Assad is having a rough week
BEIRUT (AP) — It was a bruising week for Syria's Bashar Assad. The rapid collapse of his forces on two fronts in the north and south brought the opposition its biggest victories in two years, raising...
View ArticleNetanyahu: Iran must commit to recognizing Israel's right to exist in final...
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday said that any final agreement between Iran and world powers must insist that Iran commit to recognizing Israel's right to...
View ArticleChina just carried out its first-ever evacuation of another countries' citizens
BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese naval frigate has evacuated 225 foreign citizens from strife-torn Yemen, its foreign ministry said, marking the first time that China's military has helped other countries...
View ArticleThe world in terms of Russian and US arms exports
As crises balloon around the world, Russia and the US increasingly find themselves at odds. Tensions between the two countries have reached levels not seen since the Cold War and experts have warned...
View ArticleThese are the FBI's most wanted terrorists
In the last 50 years, the FBI has had its hands full. From Puerto Rican separatists to Marxists to Islamic terrorists, the bureau has investigated and apprehended a number of threats to US civilians...
View ArticleThese are the plans for Russia's new 3rd-generation tank
Russia is just about to unveil its latest armored platform, the T-14 tank. The tank, called the Armata, has largely been kept under wraps, though technical details about the platform have steadily been...
View ArticleISIS blew up a Syrian church on Easter
BEIRUT – ISIS reportedly leveled a church in a village in eastern Syria’s Tel Tamr region as the Assyrian Christians of the beleaguered area celebrated Easter. “The Islamic State has blown up the...
View ArticleCartels are using these 'narco-submarines' to move tens of thousands of...
Mexican and South American drug cartels and their broader networks are entirely dependent on an ability to get their product onto US soil. And if there's one thing that these organizations are good at,...
View ArticlePoland is building a series of watchtowers along its border with Russia
Poland is so concerned over the possibility of Russian aggression that it has decided to beef up its security systems along its border with Russia, Newsweek reports citing the Polish press. Warsaw has...
View ArticleHere's stunning footage of Saudi Arabia's airstrikes against the Houthi...
On March 25, Saudi Arabia launched the first air strike on targets located in neighboring Yemen.Codenamed Operation Decisive Storm, the air war was started to counter the Houthi offensive on Aden, the...
View ArticleAssad is not a serious ally in the fight against ISIS
“The reality is that Mr. Assad has become a necessary, if still unpalatable, potential ally in combating the Islamic State.”So says The New York Times Editorial Board. Far from explaining their...
View ArticleFrench and American fact sheets disagree on what's actually in the Iran...
A French government fact sheet on the Iran framework deal, which has not been made public by Paris but which has been seen by The Times of Israel, provides for Iran to gradually introduce the use of...
View ArticleHere's how China's leaders think about nuclear war
Throughout the Cold War, China remained secondary to the Soviet Union in American strategy and thinking. Ironically, the Asia-Pacific region was where the Cold War got the hottest in places like...
View ArticleFormer NATO commander: A new Russian offensive in eastern Ukraine is 'imminent'
A new Russian-led offensive in Ukraine is likely to take place within the month, the former head of US and NATO forces in Europe warned.Retired General Wesley Clark warned at an exclusive briefing with...
View ArticleSyria and Iraq are awash with Russian, Iranian, and Chinese weapons
As ISIS first blitzed across northern Iraq in June 2014, the militants seized large quantities of US arms and vehicles from the fleeing Iraqi forces. Over the almost past year of fighting, however,...
View ArticleRussian paratroopers landed near the North Pole during drills
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian paratroopers have landed on a drifting ice floe near the North Pole as part of drills intended to showcase the nation's military might amid tensions with the West.The Defense...
View ArticleChina's new submarines could create problems for the US Navy
Beijing is commissioning an upgraded version of a nuclear attack submarine that would be capable of carrying supersonic missiles designed to take down enemy aircraft carriers, The Diplomat reported...
View ArticleCIA: Opponents of Iran's initial nuclear agreement are being 'disingenuous'
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (Reuters) - Opponents of Iran's initial agreement to curb its nuclear program are being "disingenuous" when they say the deal could still allow the Middle Eastern state to build...
View Article7 things you didn’t know about the First Battle of Fallujah
April marks the anniversary of the First Battle of Fallujah, aka Operation Vigilant Resolve, which took place in 2004. Led by Marine Expeditionary Force commander Lt. Gen. James Conway and 1st Marine...
View ArticleUS general: Russian long-range bombers are 'messaging' the US with...
Russia is using its long-range bomber fleet to "message" the US about Moscow's international military capabilities, the US general in charge of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD)...
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