A new round of peace talks to end the Syrian Civil War began today in Astana, Kazakhstan with Russia playing the role of arbiter between the warring factions and interests. The talks are supported by Iran and Turkey, as major combatants. Russia’s chief negotiator Alexander Lavrentyev expressed confidence that a…
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…
Image by Ermanarich After U.S. forces shot down a Syrian drone and attacked pro-regime forces that had crossed a deconfliction line, it seems Russian military officials calmed the situation and prevented a larger fight erupting between American and Syrian forces. Pentagon spokesman Captain Jeff Davis said as much during a…
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev speaking to Germany’s Handelsblatt newspaper said the following when asked about Saudi Arabia and other Arab Gulf states adding ground forces to the U.S. led coalition in Syria against the Islamic State, reported Yahoo. “This is bad as a ground offensive usually turns the war…