Sourced : Yeni Safak The first phase is the shipping of the two S-4oo missiles from Russia to Turkey. One system will be deployed in Turkey’s east against possible threats from Syria and Iran, and the other in the west against a Greek threat. The new S-400s will be manufactured in Turkey. Turkey put forward… Continue reading S-400 TO BE STATIONED IN TURKEY’S EAST AND WEST BORDERS
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PAKISTANI RETHINK ON ISLAMIC PACT POINTS TO GROWING SCHISM
Sourced Asia Times By F.M. Shakil Pakistan’s Upper House last week made up its mind about what lies behind the Saudi-led Islamic Military Alliance (IMA) and asked the government to recall its commander-in-chief, former Pakistan Army chief Raheel Sharif, in response to burgeoning anti-Iranian sentiment. “The king of Saudi Arabia has said the alliance is… Continue reading PAKISTANI RETHINK ON ISLAMIC PACT POINTS TO GROWING SCHISM
IRAN MISSILE TEST EXPOSES ANOTHER LINK TO NORTH KOREA
Sourced : Israel Defence Last week, Iran attempted to launch a cruise missile from a “midget” submarine in the Strait of Hormuz. The submarine appears to be based on a North Korean design, a further indication that the two nations are collaborating on their missile and nuclear programs. Iran and North Korea are the only… Continue reading IRAN MISSILE TEST EXPOSES ANOTHER LINK TO NORTH KOREA
U.S SECRETARY OF STATE DECLARES END TO “STRATEGIC PATIENCE” WITH IRAN
Sourced : Washington Examiner By Joel Gehrke Secretary of State Rex Tillerson declared that the United States will no longer exercise “strategic patience” with Iran, and criticized the Iran nuclear deal reached under President Obama as one that simply tries to buy off Iran and leave the consequences for later generations. “Strategic patience is a… Continue reading U.S SECRETARY OF STATE DECLARES END TO “STRATEGIC PATIENCE” WITH IRAN
IRAQ’S SHIITE CLERIC MOQTADA AL-SADR URGES ASSAD TO STEP DOWN
Sourced Al Arabiya Influential Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Saturday called on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down, also calling on Washington and Moscow to stop intervening in the conflict. The Najaf-based Shiite cleric condemned the killing of 87 people, including 31 children, in a suspected chemical attack last week in a rebel-held Syrian… Continue reading IRAQ’S SHIITE CLERIC MOQTADA AL-SADR URGES ASSAD TO STEP DOWN
IRAN LOOKS TO BUY SOUTH AFRICA’S UMKHONTO SURFACE TO AIR MISSILE
Sourced : Defence Blog The Iranian Defence Forces is to acquire Umkhonto (Spear) surface-to-air missile system to be ordered from Denel, that was reported by www.netwerk24.com. South Africa has applied to the United Nations Security Council to sell missiles worth R1.5 billion to Iran. The system is meant to provide ultimate all-round defence against simultaneous… Continue reading IRAN LOOKS TO BUY SOUTH AFRICA’S UMKHONTO SURFACE TO AIR MISSILE
IRAN WAS COUGHT IMPORTING POTENTIALLY BANNED MISSILE TECHNOLOGY
Sourced : Business Insider By : Adam Kredo Ukrainian authorities have confirmed that they seized a shipment of missile system components bound for Iran, according to official statements that could put the Islamic Republic in violation of international bans on such behavior. The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, or DPSU, announced late last week… Continue reading IRAN WAS COUGHT IMPORTING POTENTIALLY BANNED MISSILE TECHNOLOGY
TRUMP SHOULD HALT US MISSILE – DEFENCE PLANS IN EUROPE
Sourced : Defence One By Joe Cirincione & Tytti Erästö The one constant in Donald Trump’s foreign-policy views has been his desire to improve relations with Moscow. “There’s nothing I can think of that I’d rather do than have Russia friendly, as opposed to the way they are right now,” he said in July, a… Continue reading TRUMP SHOULD HALT US MISSILE – DEFENCE PLANS IN EUROPE
HOW IRANIAN WEAPONS ARE ENDING UP IN YEMEN
Sourced The Washington Post By Thomas Gibbons-Neff Weapon shipments intercepted in the Arabian sea by Australian, French and U.S. warships this year contained large quantities of Russian and Iranian weapons, some of which had markings similar to munitions recovered from Houthi fighters in Yemen, according to a new report released by an independent research group… Continue reading HOW IRANIAN WEAPONS ARE ENDING UP IN YEMEN
IRAN CONSIDERS NAVAL BASES IN YEMEN AND SYRIA
Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency is reporting that the country’s chief of staff of the armed forces has said that Tehran is interested in setting up naval bases in both Syria and Yemen. The Saturday report by Tasnim quotes Gen. Mohammad Hossein Bagheri as saying, “Maybe, at some point we will need bases on the… Continue reading IRAN CONSIDERS NAVAL BASES IN YEMEN AND SYRIA