In a blow to the Obama administration’s feckless foreign policy in the Middle East, or a complete lack of one, NATO member Turkey seems set to join the Russia, Iran, Syria axis in the Middle East to support the Assad regime against the opposition and target the Islamic State. The…
Russian aircraft will be using the Shahid Nojeh air base in Hamedan for as long as it is required, Iran’s Defense Minister Brigade General Hossein Dehghan said during a news conference on Saturday. “For as long as they need,” he replied to a question for how long Russian aircraft will…
Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko threatened to declare martial law in Ukraine if the conflict with pro-Russian separatists in East Ukraine worsens. Violence has escalated to the highest level since the Minsk peace accords were signed last year between the separatists, Russia, Ukraine an other Western powers. “If the situation escalates…
As a journalist and writer I have spent a great deal of time in Kiev, Ukraine. Last fall, I was introduced to the National Anti-corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and its head, Artem Sytnyk, former chief investigator of the Kiev Oblast. I spent an hour in person with his team…
The Russian navy is showing off its capability in the Mediterranean, off the coast of Syria where Russia has maintained a naval base at Tartus since the 1970s. Ships involved in the exercise include two corvettes, the Serpukhov and Zeleny Dol, armed with cruise missiles Russia used last year to…
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…