Top U.S. and NATO military leaders have been exploring possible scenarios in Syria if Western powers decide to attack and eliminate the the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. The deliberations were revealed by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin...
America's provocative deployment of advanced F-22 higher jets to the United Arab Emirates endangers the region, Iran said on Tuesday. "We do not in any way approve the presence of foreign forces in the region. We advise the regional countries against providing a basis...
Tzipi Livni, leader of Israel's Kadima party, resigned from the Knesset on Tuesday, warning in her resignation address that Israel's leaders are putting Israel in "mortal danger." Livni warned that Israel's current leadership, headed by Prime Minister Benjamin...
Recent joint U.S.-Filipino military exercises are a direct military provocation to China even as Washington rhetorically refuses to take sides in rising tensions in Asia-Pacific. The Philippines is using the U.S. to ward off China's regional influence and stand up to...
As so-called "experts" argue over whether al-Qaeda is strong or ailing one year after the assassination of leader Osama bin Laden, the grievances which impel Muslims to militancy against America have only piled up. Many observers point out that the enormous swelling...
The second round of nuclear negotiations between Iran and the six major world powers, scheduled for May 23 in Baghdad, will be productive but are unlikely to resolve all issues, said an Iranian official on Monday. The first round of talks between Iran and the P5+1...
The Sunni Arab regimes of the Persian Gulf have engaged in military exercises this week while drawing attention to disputed Iranian islands in the Strait of Hormuz in an attempt to ratchet up pressure on the Shiite Islamic Republic. The exercises, carried out by the...
The U.S. military is concealing the frequency of incidents in which Afghan soldiers open fire on American and other NATO troops, according to the Associated Press. Afghan and American soldiers have increasingly got into gun battles with each other, a signal of how...
The U.S. and Japan have come to an agreement on the relocation of about 9,000 U.S. Marines that will leave their bases in Okinawa, with about 5,000 transferred to Guam and the rest spread among other locations in the region. Contrary to the narrative in the media, the...
The Defense Department is reportedly considering which military bases in the domestic United States to close down in the event Congress mandates such cuts to the Pentagon's budget. "The Army," reports the Washington Times, "could close some of its 1,000...
