Senior aide to Turkish President Erdogan threatens U.S. forces in Syria

Senior aide to Turkish President Erdogan threatens U.S. forces in Syria

An aide to Turkish president Recep Erdogan told a radio show that the U.S. soldiers in northern Syria are not safe from Turkish bombs, saying “we won’t be considering the fact that there are armored American vehicles… all of a sudden, by accident, a few rockets can hit them.” His comments come as a politically […]

Russia chimes in on North Korea as China increases pressure on Kim’s regime

Russia chimes in on North Korea as China increases pressure on Kim’s regime

Despite China’s complaints about the deployment of the American THAAD missile defense system in South Korea, China has continued to publicly increase pressure on the North Korean regime to do away with their nuclear weapons development program in recent weeks.  Now, Russia has joined the motley crew of nations offering their own perspective on how […]

Russian bombers intercepted off the coast of Alaska twice in a matter of hours

Russian bombers intercepted off the coast of Alaska twice in a matter of hours

U.S. military aircraft were scrambled twice to intercept Russian TU-95 Bear bombers flying off the coast of Alaska in less than 24 hours this week.  This was the first such incident since July 4th of 2015 when Russia flew two similar bombers off the coasts of Alaska and California.  U.S. military officials characterized the flights […]

U.S. Secretary of State arrives in Moscow intent on driving a wedge between Putin and Assad

U.S. Secretary of State arrives in Moscow intent on driving a wedge between Putin and Assad

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrived in Moscow on Tuesday for what promises to be a difficult series of scheduled talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.  While tensions between the two nations have been high in recent years, a chemical weapons attack carried out against civilians last Tuesday led to dramatic military action […]

More Russians are dying in Syria than are being acknowledged: Report

More Russians are dying in Syria than are being acknowledged: Report

The Russian government has been consistently under-reporting their casualty figures from the Syrian Civil War, a Reuters investigation has found. After a combined effort from Reuters and the Conflict Intelligence Team investigative group, researchers found that Russian casualties were actually three times the amount of what was being officially reported by the Russian government, and […]

Russian military set to absorb rebel fighters inside restive Georgian region

Russian military set to absorb rebel fighters inside restive Georgian region

The Russian government, under the direction of Vladimir Putin, has drawn up orders to bring separatist forces inside the country of Georgia under the control of the Russian military. The separatist forces in question reside in the region of South Ossetia, a long-contested area on Georgia’s northern border with Russia, and one of the sites […]

U.S. general says Russia has violated a landmark arms control treaty

U.S. general says Russia has violated a landmark arms control treaty

The Russians have reneged on a historic arms control treaty signed between the United States and Russia, an Air Force General said yesterday. The treaty, the 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty, was a critical aspect in ending the Cold War. It explicitly bans the testing, production, and possession of intermediate-range missiles fired from land-based […]