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September 14, 2023
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 14, 2023 - Critical Threats Project

September 14, 2023, 7:20pm ET Click here to see ISW’s interactive map of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This map is updated daily alongside the static maps present in this report.Click here to access ISW’s archive of interactive time-lapse maps of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. These maps complement the static control-of-terrain map that ISW produces

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September 14, 2023
Washington Journal: Benham Ben Taleblu Discusses U.S.-Iran Relations & Prisoner Swap Deal - C-SPAN

September 17, 2023 Watch LIVE On September 17 | 9:20am ET | C-SPAN Washington Journal 2023-09-17T09:20:00-04:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJkZWZhdWx0c1wvd2pMb2dvTmV3Qmx1ZS5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ==Foundation for the Defense of Democracies' Benham Ben Taleblu discusses the latest on the U.S.-Iran prisoner swap deal, the state of U.S. relations with Tehran and what to expect from President Ebrahim Raisi’s visit next week for the United Nations

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September 14, 2023
Women at the Table | CFR Interactives - Council on Foreign Relations

Women's Participation in Peace Processes Women in Peace Processes Alaa Murabit Libya Alaa Murabit founded the Voice of Libyan Women, a nonprofit to empower those caught in the Libyan conflict. She is a Sustainable Development Goal advocate.  Alise Mofrej Syria Alise Mofrej is a Syrian politician and member of the Geneva negotiations team of the Syrian

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September 14, 2023
LARRY KUDLOW: These are crimes against American democracy - Fox Business

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has declared an impeachment inquiry on the Biden family's culture of corruption. So, as a non-lawyer, I thought I'd make a little list to assist the House efforts, in my own very small way.    We have Oversight Chairman James Comer, who has been designated the lead in the inquiry. He

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September 14, 2023
Saudi Arabia invites Yemen's Houthi delegation to Riyadh for ceasefire talks, SPA reports - Reuters

Students use paper sheets to shelter from the sun while waiting for the opening of a new school built by the local charity Mona Relief, as students face challenges in Yemen amid the ongoing conflict that has disrupted infrastructure and damaged many schools affecting access to education, on the outskirts of Sanaa, Yemen September 2

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September 14, 2023
Remembering Mahsa Amini: Women Journalists Advancing Women, Peace & Security Principles - Council on Foreign Relations

On September 13, 2022, a young Kurdish-Iranian woman named Mahsa Amini was arrested and detained by the Iranian government’s religious police, the Guidance Patrol, during a visit to her brother in Tehran. She was charged with improperly wearing a hijab. Shortly thereafter, she was admitted to a hospital and pronounced dead on September 16th. Iranian

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September 14, 2023
Britain, France, Germany to retain ballistic, nuclear sanctions on Iran - Reuters

The Iranian flag flutters in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) organisation's headquarters in Vienna, Austria, June 5, 2023. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsPARIS/LONDON, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Britain, France and Germany said on Thursday they would retain ballistic missile and nuclear proliferation-related sanctions on Iran that were set to expire in

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September 14, 2023
Iran says it is ready to implement Qatar-mediated prisoner swap deal with U.S. - Reuters

The Iranian and U.S. flags are seen printed on paper in this illustration taken January 27, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsDUBAI, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Iran is ready to implement a Qatar-mediated deal with the United States, its foreign minister said on Thursday, under which Washington and Tehran each would free five prisoners

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September 14, 2023
U.S. Treasury official says Iraq must act to avoid further action on banks - Reuters

U.S. Treasury sees 'continued risk' at Iraqi banksU.S. blacklisted 14 banks in July for illicit dollar useEnhanced U.S. scrutiny targets Iran, financial crimesTreasury official says Iraq must act to avoid censureOfficial sees 'progress' with PM Sudani's governmentBAGHDAD, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Iraq's central bank must address continued risks of the misuse of dollars at Iraqi

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September 14, 2023
Strong China-Gulf Energy Ties Spill Into Key Regional Issues - Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington

An invitation to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Iran – among other countries – to become full members of BRICS emphasizes the Gulf’s growing linkages with global economic heavyweights like China. While a less conspicuous undertaking, the August 16 launch of the Saudi-China Business Forum in Beijing, under the patronage of Minister of

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