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2011 Egypt uprising: From ‘Revolution’ to ‘Conspiracy’

ISTANBUL, 26 Jan 2019 [Fik/News Sources]: Eight years have passed since Egypt's January 25 popular uprising forced autocratic President Hosni Mubarak to step down after 30 years in power. Although the uprising enjoyed a degree of constitutional recognition in 2012 and 2014, the official perception of Egypt’s 2011 “revolution” has changed markedly in recent years. The country’s pro-regime mainstream media, meanwhile, continues to treat the subject with downright hostility. On the uprising’s first anniversary in 2012, during a transitional phase led by Egypt’s Supreme Military Council, Field Marshal Mohamed Tantawi praised demonstrators’ demands for “bread, freedom and social justice”. In 2013, Mohamed Morsi, Egypt's first democratically elected president and a

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Saudi Arabia, UK conduct joint military exercises

RIYADH, 02 Apr 2019 [Fik/News Sources]: Saudi and British military forces have begun holding joint exercises in the kingdom’s northwestern region, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported on Monday. Dubbed "Desert Soldiers 3", the exercises are aimed at enhancing participants’ fighting capabilities and combat readiness, according to the SPA. Recent months have seen a plethora of joint military drills in the Arab Gulf region, including the “Bright Star” wargames (held in Egypt last September); “Arab Shield 1” (held in Egypt last November); and “Peninsula Shield” (held in Saudi Arabia in

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Russia: US replacing troops in Syria with mercenaries

Moscow, 18 July 2019 [Fik/News Sources]: The U.S. Central Command is replacing some of its regular troops in northern Syria with employees of private military companies (PMCs), Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Wednesday at a news conference in Moscow. "The number of personnel of PMCs in Syria exceeds 4,000. It is notable that in the second half of June alone, 540 people had already arrived in the country, including 70 commanders and instructors. The transfer of mercenaries is carried out by car in groups of 12-16 people," she said. According to Zakharova, the main tasks of the PMCs are training militants loyal to the U.S. and the protection of oil sites. Syria has been locked in a vicious civil war since early 2011, when the Bashar al-Assad regime cracked down on pro-democracy protests with

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