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Niger: Russian Forces Deployed to Airbase Housing US Troops

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  • #Niger
  • #United States of America
  • #Russia
Niger: Russian Forces Deployed to Airbase Housing US Troops
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MAY 2024
Image copyright: Scott Peterson/Contributor/Getty Images News via Getty Images
story last updated MAY 2024

The Spin

Pro-establishment narrative

The recent development at Airbase 101 isn't ideal, but it's manageable. After last year's military takeover in Niger, the US moved some troops from Airbase 101 to Airbase 201 in Agadez to fight Islamic State and al-Qaida affiliates using armed drones. Talks with Niger's military leadership about the threat of Islamic terrorists rising in the Sahel without US military and intelligence backing are still ongoing.

Guardian

Establishment-critical narrative

The fact that Russian advisors are at the same military site as US personnel is a major foreign policy failure for Biden and Blinken. We were aware of the Russian presence in Niger a month ago, yet no action was taken. The pressing question is: what will happen to the bases once US forces leave? Russia cannot be allowed to get its claws into the region as a result of Washington's ineptitude.

Newsweek

Metaculus Prediction


Establishment split

CRITICAL

PRO

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