Sourced : Al Monitor By Cengiz Candar A day before the long-awaited March 30 visit of new US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to Ankara, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim dramatically announced that Operation Euphrates Shield, Turkey’s military intervention in northern Syria, had “successfully” come to a close. A precursory postmortem of the vaunted military… Continue reading OPERATION EUPHRATES SHIELD : A POSTMORTEM
Month: April 2017
UNITED STATES LAUNCHED A MISSILE ATTACK ON AL SHAYRAT AIRBASE IN SYRIA
Sourced : New York Times By Sarah Almukhtar, K.K. Rebecca Lai, Sergio Pecanha and Karen Yourish On Thursday, the United States launched an attack on Al Shayrat airfield in Syria. President Trump said the airbase was targeted for its role in a chemical weapons attack on the town of Khan Sheikhoun that killed more than… Continue reading UNITED STATES LAUNCHED A MISSILE ATTACK ON AL SHAYRAT AIRBASE IN SYRIA
ERDOGAN : NEXT STAGE OF EUPHRATES SHIELD WILL INCLUDE IRAQ
Sourced : Kom News The next stages of the recently concluded Euphrates Shield Operation will be broader, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday, suggesting that Turkey will move on areas in Iraq. Speaking in a joint live interview with Turkish TV channels NTV and Star, Erdogan described the Euphrates Shield Operation as the first… Continue reading ERDOGAN : NEXT STAGE OF EUPHRATES SHIELD WILL INCLUDE IRAQ
“WE WILL RETURN” ARGENTINA VOWS TO “NEVER STOP” TRYING TO TAKE BACK THE FALKLAND ISLANDS
Sourced : Proto Thema, Express Recent reports suggest Argentina is looking to make a renewed bid to gain control of the Falkland Islands, as Britain pushes forward with its Brexit plans. Rogelio Frigerio, the Minister of Interior Affairs, said: “We will never cease to claim what belongs to us. Not one single day of our… Continue reading “WE WILL RETURN” ARGENTINA VOWS TO “NEVER STOP” TRYING TO TAKE BACK THE FALKLAND ISLANDS
LITHUANIA SAYS RUSSIA HAS ABILITY TO LAUNCH BALTIC ATTACK IN 24 HOURS
Sourced : Atlantic Council By Andrius Sytas, Reuters Russia has developed the capability to launch an attack on the Baltic states with as little as 24 hours’ notice , limiting NATO’s options to respond other than to have military forces already deployed in the region, Lithuania’s intelligence service said on Monday…. The Lithuanian intelligence service… Continue reading LITHUANIA SAYS RUSSIA HAS ABILITY TO LAUNCH BALTIC ATTACK IN 24 HOURS
SPANISH NAVY SHIP ILLEGALLY ENTERS BRITISH TERRITORIAL WATERS IN GIBRALTAR
Sourced : The Independent A Spanish ship has illegally entered Gibraltar’s territorial waters, the government has said. The news comes amid increasing tensions between the UK and Spain over the sovereignty of the British Overseas Territory. Those tensions came to a head over the weekend when the former minister Michael Howard suggested that Theresa May… Continue reading SPANISH NAVY SHIP ILLEGALLY ENTERS BRITISH TERRITORIAL WATERS IN GIBRALTAR
VICE ADMIRAL CLIVE JOHNSTONE (MARCOM) ADDRESSES MA GRADUATES AT EVENT IN GREECE
Vice Admiral Clive Johnstone CB CBE, Commander of NATO Allied Maritime Command (MARCOM), attended in Athens, Greece on the 31st of March 2017, the graduation ceremony of 39 Officers of the Hellenic Armed Forces and 2 Civil Servants, who completed an MA in Applied Strategy and International Security, delivered by University of Plymouth in collaboration… Continue reading VICE ADMIRAL CLIVE JOHNSTONE (MARCOM) ADDRESSES MA GRADUATES AT EVENT IN GREECE
EU NATIONS, ISRAEL EYE LONGEST UNDERSEA GAS PIPELINE
Sourced : France24 Italy, Israel, Greece and Cyprus pledged Monday to move ahead with the world’s longest undersea gas pipeline from the eastern Mediterranean to southern Europe, with support from the European Union. If carried out as planned, the long-discussed $6.2 billion pipeline would take gas from Israel and Cyprus’s recently discovered offshore gas reserves… Continue reading EU NATIONS, ISRAEL EYE LONGEST UNDERSEA GAS PIPELINE
FIRST OF THE RFA’S NEW TIDE CLASS SHIPS ENTERS UK FOR THE FIRST TIME
Sourced : Royal Navy The 39,000-tonne tanker will join the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, the civilian-manned fleet which provides support for warships, helping the Royal Navy maintain operations around the world. RFA Tidespring, which can carry up to 19,000 cubic meters of fuel and 1,300 cubic meters of fresh water, is the first of a fleet… Continue reading FIRST OF THE RFA’S NEW TIDE CLASS SHIPS ENTERS UK FOR THE FIRST TIME
9 KILLED 20 INJURED AT ST. PETERSBURG METRO TERRORIST ATTACKS
Sourced : Proto Thema At least 9 people are reported killed and 20 injured in an underground explosion that rocked a Metro train in the city of St Petersburg.The explosion occurred between Sennaya Ploshchad and Tekhnologichesky Institut Metro stations.The device was reported to have been filled with shrapnel Some reports say there were two separate… Continue reading 9 KILLED 20 INJURED AT ST. PETERSBURG METRO TERRORIST ATTACKS