Source: Ha’aretz The Syrian government has announced an amnesty for men who deserted the army or have avoided military service, giving them several months to report for duty without facing punishment, it said Tuesday. The fear of conscription, and potential punishment for ducking it or for desertion, is frequently cited by aid groups as one… Continue reading ASSAD GRANTS AMNESTY TO SYRIAN DESERTERS AND DRAFT DODGERS
Category: Security and Strategy
THE US ARMY IS PREPARING TO FIGHT IN EUROPE BUT CAN IT EVEN GET THERE?
Source: Defense News By David B. Larter With Russia’s reemergence as a menace in Europe, the U.S. Army has been laying the foundations to fight once again on the continent it defended through most of the 20th century. But if war were to break out tomorrow, the U.S. military could be hard-pressed to move the… Continue reading THE US ARMY IS PREPARING TO FIGHT IN EUROPE BUT CAN IT EVEN GET THERE?
U.S AIR FORCE RELEASED DETAILS OF HISTORIC DEPLOYMENT TO UKRAINE
Source: Defence Blog According to the press service of the U.S. Air Force, Ukraine will host the Clear Sky 2018 joint and multinational exercise on October 8-19. Clear Sky 2018 is a joint and multinational exercise that will involve approximately 950 personnel from nine nations, including Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Ukraine, the… Continue reading U.S AIR FORCE RELEASED DETAILS OF HISTORIC DEPLOYMENT TO UKRAINE
RUSSIA’S GROWING THREAT TO NORTH EUROPE
Source: Economist SOME states soothe their citizens in troubled times. Others prefer not to sugar-coat things. “A larger European conflict could start with an attack on Sweden,” warned the most recent report of the country’s defence commission. Electricity would be limited. Calorie intake would fall. Tens of thousands might be wounded. This was not idle… Continue reading RUSSIA’S GROWING THREAT TO NORTH EUROPE
WITH US AND BRITISH SUPPORT UKRAINE PUSHES BACK ON RUSSIAN AGGRESSION IN THE SEA OF AZOV
Source: Daily Signal By Nolan Peterson The U.S. Coast Guard was set to hand over two of its decommissioned 110-foot armed cutters to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko at a ceremony Thursday in Baltimore. The move comes amid escalating tensions between Russia and Ukraine over the free movement of merchant ships to Ukrainian ports in the… Continue reading WITH US AND BRITISH SUPPORT UKRAINE PUSHES BACK ON RUSSIAN AGGRESSION IN THE SEA OF AZOV
GIVING SYRIA S-300 WILL NOT HALT ISRAELI STRIKES
By Joseph Trevithick Russia says it will supply Syria with S-300 surface-to-air missile systems, will jam the radar, navigation, and communications systems on any aircraft attacking targets in that country via the Mediterranean Sea, and will also provide equipment to the regime of dictator Bashar Al Assad to rapidly identify Russian military aircraft. This all… Continue reading GIVING SYRIA S-300 WILL NOT HALT ISRAELI STRIKES
SATELLITE IMAGES REVEAL RUSSIAN NAVY’S MASSIVE REARMAMENT ON KOLA PENINSULA
Source: The Barent Observer By Thomas Nilsen The major expansion of storage facilities for both nuclear missiles and conventional long-range high-precision cruise missiles will significantly boost Russia’s military power and strengthen the bastion defence capability in the Barents- and Norwegian Sea. By comparing one, two and four years old satellite photos with Google Earth images… Continue reading SATELLITE IMAGES REVEAL RUSSIAN NAVY’S MASSIVE REARMAMENT ON KOLA PENINSULA
VOSTOK 2018: RUSSIA AND CHINA’S DIVERGING COMMON INTEREST
Source: The Diplomat By Zi Yang Russia’s Vostok 2018 exercise officially commenced on September 11 and concludes September 17. One of Russia’s major military maneuvers held every four years, this year’s Vostok is of special significance because Russia has not held an exercise of this scale since 1981 — reportedly, some 297,000 personnel, 36,000 pieces… Continue reading VOSTOK 2018: RUSSIA AND CHINA’S DIVERGING COMMON INTEREST
ISRAEL, TURKEY SAID IN TALKS TO REPAIR RELATIONS RETURN ENVOYS
Source Times of Israel Israel and Turkey are holding backchannel talks in a bid to restore the all-but-severed diplomatic relations between the two nations. After the violent protests on the Gaza border in May in which over 60 Palestinians, most of them members of Hamas and other terror groups, were killed, Turkish leader Recep Tayyip… Continue reading ISRAEL, TURKEY SAID IN TALKS TO REPAIR RELATIONS RETURN ENVOYS
RESTRICTIONS ON SALE OF F-35 TO TURKEY UPHELD IN USA
Source: Ekathimerini A joint US House and Senate conference committee upheld on Thursday restrictions on the sale of Russian F-35s to Turkey in its report on the Department of Defense Appropriations bill for 2019, Greek-American media have reported. The decision, which US President Trump will decide whether to pass into law on October 1, temporarily… Continue reading RESTRICTIONS ON SALE OF F-35 TO TURKEY UPHELD IN USA