Today, I made a determination pursuant to section 36 of the Arms Export Control Act and directed the Department to complete immediately the formal notification of 22 pending arms transfers to Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, and Saudi Arabia totaling approximately $8.1 billion to deter Iranian aggression and build partner …
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Finland: Will the Social Democrats Retain a Pro-Iran Anti-Semitic MP in Its Ranks?
A few days after the Finnish elections, Hussein Al-Taee, the son of the governor of Najaf in Iraq and a pro-Iranian regime advocate, was exposed for having spent eight years posting anti-Semitic, anti-American and homophobic comments on Facebook… For four of these years, Al-Taee served as an adviser on Middle …
Read More »Mali: Gestion de la crise malienne : Le Peuple malien peut-il assurer sa révolte contre la France ? Seydou Diarra Gestion de la crise malienne : Le Peuple malien peut-il assurer sa révolte contre la France ?
Le Mali est un pays souverain et indépendant grâce aux pères fondateurs de la République à savoir l’ancien président Modibo Keïta le père de l’indépendance, les détenteurs des médailles d’or de l’indépendance, le député Mamadou Konaté père de la nation malienne et tous ces anciens militaires qui ont créé l’armée …
Read More »India Test Fires Air Launched Version of BrahMos Supersonic Cruise Missile
The 2.5-ton air-launched version of the BrahMos (BrahMos-A) missile, named after India’s Brahmaputra River and Russia’s Moskva River, has an operational range of around 300 km. It can be dropped from 500 to 14,000 metres.
Read More »US Tells Syrian Kurds Only Future Is Part of Peaceful Syrian State
The United States is reminding its Syrian Kurdish allies not to get overly ambitious while at the same time trying to allay concerns Washington will abandon them to Turkey or a possibly resurgent Islamic State terror group.
Read More »US: Military Actions 'Put on Hold' Potential Iranian Attacks on Americans
Acting Secretary of Defense Pat Shanahan said the steps taken to bolster the U.S. military presence in the Middle East have deterred Iran and “put on hold the potential for attacks on Americans,” even as Iran carried out other attacks.
Read More »Russia holds Baltic drills amid rising tensions with NATO
Russian troops serving in the Baltic fleet in Kaliningrad have staged military drills as the strategic region is becoming an increasingly contested space between Russia and NATO.
Read More »Erdogan Insists Russian Missile Deal Will Go Through, Plans Additional Work With Moscow
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has again insisted he will go through with the purchase of S-400 defense systems from Russia and will also cooperate with Moscow on producing S-500 systems in the future, despite U.S. pressure against the deals.
Read More »US, Taliban Blame Each Other for Acting Against Afghan Peace
Taliban and American military officials have taken to social media to accuse each other of acting against peace building efforts in conflict-torn Afghanistan.
Read More »Trump: Fighting the US Will Be 'Official End of Iran'
President Donald Trump has given a strong warning to Iran, threatening its destruction if it attacks the United States or U.S. interests.
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