Day: August 24, 2016

Exclusive U.S. and Europe Say Assad May Have Kept Some Chemical Weapons – Foreign Policy

August 24, 2016

Damascus promised to destroy its entire arsenal, but the world’s chemical weapons watchdog suggests Assad may have squirreled some away. The world’s chemical weapons watchdog has repeatedly found trac…

Trouble between Moscow and Tehran?

August 24, 2016

Middle East

While the granting of the use of the Iranian airbase in Hamedan to the Russian Aerospace forces was greeted with a lot of coverage, the recent departure from Hamedan of the Russian Tu-22M3 has attract…

North Korea fires submarine-launched ballistic missile towards Japan

August 24, 2016

Asia

North Korea fired a submarine-launched missile on Wednesday that flew about 500 km (311 miles) towards Japan, a show of improving technological capability for the isolated country that has conducted a…

A review of RAND Corporation War with China: Thinking Through the Unthinkable

August 24, 2016

Opinion

Among US analysts, war with China is no longer a taboo subject. RAND Corporation has now tackled the issue head on, publishing a lengthy analysis titled: 'War with China: Thinking through the Unthinka…

Guns sold, guns lost: What Pentagon sent to Iraq & Afghanistan after 9/11

August 24, 2016

Asia

Since September 2001, the Pentagon has listed $40 billion worth of contracts for small arms intended for Afghanistan and Iraq, supplying 1.45 million guns to both countries while only accounting for 3…

State Dept urges US citizens to leave Gaza as soon as possible

August 24, 2016

Middle East

The US State Department has urged Americans in the Gaza Strip to leave the area “as soon as possible.” The announcement follows an escalation between Palestinian militants and the Israeli military ove…

Israel Armed Argentina to Deadly Effect During Falklands War, Secret Files Show

August 24, 2016

History

Britain’s supposedly close ally, Israel, armed Argentina as the South American nation was bombing Royal Navy ships and killing UK troops in the vicious 1982 war to reclaim the Falkland Islands, secret…

Turkish tanks cross Syrian border in military op to retake city of Jarablus from ISIS

August 24, 2016

Middle East

Turkey has launched a ground incursion into Syria targeting Islamic State and Kurdish fighters near the town of Jarablus. Ankara says it wants to take the town to stop cross-border attacks, while the …