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Flash Levant EU-CSDP mission 

EUAM Iraq expands its presence in Kurdistan

September 9, 2021May 28th Aurelie Pugnet EUAM Iraq, Kurdistan

(B2) The High Representative of the European Union made things official by announcing on Wednesday (8 September) that the mission of

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Flash Golf readings Levant Russia Caucasus Ukraine 

In the mouth of the wolf, with Anne Nivat

August 14, 2021August 18, 2021 Aurelie Pugnet Terrorist attacks, France, Iraq, Russia, Chechnya

(B2) Direction Grozny, Nice and Fallujah, with the intrepid Nina. Three countries, three cities, three stories, with one thing in common: a

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Carte blanche Levant 

[Maroun Labaki] My heart bleeds for Beirut

August 7, 2021September 7, 2021 B2 Writing Rule of law, Lebanon

(B2) A very nice text by a Belgian colleague, of Lebanese origin, one year after the explosion in the port of the capital

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Latest news InterviewBlog Levant Terrorisme 

What to do with women and children detained in Syrian Kurdistan? Repatriate them! The rant of Mounir Satouri

March 8, 2021March 8, 2021 Emmanuelle Stroesser foreign fighters, Rights of the child, Iraq, Justice, Mounir Sartouri, Syria

(B2) French MEP Mounir Satouri returns from Iraqi Kurdistan. Angry, he calls, in an interview with B2, France

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Latest news Blog Analysis Levant Civil protection 

In the port and the city of Beirut, the soldiers of Operation Friendship are deployed

August 31, 2020September 8, 2020 Nicolas Gros Verheyde 2nd REG, Beirut, Cartography, Genius, PHA Thunder, disaster relief

(B2) In Beirut, without fuss, the French soldiers carry out a delicate but vital work: clearing and making safer

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Latest news News Operations Levant Civil protection 

Huge explosion in the port of Beirut. Europeans mobilize (v11)

August 5, 2020August 26, 2020 Nicolas Gros Verheyde industrial disaster, UNIFIL, Lebanon, Ammonium nitrate

(B2) Attention is turned to Lebanon on Tuesday (August 4) after the explosion which took place around 17:10 p.m.

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News Operations Levant National OPEX 

France suspends, in turn, its operations in Iraq

March 25, 2020March 30, 2020 Nicolas Gros Verheyde Coalition against Daesh, Training, France, Iraq

(B2) A week after the British, the French General Staff announced on Wednesday (March 25) to suspend its training operations in Iraq

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Flash Levant National OPEX 

A Franco-Ukrainian peacekeeper dies in a road accident in Lebanon

March 13, 2020March 13, 2020 Nicolas Gros Verheyde road accident, Décès, UNIFIL, Foreign Legion

(B2) A soldier deployed in Lebanon, as part of the United Nations mission (UNIFIL) or Operation Daman to

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Levant 

Notebook (24.01.2020). Confidential. Defense (PSDC, Th. Breton, Disarmament, Industry, Equipment). PESC -Diplomacy – Crisis areas. Visit of Juan Guaido. Security (6G). Powers.

January 24 2020 B2 Writing

(B2) Recently published: The results of the Foreign Affairs Council of 20 January. Europe regains control Czechia

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Latest news News Operations Levant National OPEX 

Coalition against Daesh. Unnecessary personnel evacuated. Europeans leave Baghdad and some bases in Iraq (v3)

January 8 2020February 6 2020 Nicolas Gros Verheyde Germany, Bulgaria, Canada, Coalition against Daesh, Inherent Resolve, Iraq, NATO, retired

(B2) There appears to have been a general evacuation order for military personnel present within the framework

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Flash Levant National OPEX 

Germany withdraws troops from Baghdad and central Iraq

January 7 2020February 6 2020 Nicolas Gros Verheyde Germany, Iran-US crisis, Inherent Re, Inherent Resolve, Iraq, retired

(B2) Berlin has decided to temporarily withdraw part of its soldiers deployed in Iraq in the coalition against Daesh

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Latest news News Operations Levant EU-CSDP mission 

The EUAM Iraq mission is discreet and goes into 'stand by' mode. Order of Brussels (v3)

January 7 2020January 13 2020 Nicolas Gros Verheyde Armed conflict, EUAM Iraq, Iraq, Suspension, USA-Iran tension

(B2 – exclusive) The EU Internal Security Advisory Mission (EUAM Iraq) present in Baghdad received

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News Operations Levant 

Five Italian soldiers injured in an explosion in Iraq

November 11, 2019November 12, 2019 editor1 Coalition against Daesh, special forces, military training, IED, Iraq, Italy, Kirkuk

(B2) Five Italian soldiers were injured in an improvised explosive device explosion in Iraq on Sunday evening (10 November) a

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Flash Levant 

French airstrikes against Daesh in northeastern Iraq

November 1, 2019November 4, 2019 Nicolas Gros Verheyde Coalition against Daesh, Florence Parly, France, air strike, Iraq

(B2) "French Rafales from Operation Chammal destroyed several Daesh caches and tunnels on Thursday (October 31) in

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News Operations Levant 

The Turkish offensive in Syria reshuffles the cards

November 1, 2019November 4, 2019 editor1 Kurdes, Turkish Offensive, Russia, SGRS, Syria

(B2) For General Claude Van de Voorde, Head of the Belgian General Intelligence and Security Service (SGRS),

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  • Towards new aid to the armed forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina July 5, 2022 Nicolas Gros Verheyde
  • [Interview] NATO will have to return to Bosnia and Herzegovina if the Europeans leave (Šefik Džaferović) July 5, 2022 Aurelie Pugnet
  • [Survey] How European manufacturers see the future European procurement fund for armaments July 5, 2022 Agnes Faure
  • Notebook of European geopolitics (05.07.2022). Franco-German summit. Defense. NATO. Diplomacy. Crises. Security. Powers July 5, 2022 Emmanuelle Stroesser
  • [Verbatim] European Special Forces Operation Takuba has come to an end. Unique model difficult to reproduce July 5, 2022 Nicolas Gros Verheyde
  • [News] The red lantern of defense budgets, Luxembourg, is setting a course. It will be 1% July 4, 2022 Agnes Faure
  • [Verbatim] Food security: the world must react to the risk of a major crisis! (WFP) July 4, 2022 B2 Writing
  • [File] The basics of parliamentary work: reports, amendments, compromises, votes July 3, 2022 Emmanuelle Stroesser
  • Defense Industry Notebook (02.07.2022). National doctrine, budgets, cooperation, equipment and capacities, companies July 2, 2022 Agnes Faure
  • [Decryption] Europe and NATO united at the heart of the same will? Behind the words, a limited enthusiasm July 1, 2022 Nicolas Gros Verheyde
  • [News] Spain is back on Eurofighters. At the expense of US equipment July 1, 2022 Agnes Faure
  • [News] 40 million for the armed forces of Moldova (European Peace Facility) July 1, 2022 Nicolas Gros Verheyde
  • [Decryption] Madrid Summit (NATO): the key points of the final declaration June 30, 2022 Nicolas Gros Verheyde
  • [News] The Allies decided to continue deliveries to Ukraine. A Military Necessity (v4) June 30, 2022 Agnes Faure
  • [Analysis] A victorious Madrid summit for the Atlantic Alliance June 30, 2022 Nicolas Gros Verheyde
  • [Confidential] Increase in NATO Common Funding: Agree on Principle, Disagree on Number June 30, 2022 Nicolas Gros Verheyde
  • Notebook of European geopolitics (30.06.2022). NATO Summit. Defense. Diplomacy. Crises. Security. Powers June 30, 2022 Emmanuelle Stroesser
  • [Interview] The Russians are not the kings of war. They are worn but still dangerous. The crunch time is summer (Ben Wallace) June 29, 2022 Aurelie Pugnet
  • [News] The Americans are strengthening their presence in Europe. Poland becomes a permanent point of US forces in the East June 29, 2022 Nicolas Gros Verheyde

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