FBI Director Christopher Wray reiterated a commonly held view on Tuesday that China is seeking to become a global superpower through unconventional means — but he framed the threat China poses to the US as not just a governmental one, but a societal one. Speaking before the Senate Intelligence Committee alongside the heads of other […]
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No Deal Between U.S. Allies on How to Deal with Foreign Islamic State Militants…
Countries allied with the United States in the fight against the Islamic State (IS) group failed on Tuesday to come to a final agreement on what to do with foreign militants captured in Syria who could pose a security threat if they were to escape justice. A meeting with around a dozen of defence ministers […]
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UPDATE: U.S. Strikes Kill 100 Russian Fighters in Syria…RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY CALLS THIS REPORT BY BLOOMBERG AND REUTERS FAKE NEWS…
Following up to last night’s bombshell report that at least two Russian mercenary fighters in Syria had been killed by US-led coalition forces, this morning Bloomberg is out with an exclusive, according to which the body count is far greater than had been disclosed: U.S. forces reportedly killed “scores” of Russian contract soldiers in Syria […]
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U.S. Dispatches More Military Aid to Kurds in Syria…
The Arabic-language Enab Baladi reported that the US convoy was dispatched to the Kurdish-held regions in Syria’s Hasaka via Simalka border-crossing at border with Iraq. Enab Baladi reported that the convoy, containing fifty trucks, has arrived in Rojava in Northern Syria. A Commander of the People’s Protection Units (YPG) said last week that the US […]
Tip-Off Received on Al-Nusra, White Helmets Plotting Chemical Weapons Provocation in Syria…
Russia’s Center for Reconciliation in Syria says it’s been warned that Jabhat Al-Nusra terrorists brought in chlorine containers to a local village, where they aimed to work with the White Helmets to stage “a provocation.” Late on Monday, the center received a phone call from a resident of the village of Serakab in Idlib province […]
Iranian UAV that Entered Israeli Airspace Seems to Be American Stealth Knock-Off…
The Iranian drone shot down by the Israeli Air Force early Saturday morning appears to have been a relatively new stealth model whose design was stolen from an American unmanned aerial vehicle that was captured by Iran in 2011, according to aviation analysts. On Saturday night, the Israel Defense Forces released photographs of the destroyed […]
McConnell: GOP Immigration Plan ‘Best Chance’ at Passing Bill…
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is throwing his support behind a GOP proposal that lines up with President Trump’s immigration framework, as the chamber turns to a battle over the controversial issue. “I support the president’s proposal and my colleagues’ legislation to implement it. The Secure and Succeed Act is fair, address both sides’ […]
U.S. Finally Admits “No Evidence” Assad Used Sarin Gas…
Secretary of Defense James Mattis stated on or about February 2nd, 2018 that the United States has “no evidence” that the Syrian government used the banned nerve agent Sarin against its own people in attacks in 2013 and 2017. The most recent accusation provoked a massive Tomahawk strike ordered by President Trump that was quite […]
This Isn’t Good: Russian Fighters Killed in Clash with U.S.-Led Coalition Forces in Syria…RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY CALLS THIS REPORT BY BLOOMBERG AND REUTERS FAKE NEWS…
With the calm of global capital markets shattered in the past two weeks, the ongoing military conflict in the Middle East has taken an understandable back seat to monetary matters. And yet, tensions involving Syria, Iran and Israel continue to escalate, most notably with this weekend’s outright attack by Israel on Syria, allegedly in retaliation […]
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U.S.-Led Coalition Airstrikes Mistakenly Kill 300 Kurdish Fighters in Eastern Syria…
The Turkish-language Daily Sabah reported that the warplanes pounded mistakenly a main positon of the YPG, killing a sum of 300 Kurds. The Daily further said that wrong peculiarities provided by the field sources were the cause behind the US careless air raid on the YPG. In the meantime, the Arabic-language al-Manar TV also confirmed […]
Jeff Sessions: FBI Needs ‘to have a fresh start’…
Attorney General Jeff Sessions says he believes the FBI has an opportunity to win the American people’s confidence back after two years of controversy that began with former FBI Director James Comey’s handling of the Hillary Clinton email server right before the 2016 presidential election. Sessions sat down with the Washington Examiner in the Western […]
New York: More Than 100 Public Defenders Walk Out in Protest of Clients Detainment by ICE…
More than 100 public defenders — attorneys for people who can’t afford lawyers — walked out Thursday in protest of their clients getting detained by federal immigration officers. The civil disobedience happened at the courthouse in the Bronx, with the attorneys saying Immigration and Customs Enforcement has adopted new standard operating procedures under President Donald […]
Sen Kaine Demands Release of Secret Trump War Powers Memo…
Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., is demanding the release of a secret memo outlining President Donald Trump’s interpretation of his legal authority to wage war. Kaine, a member of the Armed Services and the Foreign Relations committees, sent a letter Thursday night to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson seeking a seven-page memo the administration has kept […]
U.S. Military Launches Broad Investigation of Seal Team 6 after Green Beret Killing in Mali…
A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION into the death of Army Staff Sgt. Logan Melgar, who was killed last June while deployed in Bamako, Mali, has prompted a broad internal military audit and investigation into SEAL Team 6, according to a military official and two others briefed on the case. Investigators suspect the two SEALs being investigated in […]
Trump Establishes National Vetting Center to Screen Immigrants, Others Seeking to Enter U.S….
President Trump on Tuesday ordered the establishment of a new National Vetting Center to focus on screening people who wish to come to the United States, like immigrants, refugees and other visitors. White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said the center would work to identify people “who present a threat to national security, border security, […]
Bombshell: DOD Admits $80 Million in M1 Abrams Tanks Ended up with Iran-Backed Militias…
The Lead Inspector General has released a report to the United States Congress on Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR), the overseas contingency operation (OCO) to combat ISIS. The report covers the status of foreign operations from the period of Oct. 01, 2017, to Dec. 31, 2017. According to the bombshell audit, the Department of State (DoS) […]
Sad, Sad, Sad: Edwin Jackson, Indianapolis Colt Linebacker, Killed by Drunk Driving Illegal Immigrant Who Was Deported Twice…
The suspected drunk driver who killed Indianapolis Colts linebacker Edwin Jackson in a crash on the morning of the Super Bowl is a Guatemalan citizen who is in the U.S. illegally and has been deported twice, police revealed Monday. Indiana State Police identified the driver of an F-150 truck in the incident as Manuel Orrego-Savala, […]
“I refused to secretly spy” — An Iranian-American Turned Down the FBI and Wound Up with a Prison Sentence…
TO ALL APPEARANCES, Ahmad Sheikhzadeh led the life of a typical New York academic. A 62-year-old Columbia University Ph.D., he lived alone in a small West Village rental, practiced yoga, attended lectures with friends, and conducted research at New York University’s labyrinthine Bobst Library. On Fridays, he’d travel uptown to a building at the corner […]
U.S. Nuclear Posture Review: A Bigger Bang for the Buck?…
At the height of the Cold War, the United States and the then-Soviet Union possessed around 70,000 nuclear warheads between them — enough to destroy or poison every square centimeter of inhabited land on Earth several times over. Somewhat ironically, the concept of “mutually assured destruction” (MAD), whereby the full-scale use of nuclear weapons by […]
Massive Pentagon Agency Lost Track of Hundreds of Millions of Dollars…
One of the Pentagon’s largest agencies can’t account for hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of spending, a leading accounting firm says in an internal audit obtained by POLITICO that arrives just as President Donald Trump is proposing a boost in the military budget. Ernst & Young found that the Defense Logistics Agency failed to […]
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