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Eric Schmitt

@EricSchmittNYT

Senior writer, The New York Times (https://t.co/CRzqpiD0J0) covering terrorism and national security issues. Co-author, Counterstrike

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SCOOP: U.S. to withdraw troops from Chad, dealing another blow to U.S. security policy in Africa nytimes.com/2024/04/25/us/…

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President Biden secretly approved the shipment of more than 100 of the longer-range ATACMS missiles to Ukraine in mid-February, but kept the transfer secret to avoid tipping off the Russians
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NEW -- The United States last week secretly shipped longer-range ATACMS missile systems to Ukraine, and Ukrainian troops have already used them twice to attack Russian military targets in Crimea and in southeast Ukraine
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Israel has not achieved its main goals of the war: to free hostages and fully destroy Hamas. Its military operations have come at a great cost. Vast numbers of Palestinian civilians have died; hunger is widespread in Gaza w/Julian E. Barnes, Adam Rasgon, AG
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Six months into the Gaza conflict, the question of what Israel has achieved is creating ever more intense global strains around a war that has cost Israel support from even close allies w/Julian E. Barnes, Adam Rasgon & adam goldman
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U.S. troop withdrawal from Niger upends American counterterrorism and security policy in Africa's volatile Sahel region, and clears the way for greater Russian influence
nytimes.com/2024/04/19/us/…

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With Israel’s attack on Iran, the taboo against direct strikes on each other’s soil is now gone. If there is another round — a fight over Iran’s nuclear advances, for instance — both sides might feel freer to launch directly at the other w/David Sanger
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SCOOP - U.S. to withdraw 1,000 U.S. military personnel from Niger as Russians court the West African nation's military junta to replace American advisers nytimes.com/2024/04/19/us/…

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BREAKING - U.S. tells Niger it will withdraw 1,000 American military personnel from the West African country in the coming months. upending United States counterterrorism and security policy in the tumultuous Sahel region of Africa

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Over the last year alone, Tajiks have been involved in assaults in Russia, Iran and Turkey, as well as foiled plots in Europe. ISIS-K is believed to have several thousand soldiers, with Tajiks constituting more than half w/Neil MacFarquhar
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Our tick-tock recap of Israel-Iran strikes, the miscalculations, fury and frantic diplomacy to contain the tension as the region goes to the brink of wider war.
w/ Ronen Bergman Eric Schmitt Richard Perez-Pena Adam Entous

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A new Pentagon review seeks to address a mysterious 'Bald Man in Black” suspect spotted in the crowds hours before a deadly bombing at Kabul airport in August 2021 killed 13 U.S. troops and 170 civilians
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The shadow war enters into a new phase: Iran Fires Over 200 Drones and Missiles at Israel in Retaliatory Strike
w/ Ronen Bergman Eric Schmitt et al

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Top U.S. general warns that Ukraine could lose without additional American ammunition and other military aid
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A covert Iranian smuggling scheme uses organized criminal gangs, extremist militants, soldiers, spies and even Bedouins to deliver weapons to Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank w/Farnaz Fassihi, Ronen Bergman
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A covert Iranian operation to foment unrest against Israel by flooding the West Bank with as many weapons as it can is heightening concerns about a new flashpoint in the long-simmering shadow war between Israel and Iran w/Farnaz Fassihi, Ronen Bergman
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US and Israeli officials say assessment shows Iran will likely directly hit Israel. Iranian officials say all armed forces on high alert & decision has been made to retaliate. Israeli armed forces & US forces in region on high alert. w/ Ronen Bergman Eric Schmitt

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Defense Secretary Austin upbraids his Israeli counterpart over Israel's deadly attack on a World Central Kitchen relief convoy in Gaza
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Fears grow that an Israeli airstrike in Damascus that killed several Iranian generals will escalate the violence in the Mideast and target Americans
nytimes.com/2024/04/02/wor…

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