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Iran, Iraq, Syria sign $10B gas pipeline deal

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Iran, Iraq, and Syria have signed a deal for the construction of the Middle East’s largest gas pipeline, which would carry gas from Iran’s South Pars gas field to Europe via Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon and beneath the Mediterranean Sea. Iraq has said that it needs 10 to 15 million cubic meters of Iranian gas per day.

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Puzzling Out the Drone War Over Ukraine

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Since 2014’s invasion of Crimea, Russia’s drone-development efforts have lagged—during a time of dynamic evolution and development across the UAV industry. These include the Eleron-3SV and the Orlan-10 drones, both of which have been used extensively in Syria and Ukraine. First, some background. In Russia, it didn’t.

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Budget Drones in Ukraine Are Redefining Warfare

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Greico, Stimson Center Back in 1981, Israel sent modest contraptions sporting surveillance cameras in its war against Syria, to some effect. The marginal cost of a shot would be low—once you’ve amortized the expense of developing, making, and deploying such weapons systems. These things are all out there, on the open market.

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