.

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Erdogan's future is in doubt, but Turkey's ties to Russia and tensions with the US aren't going anywhere

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A garbage collector walks by a bus with an image of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul on May 10.

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How Putin spent 20 years rebuilding Russia's military 'and then just simply destroyed it' in Ukraine, according to an expert who watched it happen

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Vladimir Putin with Russian military officers
Russian President Vladimir Putin greets military officers in Red Square after the Victory Day parade on May 9, 2019.

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The US and its allies are stuck in a violent cycle with Iran-backed militias who want blood but don't want to 'poke the bear'

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US army soldiers stand near an armoured military vehicle on the outskirts of Rumaylan in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province, bordering Turkey, on March 27, 2023.
US army soldiers stand near an armoured military vehicle on the outskirts of Rumaylan in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province, bordering Turkey, on March 27, 2023.

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A key air defense system wasn't working right when a drone killed an American in Syria, pushing the US to retaliate with force

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An Avenger Weapon System fires at a live-fire short-range missile range near White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, Oct. 14, 2018
An Avenger Weapon System fires at a live-fire short-range missile range near White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, Oct. 14, 2018

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Turkish Airlines put 'heroic' earthquake rescue dogs in the passenger cabin on their flights home — and even let some sit in business class

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A man sits in business class with a spaniel at his feet, and a Bernese mountain dog sits on a plane seat
Turkish Airlines said it carried dogs from countries including Thailand, Kyrgyzstan, Hungary, and China.

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Syria's White Helmets are famous for rescuing people from bombed buildings. When the earthquake struck, they knew what to do.

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Syrian civilians and members of the White Helmets conduct search-and-rescue operations in the rubble of a collapsed building in Harem, Syria, following a magnitude 7.8 earthquake.
Syrian civilians and members of the White Helmets conduct search-and-rescue operations in the rubble of a collapsed building in Harem, Syria, following a magnitude 7.8 earthquake.

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