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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 534

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American citizen Benjamin Reuben Zalman-Polun, 36, who has been sentenced to death for his involvement in a failed coup attempt in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Hardy Bope/AFP via Getty Images)
September 17, 2024, 5:29 pm
American Jew faces execution in DR Congo for taking part in foiled coup
Photo of Benjamin Zalman-Polun with failed coup leader Christian Malanga at Tel Aviv ‘spy shop’ prompts conspiracy theories he was secret agent sent to destabilize government
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Bolivian police hold the detained Juan Jose Zuniga, former general commander of the Army, in La Paz, Bolivia, Wednesday, June 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
June 27, 2024, 5:27 am
Bolivia coup attempt fails after military assault on presidential palace
President Arce vows to stand firm, naming new army chief who orders troops to stand down after armored vehicles rammed doors of government compound; general behind rebellion arrested
By Paola Flores and MEGAN JANETSKY
Screen capture from video on soldiers in Congo, May 19, 2024. (X. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 19, 2024, 2:26 pm
Congolese army says it foiled coup during capital shootout; three dead
Gun battle erupts in Kinshasa between armed men in uniform and guards of top politician; military says several foreigners among those arrested
By CHRISTINA MALKIA and Chinedu Asadu
This video grab shows the spokesperson for the mutinous soldiers speaking on state television as they announce that they had seized power in Libreville, August 30, 2023. (GABON 24 via AP)
August 30, 2023, 1:12 pm
Gabon military seizes power hours after long-serving president wins election
Gunfire heard in the capital; no word from president, whose family is under investigation in France for corruption; soldiers vow to ‘dissolve all institutions of the republic’
By SAM MEDNICK
A royalist tank moves into the courtyard of Tehran Radio a few minutes after pro-Shah troops occupied the area during the coup which ousted Mohammad Mosaddegh and his government on Aug. 19, 1953. (AP Photo, File)
August 25, 2023, 10:55 am
70 years later, a CIA-backed coup still roils Iran-US relations
The 1953 ouster of Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh to cement the rule of the Shah still haunts the country and its Islamist rulers
By Nasser Karimi and Jon Gambrell
Colonel Major Amadou Abdramane (center), spokesperson for the National Committee for the Salvation of the People (CNSP), announces on TV that soldiers have overthrown the government of Niger's President Mohamed Bazoum, on July 26, 2023. (ORTN - Télé Sahel/AFP)
July 27, 2023, 9:53 am
Mutinous soldiers claim to overthrow Niger’s president in military coup
Military officer leading effort cites poor governance as reason for takeover; international community condemns act, while president’s office vows loyal forces will retaliate
By Agencies
Suu Kyi reviews an honor guard at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on April 30, 2019. (Heng Sinith/AP)
April 27, 2022, 12:34 pm
Myanmar court sentences ousted leader to 5 years for corruption
Suu Kyi denies allegation she accepted bribe of gold, hundreds of thousands of dollars from colleague; supporters say unjust prosecution meant to discredit Noble Peace Prize winner
By GRANT PECK
People chant slogans during a demonstration against the killing of dozens by Sudanese security forces since the October 25, 2021 military takeover, in Khartoum, Sudan, on January 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Marwan Ali)
April 2, 2022, 2:05 pm
Israeli delegation secretly met Sudanese military officials in Khartoum – report
Meetings this week follow reported trip by Sudanese official to Israel in February, warning by ousted ambassador that Israel losing support among civilians by backing military rule
By ToI Staff
Sudan's Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok chairs a cabinet meeting in the capital Khartoum, on September 21, 2021. (AFP)
September 21, 2021, 8:07 pm
Sudanese PM blames coup attempt on ‘remnants from previous regime’
Abdalla Hamdok says plotters came from both inside and outside the military, had made ‘extensive preparations’ to overthrow transition government
By Abdelmoneim Abu Idris Ali and MENNA ZAKI
In this image from video, a military truck is seen near the presidential palace in the capital Conakry, Guinea, September 5, 2021. (AP)
September 5, 2021, 11:20 pm
Soldiers in Guinea overthrow government, detain president
African country’s borders closed and its constitution declared invalid in an apparent coup d’etat by army Col. Mamadi Doumbouya
By BOUBACAR DIALLO and Krista Larson
Israeli Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan speaks to a group of American Jewish community leaders in New York, on June 27, 2021. (Shahar Azran)
August 6, 2021, 10:37 pm
Israel ‘would ultimately like to see regime change in Iran,’ says envoy Erdan
Comments by ambassador to US and UN represent some of most far-reaching made by an Israeli official in favor of overthrowing the ayatollahs’ regime
By Jacob Magid
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan speaks to media after his talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
February 25, 2021, 11:45 am
Armenian PM faces military’s demand to resign, alleges coup
Facing protests after defeat in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Nikol Pashinyan urged to step down by General Staff; calling it a coup attempt, he fires military chief
By AP
In this December 17, 2019, file photo, Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi speaks during a joint press conference with Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc after their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo, File)
February 1, 2021, 5:49 am
Myanmar military seizes control in coup, arrests Aung San Suu Kyi
Army says it’s taking charge for 1 year after failing to recognize election results; phone and internet connections cut; US warns of repercussions if actions not reversed
By AP
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi watches the vaccination of health workers at hospital Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)
February 1, 2021, 2:16 am
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi detained in apparent coup
Military had been disputing results of recent elections that gave Suu Kyi a large majority
By AFP
Violent protesters, loyal to US President Donald Trump, storm the Capitol on January 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP/ John Minchillo)
January 11, 2021, 12:20 pm
It wasn’t a coup, but Capitol riot resembled events seen in fragile democracies
Experts say deadly attack on US legislature meets 2 criteria for being called a coup attempt, but not a third; rather, it is a form of election violence like in Cameroon
By Clayton Besaw and Matthew Frank
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