Yearly Archives: 2020

Turkey’s Drone War in Syria – A Red Team View

Turkey’s armed forces gained worldwide attention when its air force launched a remarkable and innovative airpower show-of-force against Bashir al-Assad’s Syrian Army. As part of a combined air and ground operation, the Turkish air force used its Anka-S and Bayraktar TB2 drones to conduct hundreds of strikes against Syrian Arab …

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CIA Director Gina Haspel and the British Role in the Anti-Trump Plot

In the next paragraph, [Washington Post reporter Shane] Harris notes breathlessly: “… Trump has accused the United Kingdom of conspiring with American intelligence to spy on his presidential campaign.” President Trump certainly has made that claim, and one believes for very good reasons that seem to compound weekly.

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Israel may halt its weapons sale to Azerbaijan, Armenian ambassador says

Renewed hostilities broke out between Armenia and Azerbaijan on September 27, over the contested Nagorno-Karabakh territory. Israel may halt commercial weapon sales to Azerbaijan, Armenian Ambassador to Israel Armen Smbatyan told The Jerusalem Post, as fighting intensified for the ninth day between the two countries.

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Turkey decries 'double standard' after Canada halts drone tech sales

“Turkey expects Canada to follow a policy free of double standards and to act without being influenced from those opposed to Turkey,” its foreign ministry said in a statement. Canada’s decision to suspend exports of some military technology over allegations the equipment was used by Azeri forces in the Nagorno-Karabakh …

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Benny Gantz signs seizure orders for terror funds

Amounting to hundreds of thousands of shekels, the orders targeted funds and property given by Hamas and the PA. Defense Minister Benny Gantz has signed four seizure orders for Hamas funds and property that had been transferred to family members of terrorists in Israel on Monday.

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Russian Navy monitoring UK warship in Black Sea

The Dragon is a destroyer of the Type 45 designated to operate as part of carrier multi-purpose groups Russia’s Black Sea Fleet is tracking the UK Navy’s destroyer Dragon that has entered the Black Sea, the Defense Ministry’s National Defense Control Center reported on Monday.

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How Erdogan and Putin spectacularly fell out

“Russia is, of course, a strategic partner. How many hours would it take for you to travel to Washington? How long would it take to go to Moscow?” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan asked me almost two years ago in a gathering. “We have joint strategic investments, from pipelines to …

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