Clik here to view.
Israeli official: Iran's military mastermind went to Russia to talk to Putin...
The increased presence of Russian and Iranian troops in Syria is the"result of a meeting between [Iranian military mastermind Qasem] Soleimani with Russian President Vladimir Putin" and is due to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Obama wants a 'significant scaling up' of taking in Syrian refugees
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will have to make a significant financial commitment and take national security precautions in order to increase the number of Syrian refugees it admits, a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
We're reportedly about to see some familiar Russian faces in Syria — and...
Some of the Russian troops reportedly being sent to Syria are from the same brigade that helped annex Crimea, according to a lengthy investigation conducted by Ruslan Leviev, a specialist in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
It's not only Donald Trump who's missing one of the biggest stories in the...
In an interview with radio host Hugh Hewitt last week, Donald Trump could not answer a question that many foreign-policy observers considered fairly basic:"Are you familiar with General Soleimani?"As...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Report: Russians 'are directing air operations and issuing instructions' at...
BEIRUT – As Moscow ramps up its military presence in Syria, one pro-rebel news outlet has claimed that Russia is now in control of Damascus International Airport. “A number of workers in Damascus...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Russia to Washington: Talk to us about Syria or risk 'unintended incidents'
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia called on Friday for Washington to restart direct military-to-military cooperation to avert "unintended incidents" near Syria, at a time when U.S. officials say Moscow is...
View ArticleClik here to view.
'The biggest blot on the Obama presidency' is becoming clear
Two opinion columns in The New York Times this week build on the growing perception that President Barack Obama's policies toward Syria have contributed to the refugee crisis hitting Europe.The regime...
View ArticleClik here to view.
We just got the clearest sign yet that Russia doesn't really care about...
Moscow will reportedly provide Russian troops in Syria with an advanced antiaircraft missile system as part of its military support for Syrian president Bashar Assad."This system is the advanced...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Russia is urging other nations to arm Syria's unconscionable dictator Bashar...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama warned Russia Friday against doubling down on its support for Syrian President Bashar Assad, casting a recent buildup of Russian military equipment and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How the US plans to welcome 10,000 Syrian refugees
Washington (AFP) - US President Barack Obama has promised that the United States will admit 10,000 Syrian refugees for resettlement over the next 12 months, after criticism that America is not doing...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Obama has done the unthinkable with his Syria policy
This may be the most surprising of President Obama's foreign-policy legacies: not just that he presided over a humanitarian and cultural disaster of epochal proportions, but that he soothed the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Online flight-tracking provides revealing details about Russian air bridge to...
Some days ago we explained how everyone (including low-tech terrorists “armed” with a mobile device and an internet connection), could have the operational equivalent of a ground-based radar-detection...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The awesome A-10 video the Air Force doesn’t want you to see
The A-10 Warthog is the only aircraft built for a close-air-support (CAS) mission.It was literally designed around its distinctive 30mm Gatling gun. The gun is more than 19 feet long and weighs more...
View ArticleClik here to view.
To understand Germany and Britain's division over refugees just look at their...
A debate is raging across Europe about how many refugees each country should and could take, amid the biggest global displacement crisis in over two decades.A particular schism has emerged between...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Russia is expanding an airport in a key stronghold for Assad
Russian forces are expanding the tarmac of a major airport in Syria's coastal province of Latakia, a stronghold of President Bashar Assad and his minority sect, a prominent Syrian monitoring group said...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Marine colonel: ISIS is institutionalizing the looting game
When Matthew Bogdanos began investigating the looting of artifacts from Iraq’s National Museum in 2003, his team often found caches of weapons mixed in among the stolen antiquities.In time, he...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Putin is shifting the fronts of 2 wars
Throughout the summer, Russia's forces in eastern Ukraine kept up a daily drumbeat of attacks on the Ukrainian army, inflicting significant casualties while avoiding a response by Western...
View ArticleClik here to view.
We are witnessing 'the most significant new Russian military foothold in the...
Russia is taking a more active role in propping up the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad, expanding its physical footprint in the Middle East.American officials admitted to The New York Times...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Here's what Russia's up to in Syria — and why it won't work
Russia’s apparent escalation in Syria is less dramatic than it seems, but it still represents another depressing development in the ongoing nightmare of the Syrian civil war.While it appears no Russian...
View ArticleClik here to view.
US officials: Russia is positioning tanks at a key Syrian airfield
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Russia has positioned about a half dozen tanks at an airfield at the center of a military buildup in Syria, two U.S. officials said on Monday, adding that the intentions of...
View Article