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          Maj Gen Sean Salene, the current US Centcom deputy commander, pictured at Al Dhafra Air Base in the UAE in 2022. He is in line for a promotion

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          Shadi's take on US Senate approval to repeal Caesar Act sanctions against Syria

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          Gen Abdel Fattah Al Burhan will discuss ways to end Sudan's civil war during his Cairo visit, the Egyptian presidency said. AFP

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          An Iranian missile system during military exercises at an undisclosed location in the south of the country. EPA

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          Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte speaks at the Munich Security Conference last week. Bloomberg

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          HMS King Saud, the first of four combat ships build under Saudi Arabia's Tuwaiq naval moderisation project, was launched at Marinette, Wisconsin, on December 14. @modgovksa/X

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          Shadi's take on US security guarantees for Ukraine

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