26/10/16 | Venturi Times
Assault on Mosul: the geopolitical point
From the dawn of October 17, all the main news agencies have been reporting the same news: "The battle of Mosul, stronghold of the Islamic State in Iraq, has begun". For ten ...
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21/10/16 | Venturi Times
Syria, massive Turkish attack against Kurdish militiamen. The US dissociates
Despite the official plans of the Euphrates Shield, the news from the field confirm what was announced by Defense Online in the past months. The spokesman for Türk Hava ...
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11/10/16 | Venturi Times
Yemen: war goes global, while Egypt looks to Moscow
The October 9 two anti-ship missiles launched by the Houthi rebels have targeted the US destroyer USS Mason at the Bab al Mandab strait, in the Mar ...
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10/10/16 | Venturi Times
Frost between Paris and Moscow while the tones are rising in Syria: "Every US plane that will hit the Syrians will be shot down"
The tension that is felt on the tables of diplomacy in these days has a clear connection with what happens on the battlefield. The Syrian Armed Forces, led by 102a ...
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07/10/16 | Venturi Times
Africa in arms: all the risks of a continent on the point of exploding
As an introduction, the figure for Algeria's military spending is enough: in the 2011 the Arab country has invested 6,5 billions of euros to re-launch its defense apparatus, ...
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05/10/16 | Venturi Times
Syria, breaking between the US and Russia. That's why we can not talk about Cold War
The outcome was already announced. After the brief experience of the "ceasefire", the word remains in arms in Syria. The latest news in terms of time comes statements ...
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01/10/16 | Venturi Times
Syria: the truth about the massacres of civilians and barrels bombs
For about three days from Syria there have been reports of bombings on civilian targets and consequent massacres against innocent men, women and children. The date coincides with ...
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26/09/16 | Venturi Times
Referendum Bosnia: Serbs say yes to identity. The European Union turns up its nose
With the referendum of 25 September, the Serbs of Bosnia Herzegovina have expressed themselves in a plebiscitary and unequivocal way: January 9 will be a national holiday, remembering ...
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22/09/16 | Venturi Times
Philippines: eyes focused on Duterte, the Pacific sheriff who does not like the US
It is not usual to talk about the Philippines in terms of geopolitics. It happened at the time of the discussed Marcos that between an action ...
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14/09/16 | Venturi Times
Libya: lies have short legs
Beyond the good faith with which the Hippocratic Operation could have been set up, some reflections seem ...
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12/09/16 | Venturi Times
Syria. The "cease fire" comes into force. Saving Accounts to the North while Expecting US Elections
With the "ceasefire" now in force (scheduled for the 18,45 now Damascus), military operations continue on ...
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10/09/16 | Venturi Times
Syria: the ceasefire agreed by the US and Russia will not stop the war
Agreement between the USA and Russia. In Syria we start again with the "ceasefire" in effect from Monday evening. The announcement, given ...
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05/09/16 | Venturi Times
Syria. Turkey's key role in resolving the conflict
In the apparently inextricable Syrian tangle, one thing in these hours seems certain: every evolution of the painting ...
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30/08/16 | Venturi Times
Syria: US flop in the Middle East is behind Turkey's moves
The Turkish army is in Syria. From the military point of view the fact has no particular findings. Turkish weapons and support ...
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26/08/16 | Venturi Times
Syria. The Turks encroach and Assad resumes Daraya. All ready for the final autumn rush
The Turks enter Syria by putting in place part of the picture presented on these pages since early summer. After...
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13/08/16 | Venturi Times
Turkey - Russia: all the implications of the thaw
As we have repeatedly had occasion to emphasize on this heading (see Article), Turkey and Russia do not love each other ...
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07/08/16 | Venturi Times
38 ° parallel: the endless war
The Second World War taught us to distinguish conflicts also based on temperature. To the war being fought ...
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05/08/16 | Venturi Times
Libya without peace: behind the US raids there is the false problem of ISIS
The beginning of the American bombing of Sirte against the forces of the Caliphate helps to provide a reading ...
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31/07/16 | Venturi Times
Aleppo, Islamists try to break the siege. US weapons seized
Aleppo is a burning ball. At almost 40 ° of temperature we enter the decisive phase of what we have indicated by ...
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27/07/16 | Venturi Times
France at war: reduction of sovereignty and bureaucracy have made a disaster
Throughout the Fifth Republic, the tenants of the Elysée were characterized by a common factor: the indispensable ...
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Backchannels and fireworks: US mediation behind Iranian retaliation on Israel?
As announced by the Iranian regime, the announced retaliation for the (unannounced) attack on the Iranian consulate in Damascus on 1 April 2024 which led to the death of...
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Letters to Defense Online: "Carabinieri and sinking of the Garibaldi"
Mine is not meant to be a sterile controversy but after more than thirty years of wearing the uniform I consider it a "fair" controversy. Decisions regarding the size and composition of forces...
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