Category: Middle East

Folks in Idaho will be seeing F-15Q fighters with Qatari air force markings and no, they are not lost.

The new year always brings the promise of new things being just on the horizon. The world is a volatile place today, with shifting economies, the continued presence of Islamist terrorism around the world, and the Great Game of competition between nations seeking diplomatic, strategic, and economic advantages around the globe. Everyone is a prognosticator […]

An Israeli airstrike in the Syrian port of Latakia during the early hours of Tuesday morning hit the port’s container facility in the second attack on the port this month. “At around 3:21 am [0121 GMT], the Israeli enemy carried out an aerial aggression with several missiles from the direction of the Mediterranean … targeting […]

Terrorist factions in the Palestinian territories and Gaza are conducting joint exercises and planning sessions that suggest they intend to renew their war with Israel.

Israel has been bombing targets in Syria for decades that it perceives as a threat to its own security. Most famously, their 2007 raid that destroyed a North Korean-built nuclear reactor in Deir al-Zour province. A story in the Washington Post now claims that Israeli aircraft have made repeated strikes on chemical weapons productions and storage facilities within Syria.

C-Ram Intercepts One Rocket While Another Lands In Civilian Neighborhood Two Katyusha rockets were fired towards the Green Zone where the US embassy is located in Baghdad on Saturday night, according to Iraq’s state-run news service quoting Iraqi security officials. The U.S. Embassy’s C-RAM defense system was activated to intercept the rocket fire. One rocket […]

Israeli F-16s bomb Syria’s largest airport leaving three perfectly spaced craters 600 meters apart on the runway. This is the latest in a series of attacks by Israel on the Iranian presence within Syria.

The U.S. military intercepted and shot down a small drone that was believed to be threatening a U.S. base in southern Syria Tuesday, just weeks after the same base was attacked by drones and rocket fire. It is believed to have been launched by Iranian proxy militias in the region.  Capt. Bill Urban, the spokesman […]

Syrian state media claims that Syrian Democratic Forces led by U.S. troops killed civilians and took hostages during a large airborne operation in al-Busayrah, Syria that was aimed at killing or capturing a known ISIS member.

The 2,500 U.S. troops still in Iraq are being renamed “advisors” in a move that even the Pentagon admits is just a change in mission and not one in posture or numbers, saying, “There won’t be a dramatic shift from yesterday to tomorrow.”

Iran Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said that there is “no way” to return to the JCPOA unless all economic sanctions are lifted. 

“Independent strikes on nuclear sites, if Iran takes this path that endangers our existence, should and must be on the table,” the former Mossad chief said.