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For IS in Iraq and Syria, Tunisia was the country where most of the foreign fighters came from. And there was problem with not all but usually Tunisian fighters in Syria near the end of IS territorial control. Those from Tunisia tend to be more extreme, even for IS standard.

Based on true story. Story about 4 sisters in Tunisia, the number 1 and number 2 went to joined Islamic State in Libya, the first to Sirte, the second went to non Tamkin but strong Tunisian presence Sabratha, Libyan border city near Tunisia. At first when the number 1 started to wear niqab...

2nd Group of Kopassus supporting Polresta Surakarta to guarding churches for Easter 2021. French Vigipirate vibe

Punch in the face for PUK that getting closer with SDF

If you asking, “isn’t that CTG government’s unit?”, budgetary yes, but substantial control, not so much. In Iraqi Kurdistan, politics (and Peshmerga’s loyalties) divided into 2 groups; KDP in Irbil (yellow zone) and PUK in Sulaymaniyah (green zone) which CTG’s HQ is in Sulaymaniyah. Even...

Jason Donovan's version of “Rhythm of The Rain”. The Hong Kong was still under British control lol

Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman version of Frank Sinatra’s “Somethin’ Stupid”

Stances about Americanize or ban TikTok of possible US Presidential candidates 1) Trump “Billionaire investor and Club for Growth donor Jeff Yass holds a 15 percent stake in TikTok’s parent company ByteDance, which is based in Beijing. Club for Growth leaders have been vocal opponents of moves...

Dua Lipa, like it or not, indirectly Western and Kosovo’s secret weapon if Serbia invading lol. She will gather support for Kosovo and raise the awareness about it

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/20/us/politics/ukraine-aid-bill-gaza-johnson.html “The legislation includes $60 billion for Kyiv; $26 billion for Israel and humanitarian aid for civilians in conflict zones, including Gaza; and $8 billion for the Indo-Pacific region. It would direct the president...

https://shaam.org/news/syria-news/althalf-aldwly-ystad-linshaa-qwat-dfaa-jwy-qwamha-anasr-qsd-shrqy-swrya Take it with grain of salt US may will provide predominantly Kurdish NE Syrian SDF (mainly YPG-YPJ) with air defense systems. They reportedly had training with Iraqi Kurdistan CTG of PUK...

Talking about politics In Japan, there are unwritten rule to be politicians, it requires three-bans; Jiban, Kanban and Kaban. Jiban means supporter base and this one is very important especially for LDP that always on top of Diet since 50s. This one needed in more rural region, where people...

Anggep kabar di atas bener, dari tahun-tahun lalu udah agak ragu F-15EX bakal dateng. I strike through some words there and change it with “local company involvement”, for example Black Hawk procurement with PTDI. You can’t deal via rekanan or third party with US for major arms procurement, so...

Time for Indonesian song from (early) 2000s