Image by Mohammad Hassanzadeh The Trump administration, accused by the American Left as being in bed with Moscow, issued new sanctions against Russian companies and officials over the continued Russian actions in East Ukraine and Crimea. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said the new restrictions “don’t help to improve the…
Kozeta Cika contributed to this article Image by David Liuzzo The 11th June elections in Kosovo brought big changes to its political situation, due to their outcome. Although the numbering of ballot boxes has not yet expired, which is considered by Kosovo analysts as an a delay, big surprises have…
In the early 1980’s, while serving in the Israeli Defense Force (IDF), I was a fire control officer in a HAWK surface to air missile battery. Pretty soon after my basic and professional training the first Lebanese War, known as Operation Peace for Galilee broke out and my unit was…
Vladimir Putin signed a decree dismissing the heads of several regional commanders of the Investigative Committee, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Federal Penitentiary Service, and the West Siberian Transport Prosecutor. The document is posted on the official Internet portal of legal information. Thus, the head of the…
Image by Emreculha Russia has said it will treat US warplanes operating in parts of Syria where its air forces are present as “targets” amid a diplomatic row caused by the downing of a Syrian jet. It will also suspend a hotline between Russia and the US set up to…
A US warplane on Sunday shot down a Syrian military aircraft that dropped bombs near US-backed fighters in Syria, the US military said… To Read More Visit Reuters
Image by NordNordWest The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has been concerned about defending the almost indefensible Baltic members of the alliance for some time. This focus has become especially worrisome after Russia embarked on a remilitarization of the area by placing large amounts of weaponry and forces in Kaliningrad,…
The frozen conflict of Nagorno-Karabakh simmers out of the limelight of the global press but it doesn’t make it any less deadly. This week Armenian-backed separatists in the region said three of their soldiers were killed by Azeri forces along the Nagorno-Karabakh border. The area is inside the territory of…
A contract reporter for Radio Free Europe/Radio Free Liberty, an organization funded by the U.S. government has been captured by pro-Russian rebels in East Ukraine, according to a prominent activist with Human Rights Watch. Stanyslav Aseyev, a freelance contributor to US-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Free Europe’s Ukrainian service has been…