Syria’s Assad says Western plots against him foiled but war not yet won

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Sunday his country had foiled Western designs to topple him but his army had not yet won the fight to end Syria’s six-year-old insurgency. In an televised address, Assad said that even though there were signs of victory after six-and-a-half years of civil war, the “battle continues, and where […]

Arms of the Soviet Union | DP-28 Light Machine Gun

Shortly after the Communists were victorious in their revolution and ousting of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, they set to strengthen their armed forces. The problems with Imperial Russian military thinking became obvious to the Soviets after they suffered more than 5 million casualties in World War One. The Russian’s only machine gun available at that […]

Russia appears to be winning the hearts and minds of Afghanistan better than the US

The US and Russia have at least one thing in common: They’ve both fought protracted wars in Afghanistan without positive results. While the US still seeks a military victory in Afghanistan, Russia pulled out nearly three decades ago and has since sought a non-military way to influence the war-torn country — and it appears to […]

Russian court will hear case on Raoul Wallenberg

A court in Moscow will hear a lawsuit filed against Russia’s top security agency by relatives of Raoul Wallenberg, the Swedish diplomat who saved thousands of Hungarian Jews from death in Nazi extermination camps, a lawyer for the family said on Thursday. Mr. Wallenberg’s relatives began fighting decades ago to learn more about what happened from the […]

U.S. officials authorized, tracked Russian spy plane’s flight over D.C.

An unarmed Russian Air Force Tupolev Tu-154 jet was seen flying as low as 3,700 feet over downtown Washington D.C. on Wednesday, as well as Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, where Air Force One is maintained.  The flight received prior approval from U.S. officials and is a part of a longstanding overflight agreement between a […]

United States Uses Russia As a Familiar Foe in Latest War Games

In their latest war game exercise, US troops in Europe are focusing on more of a Cold War scenario with an old familiar foe, the Russians as their potential enemy. The US military needs to be better prepared for the increasing threats across all phases of warfare, land, sea, air, space and cyber said Air […]

United States Uses Russia As a Familiar Foe in Latest War Games

In their latest war game exercise, US troops in Europe are focusing on more of a Cold War scenario with an old familiar foe, the Russians as their potential enemy. The US military needs to be better prepared for the increasing threats across all phases of warfare, land, sea, air, space and cyber said Air […]