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SYRIA : Secret Airstrike Destroys Iran’s Albukamal Base

03/23/2020 No Comments

At least 26 fighters from Iranian-backed units in Syria were dead. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights pointed a finger at the US and western countries. The US-led Coalition said

The Race to Buy Spyware in the Gulf

03/22/2020 No Comments

Cyber surveillance has become a major weapon for Gulf states to crack down on dissent. The push to acquire cyber spyware followed the Arab Spring in 2011, which saw activists and

VIDEO: Pentagon Test Launches Prototype Hypersonic Weapon

03/22/2020 No Comments

The template for a new generation of Army and Navy weapons was put to the test in a late Thursday missile launch in Hawaii. A prototype of the joint common

Israel and the Coronavirus, a World Pandemic

03/21/2020 No Comments

The commonly-known coronavirus, which was declared by the World Health Organization as a global pandemic, has engulfed Israel – must as it did many other countries, throughout the world. The

IRAN, ITS PARTNERS, AND THE BALANCE OF EFFECTIVE FORCE

03/19/2020 No Comments

From Yemen to Iraq and through Syria to Lebanon, Iran’s use of local partners has proved consistently effective. What is the current balance of power in the Middle East? In

The Coronavirus Crisis in Iran

03/19/2020 No Comments

The scale of the virus’ spread and the death rate in Iran are dire, to the extent that if not contained, hundreds of thousands of Iranians risk infection and death.

Coronavirus in the Middle East: Unlearned Lessons and Missed Opportunities

03/19/2020 No Comments

There is little indication that Middle Eastern rulers are learning any lessons from the devastating coronavirus. Nor is there any suggestion that they are willing to see the pandemic as

Averting a Total Collapse Middle East and North Africa

03/18/2020 No Comments

How is the water-energy-food nexus impacting ecological, social, and political systems in the Middle East and North Africa?

Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll Reaches 5,950 in 194 Cities

03/18/2020 No Comments

March 17, that the Coronavirus death toll has reached 5,950 in 194 cities in all of Iran’s 31 provinces. The number of victims in Isfahan, Gilan, Khorasan Razavi, and Fars provinces respectively

COVID-19 Wuhan Institute of Virology, China’s Covert Biological Weapons Program

03/14/2020 No Comments

Wuhan is the location of China’s sole declared Level-4 laboratory at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. The laboratory is engaged in research on deadly coronaviruses and has been linked to

US Naval Research, Raytheon SM-6 Block 1B SM-6 Hypersonic Speed, Anti-Surface Role

03/14/2020 No Comments

A U.S. Navy document that cryptically describes a versatile and powerful new missile likely offers the first confirmation of the hypersonic speed and newly acquired, antisurface-warfare role for the Raytheon

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force Mahan Airlines brought the Covid-19 Virus from China to Iran

03/14/2020 No Comments

Video News Report. Flight records shows that from February 4 to February 23 the airline had at least 55 return flights to Beijing, Shanghai, Gwangju and Shenzen and the flights

Syria vs Turkey, War and Diplomacy

03/14/2020 No Comments

A major conflict between Russia and Turkey was seemingly averted last week, when their respective presidents, Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan, met in Moscow and reached a relatively limited

The F-35 Still Has Hundreds of Design Flaws

03/14/2020 No Comments

The latest damning assessment of the F-35. The latest report from the Pentagon’s operational test and evaluation on the aircraft for fiscal year 2019, released to the public in January, indicates that the F-35’s

US Keeping Two Carriers in Gulf to Deter Iran Proxy Attacks

03/14/2020 No Comments

The Pentagon said Friday it would keep two aircraft carrier task forces in the Gulf region after carrying out strikes in Iraq on five depots for Iran-supplied rockets. Central Command