Category: Conflict
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Sudan Fractures as El Fasher Falls to RSF
The situation in El Fasher, North Darfur, Sudan, has plunged into what UN officials call an “even darker hell” after the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan seized the city in Sudan on October 26, 2025, following a 500-day siege. This marks the RSF’s full control over all major cities in Darfur, Sudan, excluding the…
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Russia’s Ukraine War: A $500 Billion Sunk-Cost Abyss
Russia’s war in Ukraine, launched in 2022, has evolved into one of the most expensive strategic miscalculations in modern history. Estimates vary, but when combining direct military spending, sanctions losses, destroyed assets, and long-term reconstruction obligations, total costs likely exceed $400–600 billion — roughly a quarter of Russia’s annual GDP. Some Western intelligence assessments place…
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France Ramps Up Ukraine Aid with Missiles and Mirage Jets
On October 24, 2025, during a virtual meeting of the “Coalition of the Willing”, French President Emmanuel Macron directly addressed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Macron confirmed France’s commitment to ramp up air defense and aviation capabilities for Ukraine amid ongoing Russian aggression. Macron stated: “I want to confirm, Volodymyr, that we will deliver in the…
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Damascus and SDF Edge Toward Historic Integration Deal
In a CBS 60 Minutes interview aired around October 15, 2025, Syria’s interim president Ahmed el-Shara stated that his government met multiple times with the Democratic Syrian Forces (SDF), reaching a preliminary oral agreement on October 13, 2025, during SDF leader Mazloum Abdi’s Damascus visit with U.S. mediation; it covers Kurdish rights by amending the…
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NATO Ministers Rally in Brussels
On October 15, 2025, U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (often referred to colloquially as “Secretary of War” in some media and social commentary) arrived in Brussels for a meeting of NATO defense ministers focused on security issues, including support for Ukraine amid ongoing Russian incursions into NATO airspace. Speaking to reporters upon arrival, Hegseth…