Sourced : The Washington Post By Adam Entous and Missy Ryan The Pentagon has secretly expanded its global network of drone bases to North Africa, deploying unmanned aircraft and U.S. military personnel to a facility in Tunisia to conduct spy missions in neighboring Libya. The Air Force Reaper drones began flying out of the Tunisian… Continue reading U.S HAS SECRETLY EXPANDED ITS GLOBAL NETWORK OF DRONE BASES TO NORTH AFRICA
Category: Conflict
IZVESTIA : MOSCOW SHARING INTELLIGENCE WITH ANKARA ON SYRIA
Sourced : TASS Russia has already started cooperating with Turkey on exchanging intelligence data needed for carrying out the Operation Euphrates Shield in Syria. According to Izvestia, the agreement was reached during last week’s talks between Russian and Turkish Presidents, Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Experts believe that cooperating with Ankara on Syria may… Continue reading IZVESTIA : MOSCOW SHARING INTELLIGENCE WITH ANKARA ON SYRIA
SYRIAN ARMY SAYS IT WILL “BRING DOWN” ANY TURKISH WAR PLANE IN ITS AIRSPACE (Video)
Sourced Hurriyet The Syrian military said on Oct. 20 that it would bring down any Turkish war planes entering Syrian air space, a response to air strikes carried out by Turkey overnight in northern Syria. “Any attempt to once again breach Syrian airspace by Turkish war planes will be dealt with and they will be… Continue reading SYRIAN ARMY SAYS IT WILL “BRING DOWN” ANY TURKISH WAR PLANE IN ITS AIRSPACE (Video)
CNO RICHARDSON : USS MASON “APPEARS TO HAVE COME UNDER ATTACK”
Sourced : USNI News By: Sam LaGrone A U.S. guided missile destroyer may have been attacked on Saturday off the coast of Yemen by anti-ship cruise missiles for the third time this week, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson told reporters on Saturday. USS Mason (DDG-87) — operating in the Red Sea, north of… Continue reading CNO RICHARDSON : USS MASON “APPEARS TO HAVE COME UNDER ATTACK”
U.S NAVY CRUISE MISSILES STRIKE AND DESTROY THREE RADAR SITES IN YEMEN
Sourced : Military.com By Hope Hodge Seck A U.S. Navy ship launched cruise missiles and destroyed three radar sites from a rebel-controlled area in Yemen, the service announced late Wednesday. The announcement came a day after a Navy ship was apparently targeted for a second time by missiles originating from the area. In a statement,… Continue reading U.S NAVY CRUISE MISSILES STRIKE AND DESTROY THREE RADAR SITES IN YEMEN
USS MASON FIRED 3 MISSILES TO DEFEND FROM YEMEN CRUISE MISSILE ATTACK (Video)
Sourced : USNI News By: Sam LaGrone The crew of a guided-missile destroyer fired three missiles to defend themselves and another ship after being attacked on Sunday in the Red Sea by two presumed cruise missiles fired by Iran-backed Houthi-forces, USNI News has learned. During the attack against USS Mason (DDG-87), the ship’s crew fired… Continue reading USS MASON FIRED 3 MISSILES TO DEFEND FROM YEMEN CRUISE MISSILE ATTACK (Video)
U.S ARMY WARNS THAT FUTURE WAR WITH RUSSIA OR CHINA WOULD BE “EXTREMELY LETHAL AND FAST”
Source : Defence One By : Bradley Peniston Leaders say warfare in the coming decades will be fundamentally different from the past 25 years To envision the wars of the future, first remember those of the distant past, with their soul-numbing artillery barrages and unstinting waves of conventional enemy forces. Then speed up that mental… Continue reading U.S ARMY WARNS THAT FUTURE WAR WITH RUSSIA OR CHINA WOULD BE “EXTREMELY LETHAL AND FAST”
CLINTON MILITARY ADVISOR OUTLINES 4-STEP PLAN FOR DEFEATING ISIS
Sourced : CNBC By : Elizabeth Gurdus It’s time for America to get aggressive with ISIS, retired Adm. James Stavridis, former NATO supreme allied commander and current Hillary Clinton advisor, said Tuesday. Stavridis detailed a four-step plan for defeating the terrorist group on CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” where he made a case for a significant military… Continue reading CLINTON MILITARY ADVISOR OUTLINES 4-STEP PLAN FOR DEFEATING ISIS
TURKEY SENDS 1,000 SPECIAL FORCES ON SENSITIVE MISSION TO SECURE “SECURITY ZONE” ACROSS BORDER
Sourced : The Idependent By : Kim Sengupta While international focus is on the devastating bombing going on in Aleppo, another offensive is taking place, much of it in the shadows, which could be a game-changer in Syria’s bloody civil war. The Turkish military, with armour, air-power and troops on the ground – a thousand… Continue reading TURKEY SENDS 1,000 SPECIAL FORCES ON SENSITIVE MISSION TO SECURE “SECURITY ZONE” ACROSS BORDER
WHY THE BATTLE FOR AL-BAB IS PIVOTAL IN SYRIA
Sourced Al-Monitor By : Kamal Sheikho The crucial city of al-Bab finds itself directly in the line of fire of all the forces in Syria competing to control it. Each party is seeking to fortify its military position in the city to grab land as the Islamic State (IS) withdraws. “Our troops will advance toward… Continue reading WHY THE BATTLE FOR AL-BAB IS PIVOTAL IN SYRIA