Turkey could ink an agreement to purchase a missile defense system from China on a shorter timescale than was previously thought, unidentified officials with the Turkish Defense Industries Undersecretariat said in a Thursday news report.
It’s been a tough year for Israel’s most loyal supporters in the U.S. It began with a messy confirmation process for Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, a nominee whom pro-Israeli groups viewed with concern. Over the summer, President Obama leaned on…
On September 20, the first deputy director of the Federal Security Service (FSB), Sergei Smirnov estimated that 300-400 Russian citizens are participating in the conflict in Syria. “They will come back and that, naturally, is posing a serious danger,” the…
(Reuters) – U.N. chemical weapons inspectors in Syria are investigating seven cases of alleged chemical or biological weapons use, including three incidents around Damascus after the August 21 attack which almost triggered U.S. air strikes. A statement from the United Nations in Damascus on…
The Telegraph: The revelations come amid high tension in the Middle East, with US, British, and French warship poised for missile strikes in Syria. Iran has threatened to retaliate. The strategic jitters pushed Brent crude prices to a five-month high…
Israel on Tuesday claimed responsibility for firing dummy missiles that were detected by Russia and briefly spurred speculation that a U.S. missile attack on the Syrian military had begun, theLos Angeles Times reported.
Jamestown.org: The cycle of calamity plaguing Syria continues to intensify with no end in sight. Syria’s predicament today is far removed from the initial outburst of mass dissent witnessed in March 2011 that saw the Ba’athist regime violently suppress demonstrations…
Forbes: It is easy to see why President Obama wants to punish the government of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad for using sarin nerve gas against its own people. Nerve gas does to people what insecticide does to bugs, and the…
The US and its principal allies in Europe and the Middle East have indicated their resolve to take military action against the Assad regime in response to the death of more than 1,000 people around Damascus after bombardments by missiles containing…