Almazbek Atambayev, the president of Kyrgyzstan, has tried to dissuade women in the country from dressing in hijabs, niqabs and burkas saying: “Our women have been wearing miniskirts since 1950s, and they never thought about wearing an explosive belt,” reports The Sun. A new government campaign across the former Soviet…
Opinion: Russia Jumps For Joy Over Wedge Between Turkey And NATO.
Something Happened In Crimea, Putin’s Response, Is It War?
Russia’s use of mercenaries in hybrid warfare is well-documented. However, there has been no official Russian acknowledgement of large numbers of Russian ground troops fighting in Syria. SkyNews was able to interview two men anonymously, called Alexander and Dmitry, who described a large training program for a mercenary army trained…
The Israeli Air Force, or IAF, fired on a Russian drone aircraft over the Golan Heights three weeks ago. Patriot missiles also were fired in addition to missiles from fighter jets flying combat air patrol. All of the attempts to shoot down the drone were unsuccessful. Russian officials admitted the…
Russian Paratroopers Celebrate Paratroopers Day…And Do What?
Toxic gas was dropped on a Syrian town near where a Russian helicopter was shot down early this week, a Syrian rescue service told the Reuters news agency on Tuesday. A spokesman for the Syria Civil Defence said 33 people, mostly women and children, were affected by the gas, which…
China and Russia will hold “routine” naval exercises in the South China Sea in September, China’s Defense Ministry said on Thursday, adding that the drills were aimed at strengthening their cooperation and were not aimed at any other country, reports Reuters. These drills come after recent joint exercises between the…
Recently news leaked that Russian combat aircraft purposefully bombed a secret US base on the Jordanian, Syrian border. US and British troops were active from time to time at the facility. Since the base was not in the normal attack area of the Russian and Syrian forces, the Pentagon confirmed…