US ‘not interested in matching new Russian weapons’, but will use nukes if it ‘has to’

Published time: 25 Apr, 2019 10:41 Edited time: 26 Apr, 2019 07:23 FILE PHOTO A laser-guided bomb fired from a U.S. Marine Corps F-35B fighter jet strikes a fixed ground tank test target during a guided weapons release test at Edwards Air Force Base, California © REUTERS/US Navy/Handout via Reuters Despite a defense budget bigger […]

Syrian-Iranian-Russian Coordination Excellent: Assad’s Media Adviser

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Syrian President’s Political and Media Adviser Bouthaina Shaaban said that Syria will welcome Russian-Iranian relations with Turkey if it helps solving the crisis in Syria. – World news – Stating that Turkey had not been adhered to the Idlib’s peace agreement with the Syrian government, Shaaban added that Russia and Iran have […]

U.S. investigates airstrike that killed Iraqi forces

A social media account under the name ‘Tom Cat’ that follows security issues in Iraq reported that a checkpoint from the Federal Police 3rd division had been mistakenly targeted. By Seth J. Frantzman April 26, 2019 13:12   On April 24 an Iraqi Federal police member was killed and two others wounded in an airstrike […]

Report: UNIFIL instructed to boost, expand patrols in south Lebanon

Lebanese paper claims UN peacekeepers have been told to widen operations to better monitor Hezbollah’s weapons and activities near the Israeli border By TOI STAFFToday, 2:23 pm  0 0shares A picture taken from the southern Lebanese village of Meiss al-Jabal on December 16, 2018, shows a United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) soldier monitoring the border […]

China Challenges US Sanctions Invites Syria to Belt and Road Project

April 26, 2019Arabi Souri The Chinese government has invited its Syrian counterpart to the global summit for the Chinese flagship Belt and Road initiative taking place in Beijing April 25 through April 27 among 120 countries. Syria’s invitation, attendance, and contribution in the mega development being an essential part in West Asia is a clear […]

Britain calls China’s Belt and Road Initiative a ‘vision’

BEIJING (Reuters) – Britain is committed to help realize the potential of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), British finance minister Philip Hammond said on Friday, describing the policy as a “vision”. Speaking at a summit in Beijing on China’s program to re-create the old Silk Road joining China with Asia and Europe, Hammond said […]

Zarif says ‘negotiating table is there’

Al-Monitor – Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif acknowledged today that he had received a letter from Robert C. O’Brien, US special presidential envoy for hostage affairs, asking for the release of detained US citizens. He also said he had had his deputy write a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, apparently proposing a prisoner […]

ISIS has plans to retake Palmyra from Syrian Army

The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS/Daesh) terrorist group is allegedly planning an offensive to retake the ancient city of Palmyra in the eastern countryside of the Homs Governorate. A source from the Syrian Army in eastern Homs said they have discovered an Islamic State plot to not only retake land in central Syria, but also recapture the […]

Iran unveils 3 new domestically-made missiles

BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:30 P.M.) – The Iranian Armed Forces unveiled three new domestically-made missiles this week, the Mehr News Agency reported. According to the Iranian publication, the three missiles are as followed: ‘Heidar’ is an air-to-ground missile with a range of more than 8km which can be installed on different types of systems to attack […]

A New Middle East Mega-War Is Unfolding Right Before Our Eyes

By Yossef Bodansky – Apr 24, 2019, 5:00 PM CDT Iran is leading a new bloc, with Turkey and Qatar, intent on remaking the greater Middle East. The Iranian leadership recognizes that this drive might lead to a regional war and is actively preparing for such an eventuality. Iran’s timing is logical. The main fratricidal […]

US Plan to Drive Iran Oil Export to Zero Impossible: Defense Minister

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami shrugged off a recent move by the US administration to end exemptions from sanctions for countries still buying oil from Iran, saying Washington’s plan to cut Tehran’s oil exports to zero is out of the question. April, 26, 2019 – 11:52 – Economy news – […]

Iran Faces Bleak Options as the U.S. Turns the Screws

Despite the United States’ move to end exemption waivers for Iran’s oil exports — the country’s economic lifeline — Tehran will continue to make some shipments. Nevertheless, the robust measures will exacerbate Iran’s economic, currency and financial crises as the country struggles to import much-needed food.Iran’s lower and lower middle class will begin to feel […]

Ending Russia trip, North Korean leader says US acting in ‘bad faith’

Kim Jong Un tells Putin ‘Peace and security on the Korean Peninsula will entirely depend on the US future attitude’ By ANNA MALPAS and KANG JIN-KYUToday, 11:25 am  0 0shares Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) welcomes North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un during their meeting in Vladivostok, Russia, on April 25, 2019. (AP/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool) VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (AFP) — Kim […]