Over the past twenty-four hours the Syrian press is replete with accounts of ongoing American, Turkish and associated attacks on the country both military and economic. One news story is of a meeting between the ministers of water resources of Syria and Iraq, Tammam...
CENTCOM: Afghanistan Withdrawal 6 to 12 Percent Complete
US has removed 104 C-17 cargo planes worth of material out of Afghanistan
Iran Rejects Pentagon Claim of ‘Harassment’ in Strait of Hormuz
A US Coast Guard Cutter fired warning shots at Iranian boats
Chinese Scholars Say Biden’s China Policy Is More Similar to Trump’s Than Expected
Biden has said the US is in competition with China to ‘win the 21st century’
Ukrainian President Doesn’t Rule Out New World War in Conflict With Russia
Addressing a security forum in Kiev today, where he also identified NATO membership as a national priority, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was cited by the UNIAN news site as not ruling out a “new world war” in the event of what he identified as a full-scale...
With US Assurances, Ukraine Says NATO, EU Membership Main Strategic Goal of Nation
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky today opened the All-Ukrainian Forum “Ukraine 30. National Security,” which will continue to May 13. A statement issued beforehand included discussion of “what steps it will take for NATO membership” among other matters....
Massive British, NATO War Games Prepare Queen Elizabeth Carrier Strike Group To Confront Russia and China
This year’s iteration of Britain’s biannual Joint Warrior exercise in the Irish Sea is subsumed under another exercise, Strike Warrior 21, being used to prepare the HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier, the flagship of the Royal Navy, and its carrier strike group for...
Iran May Extend IAEA Inspection Deal If Nuclear Talks are on ‘Right Track’
The progress of the Vienna talks has been slow
Europe Without Neutrals: Switzerland Provides Combat Aircraft for NATO Exercise
The website of NATO’s Allied Air Command reported on May 10 that the bloc’s partner Switzerland is contributing four (McDonnell Douglas-manufactured) F/A-18 Hornet multirole combat aircraft to an air exercise in Portugal. F/A-18 Hornet The annual exercise is run under...
US Blocks UN Security Council Statement Condemning Jerusalem Violence and Looming Evictions
Fourteen out of 15 UN Security Council members supported the statement