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  2022-12-23

  Iranian airliners transported weapons first to Middle East, and now to Russia

  The destructive legacy of the late Iranian general Qassem Soleimani lives on, as the IRGC transfers drones, and potentially short-range missiles, to Russia using Iran's fleet of civilian aircraft.

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  2022-12-19

  Kremlin scrapes bottom of the barrel as missile stocks run low

  Russia seeks to replenish its missile stockpiles by resurrecting old Soviet missiles that were previously decommissioned or discarded.

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  2022-12-16

  Swarms of drones above Ukraine herald expanded Russia-Iran military partnership

  Officials expect Iranian support for the Russian military to grow in coming months, with some observers saying the sale of ballistic missiles is next.

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  2022-12-08

  Wagner Group recruiting murderers, rapists from African prisons to fight in Ukraine

  Colossal losses of manpower in Ukraine are pushing Russia's Wagner Group mercenaries to look for new cannon fodder -- this time from prisons in the Central African Republic (CAR).

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  2022-12-06

  Three years later, Soleimani's death still haunts IRGC Quds Force

  Qassem Soleimani's successor, Email Qaani, has done little to improve his familiarity and influence with Quds Force's area of influence, leaving the group in a weakened state.

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  2022-11-22

  Tehran, Moscow agree to manufacture drones in Russia for Ukraine war

  New intelligence reveals Iran has agreed to help Russia build weaponised drones, with production potentially beginning within months.

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  2022-11-18

  With mounting losses, Russia recruits former Afghan forces to fight in Ukraine

  Recruiters are targeting former Afghan security forces living in Afghanistan and Iran, and leveraging desperate economic situations to convince the soldiers to fight in Ukraine.

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  2022-11-08

  Russian army faces 'catastrophic' conditions as winter approaches in Ukraine

  With its supply lines disrupted and ranks decimated, the Russian military faces a frigid winter with little fuel, food, shelter and medical supplies on the frontlines.

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  2022-11-08

  Buried phones, bribes and paranoia: Life under Russian occupation

  The accounts of life under occupation by those who managed to escape tell a tale of near-total paranoia and subjugation to the whims of soldiers and Kremlin appointees.

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  2022-10-25

  Pakistani forces thwart ISIS-K effort to shift operations to Balochistan

  A series of raids in Balochistan has set back the plans of ISIS-K terrorists to shift operations from Afghanistan and exploit the restive province.