First Published: 2015-11-15 Kurdish security commanders deny that burning and looting is taking place, and accounts of unrest could not be independently confirmed. Middle East Online SINJAR (Iraq) – Members of Iraq’s Yazidi minority, which was brutally attacked by… Read More ›
Escalation / Destabilization Conflict
U.S. jets intercept Russian bombers flying near U.S. aircraft carrier: White House
English.news.cn 2015-10-30 05:45:36 WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) — The White House confirmed Thursday that U.S. and South Korean fighter jets had intercepted Russian bombers flying near the U.S. aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan in the Sea of Japan earlier… Read More ›
Warships sent, US ambassador called in as China bolsters Navy presence in disputed Spratly islands, after US sail-by rattles Beijing’s sovereignty claims
Vessels sail out to warn American trespasser in disputed waters, but experts say neither side will let incident escalate beyond control PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 27 October, 2015, 9:24am UPDATED : Wednesday, 28 October, 2015, 10:00am Minnie Chan minnie.chan@scmp.com and… Read More ›
China warns U.S. of "eventualities" in South China Sea
English.news.cn | 2015-10-27 22:22:03 | Editor: huaxia BEIJING, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) — The Chinese navy has warned that further forays by the U.S. naval vessel into the waters claimed by China in the South China Sea may “trigger eventualities.” Chinese… Read More ›
Russian submarines and spy ships are aggressively operating near the vital undersea cables that carry almost all global Internet communications
Russia could snap global net, fears US NYT News Service | Oct 27, 2015, 06.59 AM IST WASHINGTON: Russian submarines and spy ships are aggressively operating near the vital undersea cables that carry almost all global Internet communications, raising concerns… Read More ›
Thousands of Iranian Troops enter Syria in preparation for massive offensive
Tuesday, 13 October 2015 With Russian airstrikes dealing heavy losses to the various terrorist groups operating in Syria, reports have surfaced that Iranian troops will soon launch a ground offensive alongside the Syrian army to retake Aleppo. Last week, IS… Read More ›
Russian jet SHOT DOWN by Turkish forces after it flew into their airspace
A RUSSIAN jet has been shot down by Turkish forces after it flew into the country s airspace, according to as yet unconfirmed reports circulating on social media. According to reports, eyewitnesses saw a large explosion in Huraytan, northern… Read More ›
Turkey says jets locked on by unidentified MIG-29
Turkey says jets harassed by unidentified MIG-29 near Syrian border English.news.cn 2015-10-05 19:32:07 ANKARA, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) — Two Turkish F-16 jets patrolling the border with Syria were harassed Sunday by an unidentified MIG-29, the Turkish army said on Monday…. Read More ›
Chinese Military heading to Syria
Thursday, 24 September 2015 On Wednesday evening, we suggested that Vladimir Putin’s explicit promise to go ahead with airstrikes against terrorist targets in Syria with or without the help of the US effectively marks the end of Washington’s years-old… Read More ›
28 Fighter Jets, 2000 Russian Troops in Syria
Tuesday, 22 September 2015 Russia is to deploy 2,000 military personnel to its new air base near the Syrian port city of Latakia, signalling the scale of Moscow’s involvement in the war-torn country. The deployment “forms the first phase of… Read More ›
1/3 of Americans Support Military Overthrow of their Government
Could a coup really happen in the United States? 43% of Republicans could imagine supporting a military coup in the United States A law professor at West Point was forced to hastily resign after it emerged that he had authored… Read More ›
Gang War Fears: The Yakuza Syndicate 1st Split in 30 years confirmed
Tuesday, 08 September 2015 A split within the largest Yakuza syndicate in Japan has been confirmed by the offshoot. Thousands of excommunicated members of the Yamaguchi-gumi formed a new crime syndicate over the weekend. Police expect a wave of violence…. Read More ›
Turkey ground forces invade Iraq in ‘hot pursuit’ of PKK
Tue Sep 8, 2015 11:32AM Two units of Turkish special forces have crossed into northern Iraq in “hot pursuit” of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants after a deadly attack on the army. “Turkish security forces crossed the… Read More ›
IS militants capture key oil field in central Syria
English.news.cn 2015-09-07 20:30:39 DAMASCUS, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) — Islamic State (IS) militants have captured a key oil field in central Syria from government troops, a monitor group reported Monday. The fall of the al-Jazal oil field, in the province… Read More ›
Army Commander announces the escape of ISIS leaders from Anbar to Nineveh
By Abdelhak Mamoun – Aug 9, 2015 (IraqiNews.com) Anbar – The commander of the seventh division of the Iraqi army, Maj. Gen. Abdul-Zobaie Naumann, announced on Sunday the escape of dozens of Arab and foreign senior leaders from Anbar to… Read More ›
Russian bomber pilots use emergency channel, deliver Independence Day greeting
By Brian Todd and Jethro Mullen CNN WASHINGTON — “Good morning, American pilots. We are here to greet you on your Fourth of July Independence Day.” That was the message two Russian bombers delivered while flying within tens of miles… Read More ›
IS to bomb Syria’s ancient city of Palmyra: monitor
English.news.cn 2015-06-21 19:40:59 DAMASCUS, June 21 (Xinhua) — The Islamic State (IS) militants have rigged the millennia-old city of Palmyra in central Syria with explosives, a monitor group reported on Sunday. The IS militants planted mines and explosive… Read More ›
George Soros Hacked E-mails in Regards to the Ukraine ?
Editors Note: ( Ralph Turchiano ) These are Alleged, and need confirmation to their validity Letter 1 : Short letter in regards to Financial Assistance PDF 1 267364476-Priority-To-Fix-Financial-Markets Letter 2: His Strategy for the Ukraine PDF 2 267364428-Soros-Ukraine-Strategy Letter 1 GEORGE SOROS… Read More ›
No army in Mid East is challenging ISIS. Iran regroups to defend S. Iraqi Shiites, Assad to save Damascus
DEBKAfile Exclusive Analysis May 25, 2015, 5:20 PM (IDT) Hassan Nasrallah Saturday, May 23, called his Lebanese Shiite Hizballah movement to the flag, because “we are faced with an existential crisis” from the rising belligerence of the Islamist State… Read More ›
Chinese troops ask U.S.military jet to leave Nansha Islands: FM
English.news.cn | 2015-05-22 22:31:07 | Editor: huaxia BEIJING, May 22 (Xinhua) — Chinese troops asked a U.S. military jet approaching the Nansha Islands to change course by radio, a foreign ministry spokesperson confirmed on Friday. “Chinese troops acted upon… Read More ›
China Jams US Spy Drones Over Disputed South China Sea Islands
23:00 22.05.2015(updated 04:47 23.05.2015) China tried to electronically jam US drone flights over the disputed South China Sea in order to prevent surveillance on man-made islands Beijing is constructing as a part of an aggressive land reclamation initiative,… Read More ›
Croatians and Serbians Mock Soros Owned Media
Editors Note: (Ralph Turchiano) Macedonian Press Serbians and Croatians apparently have had it with Soros owned media in both countries. Used the social networks to attack the propaganda placed by Blic, RTB, Tanjug, B92… who became infamous for reporting on… Read More ›
US to Deploy Strategic Bombers to Australia, citing Chinese "threat"
Thursday, 14 May 2015 The United States announced that it will deploy nuclear-capable strategic bombers in Australia as China becomes increasingly concerned about US interference at its borders. The United States will station B-1 strategic bombers in Australia, US… Read More ›
Turkish Cargo Ship Attacked by Libya Monday,
11 May 2015 A Turkish dry cargo ship has been attacked near the Libyan port city of Tobruk, the Foreign Ministry in Ankara says. A ship officer was killed and several crew members injured. The incident took place Sunday night…. Read More ›
N. Korea Test-fires Submarine-launched Ballistic Missile
Agence France-Presse 12:45 p.m. EDT May 10, 2015 SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said Saturday it successfully test-fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) — a technology that could eventually offer the nuclear-armed state a survivable second-strike capability. North Korean… Read More ›
Report: Russian nuclear bombers intruded U.S. defense airspace zone
U.S. military fighter jets intercepted Russian aircraft in air defense zones on at least six occasions last year. By Doug G. Ware | May 1, 2015 at 8:07 PM JUNEAU, Alaska, May 1 (UPI) — Two Russian military bombers,… Read More ›
German Army Has No Chance Against Russian Tanks – German Newspaper
16:46 26.04.2015(updated 16:47 26.04.2015) Germany lacks effective ammunition and will not be able to withstand Russian tanks in case of military conflict, the German newspaper “Die Welt” wrote. Despite the fact that Germany possesses the Leopard 2, one of the… Read More ›
Russian FM expressed concern over Goshince incident
Friday, 24 April 2015 Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry issued a press release on Wednesday to express its deep concern after the border incident in which a group of 40 armed men briefly took over the police station in the Macedonian… Read More ›
China Warns N. Korea Nuke Arsenal Expanding
Agence France-Presse9:10 p.m. EDT April 23, 2015 SEOUL, South Korea — Chinese nuclear experts believe North Korea may already have a nuclear arsenal of 20 warheads and the uranium enrichment capacity to double that figure by next year, the Wall… Read More ›
US Government Sued for Refusing to Evacuate 1000s of American Citizens in Yemen
Monday, 20 April 2015 The US government has been sued over abandoning its citizens in Yemen, where up to 4,000 Americans are feared stranded. Pentagon officials claim an evacuation would be too dangerous for military personnel to carry out.After… Read More ›
Germany To Buy Back Tanks Amid Russia Threat
By Deanne Corbett11:18 a.m. EDT April 18, 2015 (Photo: Sean Gallup/Getty Images) BERLIN — The German military has announced plans to bring 100 mothballed tanks back into service amid the ongoing conflict between Russia and the Ukraine. Defense Ministry… Read More ›
FBI chief: Poles partly responsible for Holocaust
Polish Embassy in US and Foreign Ministry already reacted to comments by FBI director James Comey. 18.04.2015 20:22 “In their minds, the murderers and accomplices of Germany, and Poland, and Hungary, and so many, many other places didn’t do… Read More ›
US Will Not Survive a Nuclear War Against Russia – Jean-Paul Baquiast
© Sputnik/ Iliya Pitalev 14:22 17.04.2015(updated 14:38 17.04.2015) Get short URL A nuclear strikes exchange between the United States and Russia will lead to the complete destruction of the United States, leaving Russia and China in a far better… Read More ›
Iran suspends pilgrim trips to Mecca amid rising tensions
DEBKAfile April 13, 2015, 12:26 PM (IDT) Iran’s Culture Ministry announced Monday that “minor hajj” trips to Mecca had been suspended by Tehran over alleged abuse suffered by two male Iranian pilgrims at Jeddah airport in March. Some 500,000… Read More ›
Iran, Saudi Arabia in tense buildup opposite Yemen’s Gulf of Aden shore: US air tankers refueling Saudi jets
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report April 10, 2015, 8:30 AM (IDT Saudi-Iranian saber-rattling over Yemen has reached a dangerous peak, Thursday, April 9, the Saudi army spokesman, Brig. Gen. Ahmad Al-Assiri, warned: “Iranian ships have the right to be present in… Read More ›
Investigators unsure whether hackers still have access to the State Department’s system
White House Hack Is Proof Russia Is ‘Reassembling Its Evil Empire,’ Congressman Claims By Thomas Halleck @tommylikey t.halleck@ibtimes.com on April 07 2015 7:43 PM EDT CNN reports that Russian hackers were able to access a sensitive White House computer system,… Read More ›
Washington State flies Chinese Communist Flag at State Capitol US Patriots Take It Down
Communist Chinese flag, as universally recognized symbolof Mass Murder & Oppression, flown at Washington Statecapital in Olympia – Washington State Gov. Jay Inslee flies Chinese Communist Flag at the State Capitol building in Olympia. U.S. Patriots come out, assisted by… Read More ›
IS blows up historic church in Syria’s Hasaka province
English.news.cn 2015-04-05 21:47:39 DAMASCUS, April 5 (Xinhua) — The Islamic State (IS) militant group blew up an 80-year-old church in Syria’s northeastern province of Hasaka, as the Christian minority in Syria is observing the Easter holiday, state-run news agency… Read More ›
Alarm bells ring as Russian ships seen at old Arctic NATO base
Norway’s jagged Arctic coastline has regained its strategic importance since tensions between Russia and NATO members have spiked to levels not seen since the fall of the Soviet Union. ― AFP picOSLO, April 3 — Russian ships docked at… Read More ›
Pakistan To Buy 8 Submarines From China
By Usman Ansari9:09 a.m. EDT April 3, 2015 ISLAMABAD — Pakistan is renewing efforts to modernize its submarine arm with eight submarines from China as well as a search for surplus European submarines. Navy and Defence Ministry officials revealed… Read More ›
Russia issues nuclear threat over Crimea and Baltic States
By Umberto Bacchi April 2, 2015 08:52 BST Putin’s Russia has threatened the US with a nuclear showdown over Crimea and the Baltic states(Reuters) Russia has threatened to use nuclear force against the United States and its Nato allies… Read More ›
Saudi Arabia damages Russian consulate in Yemen
Russian Consulate in Aden Damaged Amid Coalition Strikes 01:24 02.04.2015(updated 02:20 02.04.2015) Get short URL Airstrikes conducted by the Saudi Arabia-led coalition against Houthi rebels in Yemen damaged the Russian Consulate in Aden. MANAMA (Sputnik) – The Consulate General of… Read More ›
Khamenei sends Iranian navy to Bab el-Mandeb Straits. Iran arms store for Hamas bombed in Libya
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report March 31, 2015, 10:36 PM (IDT) Control of the Red Sea Bab el-Mandeb Straits passed Tuesday, March 31 to pro-Iranian Yemeni forces when the Yemeni Army’s 117th Brigade loyal to the former Yemeni President Ali Saleh handed… Read More ›
Russian analyst urges nuclear attack on Yellowstone National Park and San Andreas fault line
Date March 31, 2015 – 12:36PM Su-Lin Tan A Russian geopolitical analyst says the best way to attack the United States is to detonate nuclear weapons to trigger a supervolcano at Yellowstone National Park or along the San Andreas… Read More ›
Saudi Arabia Could Buy the Bomb
Experts fear the first country to go nuclear after a deal won’t be Iran, but Saudi Arabia. By Gedalyah Reback First Publish: 3/25/2015, 6:42 AM Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s most explicit warning of the dangers of a “bad deal”… Read More ›
NATO Fighter Jets Intercept Russian Bombers Amid Presence Of US Military Convoy In Lithuania
By Reissa Su on March 29 2015 1:25 AM NATO forces have intercepted Russian warplanes flying at supersonic speeds and transponders off over the Baltic Sea. A United States military Stryker convoy was making its way to Poland from… Read More ›
How a Serbian Colonel With Ancient Missiles Shot Down an F117
Editors Note: ( Ralph Turchiano ) Offers a Disturbing yet interesting historical perspective that should not be ignored. Friday, 27 March 2015 Precisely on this day, in 1999 a Serbian air force commander manning a battery system successfully shot down… Read More ›
Yemen: Egyptian Navy Chases Iranian Warships to Retreat from Port of Aden : Iran Threatens Saudi Arabia
3/26/2015 Senior editor of Saudi online paper Arab News, Siraj Wahab, has just tweeted that Egyptian ships forced Iranian retreat from Bab Al-Mandab strait near the Port of Aden. A statement issued by the Egyptian Foreign Ministry stated that Egypt… Read More ›
Iran-led forces are worsted in Tikrit in Tehran’s first battlefield encounter with ISIS
DEBKAfile Special Report March 25, 2015, 11:55 AM (IDT The offensive launched by a mixed force of the Iraqi army (10,000 troops) and Iranian-led Shiite militias (20,000) to capture Tikrit from the Islamic State has been thrown back, upsetting rosy… Read More ›
NATO Chief: Cyber Can Trigger Article 5 ( military response from the entire alliance )
By Paul McLeary2:43 p.m. EDT March 25, 2015 (Photo: DANI POZO/AFP/Getty Images) WASHINGTON — NATO leaders on Wednesday reiterated the alliance’s stance on treating cyber attacks against a member as an Article 5 issue, which would potentially draw a… Read More ›