12/08/2021
12/08/2021
Iran’s Air Force has not been able to sustain whatever level it had until the late 1970’s, as under the Islamic Republic its planes are poorly-maintained and pilots have not demonstrated any proficiency.The solution is the ubiquitous Unmanned Aerial Systems operated by Iranians and proxies alike – from Iran itself, Iraq, Yemen, Syria, Lebanon and Gaza. Used against stationary or slow-moving land and maritime targets, drones enabled the Iranian to deliver munitions from afar without losing aircrew and with them deniability. Last month Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz listed 16 such attacks over the last couple of years.How effective is […]
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12/08/2021
12/08/2021
Intensifying Russian and Chinese joint military activities around Japan are intended to cow Tokyo into timidity. They are likely to have the opposite effect. The Russian heavy bomber’s propellers whipped up snow from the runway at the Ukrainka base in Russia’s Far East as it took off to join its Chinese counterparts. This is how the Russian Defense Ministry’s footage of the joint strategic bomber patrol conducted on 19 November begins. Featuring two Russian TU-95MSs (‘Bears’), as well as SU-35S fighters and two Chinese H-6s, the patrol passed from the Sea of Japan into the East China Sea, then flew over the […]
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12/08/2021
12/08/2021
7 Dec 2021 As more details of Israeli operations in Iran are revealed it becomes clear that the Israelis unofficially, and often anonymously, worked with the majority of Iranians who want to overthrow their religious dictatorship. The Iranian government is seeing more protests from the ethnic minorities in Iran that comprise half the population. While half the population is ethnic Iranian, an Indo-European people long called Persians, a quarter of Iranians are Azeri (a Turkic people). The Azeris are seen as the most loyal non-Persian group in Iran. Many senior members of the clergy are Azeri, including the senior member […]
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07/22/2021
07/22/2021
There is a recent stream of prejudiced stories appearing in the Chinese media is a disturbing new development. China represents Israel’s second-largest trading partner. Yet this close economic relationship has not stopped the media arm of the Chinese government from recently churning out numerous stories that demonstrate a clear anti-Israel bias. Article Link
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07/22/2021
07/22/2021
According to Walla, the IDF and the Mossad have emphasized to Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and the government generally that while it is necessary to prepare for the possibility of an Israeli air strike on Iran’s nuclear infrastructure, such an approach would be greatly complicated by a renewed nuclear deal. Article Link
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07/22/2021
07/22/2021
From one end of Iran to the other, citizens are suffering. The regime is failing the people at all levels. Water shortages are endemic. Power outages are a matter of course. The sick and impoverished, livestock and crops are all dying from lack of water, oxygen and overheating. Petroleum workers are on strike due to starvation-level wages. Wherever one turns in Iran, everything is broken. The regime has two plans to avoid the wrath of the people—repression and sanctions relief. And the Biden administration is giving the Iranian regime every reason to believe that it can pull off both. Article […]
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07/21/2021
07/21/2021
Article Link OSINT Analysis Shows That Iran Launched A New Missile Boat Iran has launched one of its new stealthy catamaran “missile corvettes” according to open-source intelligence analyzed by expert H.I. Sutton, who runs the Cover Shores website. He noted that this took place as many have been distracted by monitoring the Iranian Makran warship which is sailing close to the UK this week. Meanwhile, a new boat was put to sea in recent weeks. “The boat, which is a large stealthy catamaran design, was launched at a yard on Qeshm Island between June 27 and July 2,” Sutton noted. This ship […]
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07/21/2021
07/21/2021
Though a flurry of information about the new submarine surfaced some definitive, some speculative there is now more concrete information about the new submarine. Here’s what we know, a sort of “deeper dive.” Article Link See also Submarine Guide: Chinese Navy’s Latest Type-039C Yuan Class The Type 039A submarine (NATO reporting name: Yuan-class) is a class of diesel-electric submarine in China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy. It is China’s first AIP powered submarine and presumed to be one of the quietest diesel-electric submarine classes in service. This class is the successor of the Type 039 submarine. The official Chinese designation is 039A as the ship is based on the 039 […]
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07/21/2021
07/21/2021
Science of Strategy, a premier Chinese military journal connected to its National Defense University, noted the economic value of the deep seabed as early as 2015 and spoke of “military struggle in the deep sea” as a future warfare domain. Revisions to the country’s National Security Law that year also flagged the deep seabed as an area of national interest for Beijing. As in the Arctic and Antarctic, China’s interest in economic dominance of the deep seabed has a significant military component. In 2018, a Ministry of National Defense document identified the domains relevant to the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) for future global operations. In addition to traditional […]
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07/16/2021
07/16/2021
This past Sunday, July 11, 2021, the usual gaggle of “Jewish advocacy groups” gathered in Washington, DC, posturing and prattling on, allegedly against anti-Semitism, “in solidarity with the Jewish people.” As is their collective wont, once again, these groups blithely ignored any honest discussion of the overwhelmingly disproportionate source of contemporary Jew-hatred: Muslim Jew-hatred, animated by mainstream, doctrinal Islam. Even the courageous Boston area Rabbi who addressed the rally after surviving a recent knifing attack by an Egyptian Muslim, refused to mention this taboo reality. Article Link
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07/16/2021
07/16/2021
CCP uses nuke threat to warn Japan not to aid Taiwan Article Link
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07/16/2021
07/16/2021
Iran Freezes Nuclear Talks until new president Hardliner Ebrahim Raisi takes charge. Video Link
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07/16/2021
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07/16/2021
Following the 15th anniversary of the outbreak of the Second Lebanon War on Monday, the IDF released its assessment of Hezbollah’s strength and the IDF’s intention to counter it in the next conflict. Walla reported that, according to the assessment, Hezbollah now has approximately 150,000 rockets of various types, including ranges between 100-430 miles, as well as drones with a range of 250 miles. Hezbollah is intensifying, and the IDF estimates that it has about 150,000,000 missiles of various types. Km, and unmanned aircraft capable of reaching a range of 400 km. Next conflict with the organization, believe the IDF launched at Israel […]
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07/16/2021
07/16/2021
Israel’s military is reported to be requesting major increases to its budget worth billions of shekels to provide it with the capability to strike Iran’s nuclear program. The request came during early discussions of the state budget, which the government of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett seeks to pass in the coming months, Kan reported. ARTICLE LINK
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07/16/2021
07/16/2021
15 Jul 2021 Hundreds of veterans have experienced “serious” adverse reactions to the Chinese coronavirus vaccines, including cardiac arrest, strokes, and pulmonary embolisms, as revealed by documents obtained by Judicial Watch via an April 14, 2021, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. The government watchdog requested the information on April 14. The documents include a section on adverse event reporting, which reports 24,585 cases as “non-serious” and 895 cases as “serious.” Serious events include 20 instances of cardiac arrest — all of which occurred in individuals who received one of the two mRNA shots — as well as 36 cases of cerebrovascular accidents […]
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07/09/2021
07/09/2021
Russian leaders and policymakers use the term “hybrid war” to refer to a very specific type of conflict, while their counterparts in the West tend to use that same term in a general sense to refer to different kinds of conflict that include a mix of conventional and asymmetrical means. US leaders cannot allow this semantic difference to go unexamined because those same Russian leaders believe they are on the defensive side of a hybrid war perpetrated by the West against Russia. Failing to appreciate the nuances of the Russian interpretation of hybrid war is therefore akin to ignoring a […]
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07/08/2021
07/08/2021
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The latest IAEA inspection reports on Iran show a continued escalation in a wide array of nuclear activities prohibited by the JCPOA, including accumulation of enriched uranium in quantities that exceed the limits set in the agreement as well as increasing levels of enrichment. Moreover, the reports complain that the Iranian regime is constantly hindering the Agency’s verification measures, leading to an ever more significant decline in its ability to ascertain and report on the details of Iran’s nuclear activities. The IAEA’s access, already limited, was further curtailed on June 24, when temporary agreements reached by the Agency with […]
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07/05/2021
07/05/2021
This article is part of the forthcoming Jerusalem Center research report: The Gaza War 2021: The Iranian and Hamas Attack on Israel. Report Link
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07/05/2021
07/05/2021
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: In a landmark $1.5 billion deal in 2018, Turkey agreed to sell 30 of its T129 attack helicopters (allegedly indigenous but in fact produced under an Italian-British license) to Pakistan. US and Canadian embargoes are threatening Turkey’s attack helicopter and drone sales to third-party countries. Ankara has come up with a corporate legal solution to this problem, but it might fail to overcome the political impetus behind the export restrictions. Article Link
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07/05/2021
07/05/2021
In Episode 12 of the Caroline Glick Mideast News Hour with Gadi Taub, Gadi and Glick’s discuss Israel new government’s role in mediating between Hamas and the Biden administration. The podcast moved on to analyze the implications of the new government’s inability to sustain Israel’s immigration and citizenship laws, and its relationship to the international left’s campaign against the nation state. Between remembering Donald Rumsfeld who passed away this week and explaining how Iran dominates everything, the video ended with a shout-out to Ilhan Omar whose anti-Semitism is so profound, she’s even managing to force a few American Jewish leaders […]
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07/05/2021
07/05/2021
Outgoing Israeli President Reuven Rivlin met with U.S. President Joe Biden in Washington this week and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid met with Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Rome. The theme of both meetings as far as the Israelis were concerned was happiness with the Biden administration. Article Link
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07/05/2021
07/05/2021
A good time to look around – obviously with Jerusalem as the center of our universe – for some regional stock-taking. Midway through 2021, with new leaders elected in relevant capitals such as Washington, Tehran and Jerusalem – amid looming prospects of the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, which seemingly (in tandem) escalates tensions on the ground in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Yemen – among other relevant sectors of interest. Guests: 1. Dr. Eran Lerman, co-host TV7 Middle East Review, Vice President of the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security and a Lecturer at Shalem College, Jerusalem […]
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07/01/2021
07/01/2021
AerialX The Drone-Bullet is described by Kenig as a “hybrid between a missile and a quadcopter.” It is, in essence, a kamikaze drone which looks like a miniature missile, but boasts the maneuverability of a quadcopter. With a takeoff weight of 910 grams, this pocket rocket has a four kilometer range and is able to reach speeds of up to 350 kilometers-per-hour in a dive attack. It’s designed to lock onto enemy drones and then doggedly pursue them; ultimately crashing into them and knocking them out of the sky. The Drone-Bullet is launched by hand. All an operator needs to do […]
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07/01/2021
07/01/2021
UAV dropping Bombs Video Ziyan UAV Strange “Belly-less” Blowfish A2 Attack Drone What you see in these two videos is a Chinese combat-ready attach drone called Blowfish A2 from Chinese Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) maker, Ziyan UAV. Ziyan UAV is not a newcomer in making UAV, though. Prior to unveiling the Blowfish A2 at the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition (LIMA) 2019 in Langkawi, Malaysia, the company already have at least 5 other helicopter-based combat drones under its belt. The Blowfish A2 is no different, but it stands out from the rest of siblings because of its very unusual form. The Blowfish […]
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07/01/2021
07/01/2021
Take a look at some of the most brutal drone attacks in the world to date
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06/30/2021
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The ROV is designed to be used for naval mine clearance. It can help locate and identify bottom mines and moored mines. These would then be destroyed by clearance divers or other unmanned underwater vehicles. The Pluto Plus is a mature system which was first fielded in the 1980s. Significant numbers (~150?) have been built and it has seen service around the world. Article Link
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06/30/2021
06/30/2021
One of several constants in Israel’s foreign, economic, and defense interests and policies has to do with its immediate maritime neighborhood; the Eastern Mediterranean. All of its Arab neighbors, save Jordan, are coastal countries and thus have Territorial Waters and Exclusive Economic Zones from which to extract energy resources. Israel’s one gaz derricks are vulnerable to attacks by Hezbollah and Hamas. It has to navigate between Turkey, Greece and Cyprus and wants to strengthen its ties to Egypt, Italy and France. Israel is also mindful of events in Libya, which relate to Russia’s Mediterranean push centered on Syria. A lot […]
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06/30/2021
06/30/2021
More than a month after Operation Guardian of the Walls ended, the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has not been stabilized. No mechanism has been established for rebuilding the structures and streets destroyed in Gaza during the recent fighting. The monthly infusion of cash from Qatar was frozen, pending the verification that it only be used for salaries and civilian projects – not for Hamas preparations for the next round of hostilities. Within the Hamas leadership, Yahya Sinwar’s power is less secure than it used to be. What does it all mean to the new team at the helm in […]
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06/22/2021
06/22/2021
High resolution footage of Sinpo South Shipyard, construction site for North Korea’s submarines. Here North Korea is building its first ballistic missile submarine. The Sinpo South Shipyard is one of the few North Korean shipyards capable of building submarines and is the nation’s primary submarine shipyard. CSIS’s Victor Cha and Joe Bermudez use never-before-seen satellite imagery to provide close-up analysis of the Sinpo area. Video Link
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06/22/2021
06/22/2021
Recent commercial satellite imagery reveals that China has made substantial progress in the construction of its third aircraft carrier, commonly known as the Type 003. The vessel is slated to become the largest surface combatant in the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) and significantly upgrade China’s naval capabilities. Work on the Type 003 has been underway at Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai since at least late 2018. Over the last several months, prefabricated components of the vessel’s hull have been assembled. Satellite imagery from May 30, 2021, shows that the flight deck is now partially complete. While much remains to […]
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06/22/2021
06/22/2021
One of China’s top spies has reportedly defected to the U.S. Rumor has it he passed on important intel about the pandemic’s origin, and names of Chinese spies working in the U.S. A White House official presents China with ‘a stark choice’: allow a ‘real’ probe into the pandemic’s origin, or face isolation from the international community. Hong Kong’s pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily is facing a possible shut down. This weekend will either make or break the publication, as it prepares to print what might be its last issue. Floods strike China’s longest river. In one area, water rose a […]
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06/21/2021
06/21/2021
A French company is warning that there may be problems at its nuclear plant in China. G7 countries talk about how to counter China. China sends a record number of fighter jets toward Taiwan. The New York Times interviews the woman at the center of the coronavirus lab leak theory. Video Link
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06/21/2021
06/18/2021
06/18/2021
Iran’s activity must be viewed as practicing breakout to make enriched uranium for use in nuclear weapons. It is learning to make such material more quickly and developing valuable experience in doing so. This experience also complicates returning to the JCPOA, since that experience cannot be destroyed. As a result, some compensating actions are needed or a number of sanctions should be left in place to compensate for this irreversible gain in violation of the JCPOA. Often lost in the debate is that 60% enriched uranium can be used directly in a nuclear explosive, although 90% is preferred. Iran now […]
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06/17/2021
06/17/2021
The world and the Middle East have followed with interest and curiosity the political drama unfolding in Israel, but no factor or actor stood still until the parties in the Knesset made up their minds regarding the country’s governmental fate. The same forces impacting Israel’s security problems and policies are still here: the Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. Hezbollah in Lebanon. Iran with its nuclear quest and the forces and proxies it is deploying in Syria and elsewhere. The American gradual withdrawal from the area and the Russian and Chinese advance into it. How does Israel under new […]
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06/17/2021
06/17/2021
A Lebanese businessman with reported close ties to Hizballah’s weapons procurement network has established new “business shields” to disguise his activity, a new report released on Tuesday by the Israel-based Alma Research and Education Center watchdog finds. Article Link Full Report Link
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06/15/2021
06/15/2021
Significantly, the Sanjarian site has not been inspected by the IAEA, although it should be. REPORT LINK Sanjarian is located in a village of the same name, 20 kilometers northeast of Tehran, in the Jajrud area. Sanjarian is near the Parchin Center which was under investigation by the IAEA for years due to the discovery of enriched uranium particles. The Islamic Republic razed the Parchin facility to the ground with the aim of destroying all signs of uranium, but inspectors learned about the material through sampling the local environment. The Sanjarian site, meanwhile, which is also referred to in Iran’s […]
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06/15/2021
06/15/2021
1 South Pars Starts Injecting Gas Condensates to Soroush Field in Persian Gulf 2 Putin Dismisses ‘Absurd’ Claims of Russian Role in Cyberattacks Against US 3 Iran, Syria Vow to Broaden Bilateral Ties 4 Zarif: End of Netanyahu Rule, Fall of Oppressor 5 Qatar Urges IAEA Inspection of Israel’s Nuclear Facilities 6 Unidentified Drone Targets US Military Base in Baghdad 7 Johnson, Macron Say NATO Doesn’t Want Cold War with China, G7 Not Club Hostile to Beijing Most Visited 1 Iran Launches New Destroyer, Minesweeper Warship 2 Navy Commander: US Embarrassed by Iranian Warships’ Presence in Atlantic Ocean 3 Iran: […]
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06/12/2021
06/12/2021
In Episode 9 of the Caroline Glick Mideast News Hour, my co-host Gadi Taub and I go into the nuts and bolts of the new Israeli government that is set to be sworn in next Sunday, June 14. We explain why it is post-modern, post-Zionist, post-democratic and post-Jewish and what this means for Israel’s national security, national identity and national sanity.We go into the ins and outs of Israeli coalition politics, Naftali Bennett’s double dealings and the dangerous deal he has made with the Islamic Ra’am party.Join us for the latest hour-long shower of facts and reality. It’s a welcome […]
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06/12/2021
06/12/2021
Victor Davis Hanson analyzes the recent conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians, how it reflects on the foreign policy of the Biden Administration, and what the consequences may be for the future of the Middle East. Video Podcast Link
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06/11/2021
06/11/2021
There is no legal or rational reason for Biden to open a “Palestinian” consulate in Jerusalem. Biden became a key figure in attacking the right of Jews to “live in all parts of Jerusalem”. Biden and Blinken want to “engage” the non-profit NGOs that are funded by the State Department, the European Union, George Soros, and other anti-Israel billionaires to wage a campaign against Israel, Article Link
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06/09/2021
06/09/2021
The rabid and unending stream of antisemitic attacks vented by Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), Betty McCollum (D-Minn.), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Cori Bush (D-Mo.), Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). As Israel was struggling to defend its citizens from the heinous and barbaric Hamas missile attacks instigated, engineered and financed by Iran, the above agents of vulgarity unconscionably attempted to hold up the resupply of critical arms to Israel. Link to Article
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06/09/2021
06/09/2021
If You Control Medicine, You Control the World | China Uncensored Video Link China’s control of the global medical supply chain gives it control over the entire world. And US China relations will hang in the balance. This is a highlight from the full China Unscripted interview with Rosemary Gibson, co- author of China Rx: Exposing the Risks of America’s Dependence on China for Medicine—How China Took Control of American Medicine https://amzn.to/3uJihnP
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06/09/2021
06/09/2021
Report Link Iran has enough LEU, in the form of 2 to 3 percent LEU and near 20 percent enriched uranium, to produce weapon-grade uranium (WGU) for three nuclear weapons without using any natural uranium as feedstock, a fact that reduces breakout timelines. This report assesses information in the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA’s) quarterly safeguards report for May 31, 2021, Verification and monitoring in the Islamic Republic of Iran in light of United Nations Security Council resolution 2231 (2015), including Iran’s compliance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). The IAEA report is also the first update on […]
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06/09/2021
06/09/2021
Only 10 days are left until the Iranian presidential elections, and this is no event in which betting against the odds will make gamblers rich, even in the highly devalued local currency. The winner will be Ebrahim Raisi, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s favorite candidate, for whom the race was cleared from competition. Because of the waiting for the transition from Hassan Rouhani to Raisi, it seems that the Vienna negotiations on a mutual return to the 2015 nuclear deal were put on hold, so that the credit for sanctions relief will not be given to the moderates in Tehran, led […]
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06/05/2021
06/05/2021
Israeli politicians and observers have been taught by experience – both historically and over the last two deadlocked years – to reserve judgment on efforts to form governments until they are finally and officially over, with the newly-minted cabinet gaining a Knesset vote of confidence and summoned to the ceremonial group picture with the President (which in this case is going to be one of Reuven Rivlin’s last acts before he leaves office next month). But with that caveat noted, it seems as if only accidents or incidents could prevent a 7 party coalition jointly headed by Naftali Bennett and […]
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06/04/2021
06/04/2021
By absorbing rival organizations and favoring commanders who lack connections to other regime power centers, the IRGC has used the Qods Force to steadily centralize and monopolize control over the country’s foreign operations. Report Link
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06/04/2021
06/04/2021
In Episode 8 of the Caroline Glick Mideast News Hour, co-host Gadi Taub and I talked about the implications of the pending formation of a leftist dominated government in Israel. We discussed the implications of the rise of the Israeli left for Israel’s regional position, for the stability of the Middle East more generally, for the preservation of Israel’s Jewish national character and the power of Israel’s all powerful legal fraternity. We also highlighted what the rise of the Israeli left means for the Biden administration’s efforts to realign U.S. policy in the Middle East towards Iran and the Muslim […]
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06/03/2021
06/03/2021
U.S., China eye nuclear deterrence : Pentagon clears use of China’s DJI drones : Thousands of Fauci’s emails published : W.H.O. approves China’s Sinovac vaccine : China CDC insider: severe reactions to Chinese vax : Post-vaccination hearing loss reported in China : Research papers: Wuhan lab lied about virus origin : Tornado hits Northeast China, killing 12 : Cornell approves China program despite opposition : Lithium miner investors take on Chinese giant Video Link
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06/03/2021
06/03/2021
The Vienna Talks between Iran and several parties regarding the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan Of Action (commonly referred to as the Iran nuclear deal) have entered their fifth round, with progress towards an agreement on a mutual return to compliance reported as a hopeful indicator but not enough for a deal. The American side is involved indirectly, in a sort of proximity talks, while the focus remains on Iran’s nuclear activities and U.S. sanctions imposed on Tehran’s economy. Panel: – Jonathan Hessen, Host. – Amir Oren, TV7 Analyst and Host of Watchmen Talk. – Dr. Olli Heinonen Former Deputy Director […]
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06/02/2021
06/02/2021
There is little point at this stage of the game to mention the depths of moral depravity and treachery into which Naftali Bennett and Ayelet Shaked have descended. Now, as the two self-proclaimed “leaders” of the ideological Right defect from the nationalist camp and form a leftist government supported by pro-Hamas Arab parties, the time has come to discuss the strategic and national consequences of their actions. Article Link
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06/02/2021
06/02/2021
Moscow – Asharq Al-Awsat The Syrian forces launched military drills simulating Israeli raids to improve the forces’ attacks ability, according to Russian media. The Russian Zvezda website published an article reporting that Syrian government forces allowed journalists, for the first time, to witness the training of air defense units, noting that they succeeded in repelling enemy simulated attacks with the help of Soviet S-75 missiles. S-75 Dvina (NATO SA- 2 SAM) The S-75 is a Soviet-designed, high-altitude air defense system, built around a surface-to-air missile with command guidance. Following its first deployment in 1957 it became one of the most […]
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06/02/2021
06/02/2021
Khamenei Backs Barring Prominent Moderate, Conservative Candidates From June Vote Asharq Al-Awsat New Iran Nuclear Deal May Completely Derail Oil Price Rally Oilprice.Com Leader Congratulates Palestinians On Victory Against Israeli Regime Financial Iran’s Khamenei Turns Deaf Ear To Criticism Over Election Ibtimes (US) Iranian Lawmakers To Hold Virtual Meeting With Leader On Thursday IRNA Iranian Supreme Leader Praises Palestinian Leaders Prensa Latina Islamic Jihad Congratulates Imam Khamenei On Gaza Victory Ahlulbayt News Agency Islamic Jihad Hails Iranian Leader’s Support For Palestine Fars News Agency Iranian Supreme Leader Backs Disqualification Of Key Presidential Candidates Radio Free Europe
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06/01/2021
06/01/2021
But the fact is that the Biden administration enabled this because they legitimized this totally illegitimate, totally Jew-hating, totally bigoted organization, and they gave a tailwind to them to go ahead and attack the Jewish State, just by rejoining,” she added. Regarding the recent surge in antisemitic acts which has seen Jews attacked and hunted on the streets of the U.S. and around the world, Glick attributed the violence to both the media and congressional leftists: I think that you have to divide responsibility for this, for inciting it, basically 50-50 between the media and the progressive lawmakers on the […]
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05/31/2021
05/31/2021
1). Can the US Stop China from Taking Taiwan? A war for Taiwan should never even happen, if the US is able to maintain a strong enough deterrence. But does the US still have the power to do that? Joining us once again is Ian Easton, senior director of the Project 2049 Institute and author of “The Chinese Invasion Threat: Taiwan’s Defense and American Strategy in Asia.” This is a highlight from the full China Unscripted episode “The War for Taiwan Has Already Begun 2). The War for Taiwan Has Already Begun China has already begun the war for Taiwan. […]
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05/30/2021
05/30/2021
Please join us for discussion on the implications Operation Guardians of the Walls will have for Israel, the Palestinians and the Middle East. Other topics include involvement by the Biden administration in the region, as well as Iran’s nuclear aspirations. Co-Hosts: 1. Amb. Danny Ayalon, Israel’s Former Ambassador to the United States and Deputy Foreign Minister & Lecturer at NYU. 2. Colonel (res.) Dr. Eran Lerman, Israel’s Former Deputy National Security Adviser, Vice President of the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security and Lecturer at Shalem College in Jerusalem. Video Link
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05/30/2021
05/30/2021
Following 11 days of combat between the Islamist organizations in the Gaza Strip and Israel, a military operation dubbed by the IDF as ‘Guardian of the Walls’ has come to an end exactly a week and a half ago from today. The cessation of hostilities – whether triggered by a nudge from the Biden Administration or by the exhaustion of the IDF’s prioritized targets-bank – has seemingly sparked international desires to see the long-stalled political process between Israel and the Palestinian Authority revived. Panel: – Jonathan Hessen, Host. – Amir Oren, TV7 Analyst and Host of Watchmen Talk. – Dr. […]
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05/30/2021
05/30/2021
In city after city, anti-Jewish onslaughts have been occurring camouflaged as pro-Palestinian demonstrations. While some useful idiots in attendance may have thought they were signalling their virtuous support for the oppressed, the language used and the targets of physical assaults committed under cover of these placards reveal the true agenda. Link to article
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05/30/2021
05/30/2021
In episode 7 of the Caroline Glick Mideast News Hour, my co-host Gadi Taub and I discussed what the war taught us about Hamas’s military concepts and what they tell us about the viability of “humanitarian aid.” We discussed at length the Biden administration’s responses to Hamas’s latest round of what and what it tells us about the thrust and goals of the administration’s policies towards Israel and the Palestinians. We spoke about the upsurge in violent anti-Semitic attacks in the U.S. and Europe and what it tells us about the direction of U.S. politics and society and the stability […]
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05/23/2021
05/23/2021
The Axis That Supports Hamas Begins In Iran Continues Through Qatar And Turkey, Syria And Lebanon. It Then Moves To The West – To The European Union And To Progressive Activists And Lawmakers In The Democrat Party In The US.. The Democrat lawmakers adopted classic anti-Semitic language when they condemned Israel as an “apartheid state,” rejecting its very right to exist. They also mounted a pressure campaign on Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, demanding that he place a hold on an approved sale of $735 million worth of precision guided missiles to Israel. Despite […]
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05/23/2021
05/23/2021
The Israeli security doctrine is based on the assumption that peace is not at hand. That is, even if some of the Jewish State’s neighbors sign treaties, their regimes could fall into hostile hands once again. In any event, there will remain other die-hard elements bent on disputing Israel’s existence and well-being. The challenge for Israeli strategists is to avoid a constant wartime mentality, which will block the country’s social and economic progress, and find the right balance in fighting its enemies to hold them at bay while delaying major clashes. Panel: – Jonathan Hessen, Host. – Amir Oren, TV7 […]
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05/21/2021
05/21/2021
This week Marshall interviewed Mike and his co-author Tony Badran about their new article in Tablet titled The Realignment, which argues that Biden is following in Obama’s footsteps in the Middle East by seeking a broad strategic accommodation with Iran, one that goes way beyond the nuclear deal and has sinister implications for the United States. Podcast Link
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05/20/2021
05/20/2021
In episode 6 of the Caroline Glick Mideast News Hour I am joined again by my friend and colleague, political warfare expert Dan Diker from the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. Gadi Taub returns next week. Dan and I discussed the political warfare aspect to the current Hamas war against Israel. Political warfare plays a central, even decisive role in the war against Israel. It is a form of war that is waged by both Israel’s Arab foes and Iran and by Israel’s enemies in the West. It was a fascinating look at a key and often overlooked aspect of […]
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05/20/2021
05/20/2021
With Hamas waging war on Israel yet again, Hudson is hosting a special conversation with Hudson Distinguished Fellow and former Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and Senior Fellow Michael Doran to examine the implications of the conflict for the United States. What are the underlying causes of the violence? What is the end result that best serves the interests of the people of the Middle East and the United States? What role does the conflict play in American foreign policy writ large? Video Link
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05/20/2021
05/20/2021
Ten days of fighting in the Gaza Strip have again illustrated the dilemma of when, how, and under what conditions the campaign should be ended. While Hamas achieved the goals that it set for itself at the outset of the campaign – positioning itself as the defender of al-Aqsa and Jerusalem and leading the Palestinians in the struggle against Israel – Israel has not freed itself from the logic that guided its actions in previous rounds of conflict with Hamas, centering on strong deterrence. The strategic objective that the Israeli government should have formulated is attaining control over the conflict […]
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05/20/2021
05/20/2021
Unknown Amad Sites, Prior to the Nuclear Archive Seizure Documentation seized in January 2018 by Israel from the Iranian “Nuclear Archive”1 revealed key elements of Iran’s past nuclear weaponization program and the Amad program more broadly, aimed at development and production of nuclear weapons. The material extracted from the archives2 shows that the Amad program had the intention to build five nuclear warhead systems for missile delivery. Based on newly released book, Iran’s Perilous Pursuit of Nuclear Weapons,3 many Amad facilities were unknown to Western intelligence and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) prior to the seizure of the Nuclear Archive in early 2018. […]
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05/19/2021
05/19/2021
The Center for Security Policy held an important webinar on May 14, 2021 to discuss the recent Palestinian violence that is posing the worst challenge to Israel’s security – both externally and internally – in decades. The purpose of this webinar was to provide on-the-ground and in-depth analysis of this crisis facing one of America’s most important and closest allies so our viewers could fully understand the seriousness of this situation and to counter the incredibly biased, anti-Israel coverage of this crisis in the mainstream media. Webinar Link
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05/19/2021
05/19/2021
Nearly ten days into Operation Guardian of the Walls, Dr. Sarah Feuer sat down with INSS colleagues Dr. Kobi Michael, Col. (ret.) Adv. Pnina Sharvit Baruch, and Dr. Meir Elran to discuss the current state of affairs – from Hamas’s aims and Israel’s achievements in Gaza, to Israel’s battle for legitimacy in the Podcast Link international arena, to the causes and potential consequences of unrest between Israeli Jews and Arabs. Podcast Link
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05/18/2021
05/18/2021
While Hamas had for years been keen on hiding how it was receiving its weapons and combat equipment from outside the Palestinian territories, it decided to unveil, for the first time ever, some of these security and military secrets in 2020. The program “What is Hidden is Greater” broadcast by the Qatari Al Jazeera channel on Sept. 13, 2020 presented exclusive footage showing members of Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, collecting Iranian Fajr missiles and Kornet Anti-Tank shells. Hamas said the movement received those weapons by land and sea, bypassing military bases, aviation and maritime patrols, and it revealed the manufacturing of new missiles […]
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05/17/2021
05/17/2021
Hamas was using the building as an intelligence and operations center. Senior adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Aaron Klein, told JNS that “it is Hamas that must be condemned for housing its terrorist infrastructure in the same complex as the international media. This is far from the first time that Hamas has used journalists as human shields.” Article Link
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05/17/2021
05/17/2021
Cleared for Publication: The IDF reports that they destroyed 10 unmanned autonomous Hamas submarines. Each submarine carried 50 kilos of explosives and were designed to attack Israel’s offshore gas platforms. The submarines were guided by GPS systems. Article Link MORE Is Hamas smuggling weapons into Gaza by sea? The apparent prominence of Gaza naval bases on the IDF’s target list may indicate that the hundreds of frogmen in Hamas’s employ are now serving as underwater stevedores, bringing weapons into the coastal enclave.
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05/16/2021
05/16/2021
In the Middle East, Biden is finishing what Obama started. And his top advisers are all on board. A detailed overview. This project to create a new Middle Eastern order, which now spans two presidential administrations, deserves a name. The “Obama-Biden-Malley-Blinken-Sullivan initiative” is quite a mouthful. Instead, we hereby dub it “the Realignment.” That it should fall to us, and at this late date, to name a project on which many talented people have been working for the better part of a decade is more than a little odd. Typically, presidents launch initiatives as grand as this one with a […]
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05/15/2021
05/15/2021
Link Jerusalem Studio Special: Situation Update & Analysis Some one hundred hours into this week’s crisis, with over 1,700 rockets launched indiscriminately by Islamist militants toward Israel’s civilian communities – while (in tandem) Israel is primarily engaged in weakening the military capabilities of Hamas and its allies by means of aerial and artillery bombardments – destroying over a thousand strategic and tactical targets. Separately, chaos has plagued the state of Israel – with hundreds of violent riots devastating towns and cities where either mixed Arab-Israeli or predominately’ Arab populations reside. Guests: Ambassador Danny Ayalon – Israel’s Former Deputy Foreign Minister […]
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05/15/2021
05/15/2021
Amid days of tensions in Jerusalem, mass rocket launches by Hamas, and widespread violence encompassing Tel Aviv, Gaza, and other areas, many are wondering what caused this resurgence in conflict and where it might lead. What can the United States and regional governments do to de-escalate the situation? To discuss these questions, on May 14, 202, The Washington Institute held a virtual Policy Forum with Ghaith al-Omari, Ehud Yaari, and Lucy Kurtzer-Ellenbogen moderated by Institute Ziegler Distinguished Fellow David Makovsky. Ghaith al-Omari is a senior fellow at the Institute and former executive director of the American Task Force on Palestine. […]
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05/14/2021
05/14/2021
Link to Article Amr accused Israel of ethnic cleansing and coordinated an organization that had accused Israel of apartheid, making his appointment, like that of Maher Bitar, an anti-Israel activist appointed as the senior director for intelligence on the National Security Council, a statement about the Biden administration’s stance towards the Jewish state. “I was inspired by the Palestinian intifada,” Hady Amr wrote a year after Sept. 11, 2001, discussing his work as the national coordinator of the anti-Israel Middle East Justice Network. Secretary of State Blinken tells Netanyahu in a phone conversation the U.S. will send Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Hady […]
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05/13/2021
05/13/2021
Will this Hamas conflict be different than others? Iran’s election ‘competition for who is most sycophant’ – expert The cycle of Israeli-Palestinian violence turns once again – opinion IDF calls up reservists as rockets continue to pound Israel Austria outlaws Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah ‘He was full of love’: Family and friends mourn fallen IDF soldier Israel in chaos: 10 Border Police units called up to quell Arab-Jewish violence IDF strikes four anti-tank missile cells in Gaza as rockets pound Tel Aviv Ben-Gurion closes to arriving flights amid escalating conflict Germany vows ‘no tolerance’ after Israel-flag burning outside synagogues Heavy […]
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05/13/2021
05/13/2021
Report Link – The Intelligence Organization of the IRGC: A Major Iranian Intelligence Apparatus The Intelligence Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has become a major intelligence apparatus of the Islamic Republic, having increased its influence and broadened its authorities. Iran’s intelligence apparatus, similar to other control and governance apparatuses in the Islamic Republic, is characterized by power plays, rivalries and redundancy. The Intelligence Organization of the IRGC, which answers to the supreme leader, operates alongside the Ministry of Intelligence, which was established in 1984 and answers to the president. The redundancy and overlap in the authorities of the Ministry of Intelligence and […]
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05/13/2021
05/13/2021
Despite that fact that everything was on the table, and despite the fact that only one side has been rioting, violently attacking and trying to lynch innocent civilians, Jake Sullivan, President Joe Biden’s national security adviser found it appropriate Sunday night to phone his Israeli counterpart Meir Ben-Shabbat and read him the riot act. In the course of their conversation, Sullivan parroted the libelous narrative being spewed by Hamas and the PA/Fatah which blames Israel and Israeli Jews for the premeditated violence that Arabs – instructed by Hamas and Fatah – are conducting against Israel and Israeli Jews. Throughout the […]
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05/12/2021
05/12/2021
1). Who Is Behind the Disturbances in Jerusalem? It is essential to note that the violence in Jerusalem was not spontaneous. It was clearly pre-planned. Firebombs were produced by Palestinian organizations, mounds of rocks and projectiles were stored in the mosques on the Temple Mount, along with fireworks that were used as weapons. This was mainly the work of Hamas, but it was prompted by other Middle East players, as well. What we hear from east Jerusalemites does not coincide with what we hear from the external elements. 2). Israel Mobilizes 5,000 Reserve Soldiers As Egypt Trying To Broker Cease-Fire […]
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05/11/2021
05/11/2021
Since the Democrats took control of the White House and both houses of Congress one hundred days ago, the Middle East has become a powder keg. Israel’s ruling class refuses to see the effect the U.S. administration is having on the Middle East—from the Taliban in Afghanistan to Syria to surging Palestinian violence against Israelis.Since the Democrats took control of the White House and both houses of Congress one hundred days ago, the Middle East has become a powder keg. Israel’s ruling class refuses to see the effect the U.S. administration is having on the Middle East—from the Taliban in […]
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05/11/2021
05/11/2021
As the unification of the city is marked, the Biden administration thinks the best thing would be for Jews to lose a crucial court case. Are they right to think that defusing the crisis by giving up Jewish rights is the priority? After several days of unrest, the government of Israel is once again presented with a dilemma to which there are no easy answers. Palestinians and their supporters are using a court case over property rights in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah as one of the pretexts for a wave of often violent demonstrations. With the Jewish world about to celebrate […]
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05/11/2021
05/11/2021
The United States has repeatedly failed to understand the unique requirements of gray zone deterrence. A U.S. strategy would not only facilitate more successful diplomacy with Tehran but also enhance efforts to counter other actors such as China and Russia. In this timely Policy Focus, military analyst Michael Eisenstadt details how the Islamic Republic operates in the gray zone between war and peace to manage escalation, leverages asymmetries to achieve disproportionate effects, and employs its hybrid force structure for maximum effect. The current U.S. approach, he explains, is based on overt action, blunt force, and emphatic messaging, all of which entail […]
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05/09/2021
05/09/2021
Key Takeaway: Iranian-backed militias are increasingly supplanting other Iraqi security forces and asserting control over Baghdad and surrounding areas, creating opportunities for ISIS to infiltrate Baghdad. Iranian-backed militias are also exerting control over populations and transit routes around Baghdad in hopes to eject US forces and set conditions to maintain a long-term demographic majority. Militia activity causes other Iraqi security forces to divide their attention between countering militias and countering ISIS, reducing the effectiveness of both efforts. ISIS is exploiting this gap to build durable support zones through the Baghdad Belts from which it can stage spectacular attacks. The Iraqi […]
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05/08/2021
05/08/2021
After Israel won the 1967 Six Day War and gained control over all of Jerusalem and the entire west bank of the Jordan river, it set out to distinguish between East Jerusalem – held until then by Jordan – and the rest of the West Bank. East Jerusalem was annexed by Israel and its Palestinian population given residency status, granting them health and social services benefits similar to citizens. The rest of the West Bank, as well as the Gaza Strip, remained in limbo. Israel’s desire to separate Jerusalem from the larger Palestinian issue did not prove successful, as there […]
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05/08/2021
05/08/2021
Iran sends Syrian mercenaries to Yemen to fight in ranks of Houthi militias. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), which have been fighting in the ranks of the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria, sent some 120 Syrian mercenaries to Yemen to fight on the side of the Houthi militias, according to local sources on Friday. Previously, members of Iran-backed terrorist groups in the Deir ez-Zor province of eastern Syria, the mercenaries will be on an Iranian payroll of $400-500 per month. Article Link
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05/08/2021
05/08/2021
New Reports Map Out Hezbollah’s Missile Arsenal, Expose New Military Sites, From short-range Burkan rockets with massive warheads that can destroy buildings to medium-range Iranian Fateh 110 missiles that can reach greater Tel Aviv, the Alma Center sheds new light on how Lebanon is brimming with Hezbollah’s firepower. Link to Report
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05/06/2021
05/06/2021
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05/06/2021
05/06/2021
PDF REPORT Video Conference Watch an expert conversation on how the United States and Israel – and their emerging Arab partners – can work together to address their growing mutual challenges. In today’s globalized context, Israel is one of America’s most valuable strategic partners. In addition to sharing myriad U.S. interests and values, it also makes unique contributions to addressing hard and soft security challenges in the fields of artificial intelligence, drone/missile defense, public health, food/water security, climate resilience, and many more. To discuss how the two countries—and their emerging Arab partners—can work together on these growing challenges, The Washington […]
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05/06/2021
05/06/2021
The Hezbollah Drug Routs, Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia Illegal drug production is believed to have exploded in Syria during the civil war, emerging as a source of much-needed income for the Assad regime. The ruling clique and its foreign allies have used the proceeds from drug trafficking to evade sanctions imposed by the West. Link to Article
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05/06/2021
05/06/2021
Intifada Ready To Terminate Zionist Occupation: Iran’s Top General 5 May TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces warned the Israeli regime that the Palestinian resistance has gained such great deterrent power that the Intifada (uprising) is prepared to put an end to occupation. Rouhani: Anti-Iran Sanctions Shattered 5 May TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The sanctions against Iran have broken and will soon be terminated as the world acknowledges that full implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action is the sole way to ensure international peace and security, President Hassan Rouhani said. Liberation of Quds closer […]
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05/05/2021
05/05/2021
by LtGen Richard Natonski, USMC (ret.) and Erielle Davidson Rep. Betty McCollum had introduced a bill in the House to condition U.S. aid to Israel while Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) delivered a speech with similar recommendations. Following the 1973 Yom Kippur War, American strategists realized a stronger Israel was the best deterrent against large-scale regional conflicts. Now, as the United States seeks to reduce its footprint in the region, supporting Israel is one means towards ensuring regional stability without sending additional U.S. troops abroad. Israel has spearheaded efforts to restrain an increasingly aggressive Iran, deterring Tehran’s proxies on numerous fronts. It should be […]
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05/05/2021
05/05/2021
Joint Force Quarterly 101 (2nd Quarter, April 2021) Embracing Asymmetry Conquering the Ethical Temptations of Command Accelerating Adaptation on the Western Front and Today Download Full PDF →
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05/05/2021
05/05/2021
John P. Caves Jr. and W. Seth CarusIn 2014, John P. Caves, Jr., and W. Seth Carus of the Center for the Study of Weapons of Mass Destruction at National Defense University published a paper on the future of weapons of mass destruction (WMD). That paper projected WMD-relevant geopolitical and technological trends and made judgments as to how those trends would shape the nature and role of WMD in 2030. Significant geopolitical and technological developments bearing on the future of WMD have emerged since the 2014 paper or were largely not addressed in that study. This paper, which was finalized in early November […]
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05/04/2021
05/04/2021
Israel is once again warning that it may have no choice but to preemptively attack Iran’s nuclear facilities to prevent Tehran from developing nuclear weapons. And its air force is becoming more capable of executing such a challenging mission. Israel turned its F-15s into highly-capable bombers long before the U.S. – which originally used the jets solely as an air-to-air fighters in strict adherence to the mantra “not a pound for air-to-ground” – developed the Strike Eagle. Article Link
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05/04/2021
05/04/2021
On May 4, Israel and Lebanon are set to resume U.S.-mediated talks on resolving their maritime border dispute after months of setbacks on the issue. Previous diplomacy had reduced the contested area to a 330-square-mile triangle of water in the East Mediterranean, but that progress was thrown into the air last October when Beirut enlarged its claim in a way that encroached on two not-yet-exploited Israeli gas fields, Karish and Tanin. Report Link
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05/04/2021
05/04/2021
Rocket Hit US ‘Balad’ Air Base In Iraq’s Saladin Prov. TEHRAN, May 03 (MNA) – News sources on Monday evening reported a rocket attack on US Balad Air Base in Iraq’s Saladin province, saying it was the deadliest attack since martyrdom of commanders of Resistance. Yemeni Missiles, Drones Target Depth Of Saudi Arabia TEHRAN, May 03 (MNA) – According to the spokesman for the Yemeni Armed Forces, military positions of the Saudi-led coalition at Najran Airport and the King Khalid Air Base in Khamis Mushait were targeted by Yemeni forces. Iran Not to Allow N. Talks to Drag Out May […]
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05/02/2021
05/02/2021
Israel’s security concerns justify its demand for defensible borders, which are the military manifestation of the reference in UN Security Council Resolution 242 to the right of Israel, as any other country, to “secure and recognized boundaries.” As detailed in this comprehensive analysis, from a national security and military point of view, defensible borders are those that allow Israel to effectively defend itself by itself – to deter, thwart, prevent the development, and supply timely early warning against all potential military threats involving all possible dimensions. These include: The territorial dimension – threats from distant areas and those adjacent to […]
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05/01/2021
05/01/2021
Episode 3 of the Caroline Glick Mideast News Hour In this week’s episode of the Caroline Glick Mideast News Hours, I am joined with my special guest host Dan Diker from the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. Dan and I discuss the rising prospects of war in the Middle East in light of President Biden’s radical policies and Israel’s political instability. We also discussed the growing salience of anti-Semitism in global affairs against the backdrop of the Palestinian Authority and Hamas incited street violence against Israeli Jews in Jerusalem and other mixed Jewish-Arab cities in Israel. At this time, when […]
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05/01/2021
05/01/2021
Caspian Report Video The People’s Republic of China is engaging in a relentless military buildup that poses a serious security threat to the U.S. and its allies and friends in the Indo-Pacific region. In order to deter or if necessary prevail against Chinese military aggression, it is essential that the U.S. not only enhance its own regional military capabilities but that U.S. allies and friends in the Asian region increase their own capabilities and enhance their security cooperation with the U.S. For this purpose, the U.S. should utilize to the fullest extent possible the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (known as the “Quad”), an […]
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04/29/2021
04/29/2021
Rushing back into the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), also called the Iran nuclear deal, Wall Street Journal reported the Biden administration is considering lifting terrorism-related sanctions on the Central Bank of Iran. In other words, after promising in congressional testimony for a longer and stronger deal with Iran, Biden’s diplomatic team is instead rushing toward accommodation. Right away, the regime could receive a payday of around $90 billion the moment Biden ends sanctions. After all, U.S. sanctions tied up $40 billion of oil and condensate sales in Asia and the Middle East while another $50 billion in funds remain […]
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04/29/2021
04/29/2021
Click on link for news story Iran, Russia Intensify Consultations As Nuclear Talks Kick Off US Army Logistic Convoy Targeted In W Iraq, Al-Anbar Province President: No Option Left for West but to Surrender to Iran King Khalid Airbase Targeted By Yemeni Drone US Must Remove All Post-JCPOA Sanctions: Tehran There will be no “JCPOA Plus” in Vienna talks, Ulyanov says Russia’s Permanent Representative to International Organizations in Vienna Mikhail Ulyanov says he is optimistic about reaching an agreement on reviving Iran nuclear deal (JCPOA) before May 21st.
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04/28/2021
04/28/2021
John Kerry is the biggest proponent of the nuclear deal with Iran. We can believe that country to abide by its provisions, he says. Video Congressman Ted Cruz Responds To Allegations John Kerry Leaked Israeli Attacks To Iran Video Hannity: John Kerry’s Iran controversy Feb 2021 Report John Kerry ‘Colluded’ With Iran To Undermine Trump, Report Says In an audio recording leaked to a London-based news channel, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif explains that he learned of “at least” 200 Israeli attacks on Iranian targets in Syria, not from security personnel in his own government, but from former U.S. Secretary of State […]
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04/24/2021
04/24/2021
Past and current events, how things could play out. Putin’s tactical and strategic options. Video Link
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04/24/2021
04/24/2021
The 2021 yearbook provides a comprehensive picture of the current global terrorism landscape. The yearbook’s 29 authors found Covid-19—a key theme in most chapters—to have had an impact on global terrorism. However, pervasive online social media platforms have played a more significant role, increasing terrorists’ ability to radicalize and incite individuals to commit terrorist acts, as well as encouraging financial support to terrorist groups. Report Link
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04/24/2021
04/24/2021
23 Apr 2021 Immediately after Israel won its 1948 War of Independence, it started worrying about what was immediately called “the second round.” That is, rather than a fight which ends with a knock-out or a tie but a handshake – it goes on and on for countless rounds. Soon enough it turned out that this analogy is too simplistic, because even between the major rounds of 1956, ‘67, ‘73 and ‘82 there were skirmishes, raids and hostilities. The participants obviously changed, but not the concept. Now what is known as “the campaign between the wars” pits Israel against Palestinian […]
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04/22/2021
04/22/2021
Concern is growing in European foreign ministries that Russia is preparing to recognize the sovereignty of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic and Luhansk People’s Republic in Ukraine, amid a massive military build-up on Ukraine’s eastern border. The Russian presidential decree could come before the weekend. Russia invaded east Ukraine in 2014 after a pro-Western revolution in Kiev and has kept the region under occupation ever since. The Donetsk People’s Republic is a self-proclaimed state in the eastern Ukrainian oblast of Donetsk. Only the partially-recognized South Ossetia and the Russian-backed proto-state Luhansk People’s Republic recognize the proto-state. UAF shelled DPR positions […]
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04/22/2021
04/22/2021
Russian Unmanned Ground Combat Vehicles Video Perhaps more worrying is the likely movement of the so-called Russian robotic army to the Ukrainian border. Since robotic army equipment was displayed as early as five years ago at several International Military Technical Forums, the world has become aware of robotic combat vehicles being developed and enhanced by the Russian Military. Some of the equipment was used in Syria, but performance was thought to be poor. Previously, Vladimir Dmitriev, head of the Kalashnikov Concern stated, “Shortcomings were identified during the tests in Syria.” He further summarized the problems as issues of control, reduced mobility, and unsatisfactory […]
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04/22/2021
04/22/2021
Christine Wormuth, former undersecretary of Defense for policy, said, “one of the reasons we’re not seen as an honest broker” any longer in the Middle East is Washington appears to be “all-in for Saudi Arabia; all in for Israel.” Wormuth, a former top policy official at the Defense Department during the Obama administration, recently led Biden’s Pentagon agency review team. As the Pentagon’s policy chief, Wormuth worked to carry out Obama’s pivot to the Asia-Pacific, and shaped the U.S. military’s counter-ISIS campaign alongside Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Wormuth led the Biden-Harris defense agency review and was previously under secretary of […]
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04/22/2021
04/22/2021
Syrian State Media SANA Syrian reported the country’s air defenses responded to an Israeli airstrike in the Dumair area, in the countryside by Damascus. The Israeli military said on Thursday it attacked a missile launcher and air-defense systems in neighboring Syria in response to a missile launched from Syria striking southern Israel, setting off air raid sirens near the country’s top-secret nuclear reactor. The incident, marking the most serious violence between Israel and Syria in years, pointed to likely Iranian involvement. Iran, which maintains troops and proxies in Syria. JERUSALEM (AP) Reported — A missile launched from Syria was fired into southern Israel […]
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04/21/2021
04/21/2021
MENA Armed Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), most commonly known as “drones”, are making headlines due to their increasing use in conflicts around the world and, especially, in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Besides their specific military impact and their consequences for warfare, drones might also have important implications for political and security dynamics in a context of both state fragility and deepening interstate rivalry across the region. Such developments are likely to accelerate and evolve due to both the skyrocketing proliferation of unmanned platforms and the expanding number of their operators – whether state, para-state or non-state […]
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04/21/2021
04/21/2021
Brig. Gen. Yahya Sari, a spokesman for the Yemeni Armed Forces [a key ally of the Houthis], presented new videos showing the Qaesf-2k suicide unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) during a press briefing on January 14. Qasef-2k is a slightly upgraded copy of the Qasef-1 UAV, which is a direct copy of the Iranian Ababil-2. The drone’s operational range is likely around 100km. Brig. Gen. Sari revealed that the Houthis and their allies are now producing one Qasef-2k every day. He went on to claim that the available quantities of the suicide UAV will allow the Yemeni group to use them […]
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04/21/2021
04/21/2021
Iran’s ballistic missile systems, supplemented by cruise missiles and UAVs, are intended not only for deterrence, but for battle, including by Iran’s regional partners. In a new report, the IISS provides a detailed assessment of Iran’s missiles, and the manner and purposes for which it has been proliferating them. Link to Full Report
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04/20/2021
04/20/2021
What Happens When Iran’s Supreme Leader Dies? Podcast
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04/20/2021
04/20/2021
Virtual Event | Taking Stock of China’s Emerging Middle Eastern Kingdom Join Hudson Institute Senior Fellows Peter Rough and Michael Doran and Xiyue Wang, the Princeton Ph.D. candidate who was detained for more than three years in Iran, and Bernard Haykel, one of America’s leading experts on the Middle East, for a discussion on China’s Middle East strategy and its partnership with Iran. The rise of Chinese influence is one of the key foreign policy challenges of our time, and the strengthened ties between America’s adversaries poses a clear threat to U.S. interests. What does the 25-year agreement between Tehran […]
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04/17/2021
04/17/2021
During the last several years, the Russian Airborne Troops (VDV) have undergone important changes in organization as well as the procurement of equipment—a process that is by no means complete. For the foreseeable future, the VDV is set to expand the number of units and continue to introduce modern combat vehicles like the BMD-4M and BTR-MDM. At the same time, however, the changes represent at least a partial return to Soviet practices with the reintroduction of tank units and, in the next few years, helicopter and artillery units to the VDV. Report Link Additional Information Russian Forces in Kaliningrad: Implications […]
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04/15/2021
04/15/2021
Video Discussion
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04/15/2021
04/15/2021
China has sent high-level figures to the region 33 times in the past two decades, engaged or joined most major Arctic institutions, sought a half dozen scientific facilities in Arctic states, pursued a range of plausibly dual-use economic projects, expanded its icebreaker fleet, and even sent its naval vessels into the region. China seeks to become a “polar great power” but downplays this goal publicly. China describes the Arctic as one of the world’s “new strategic frontiers,” ripe for rivalry and extraction Chinese military texts treat the Arctic as a zone of future military competition Chinese texts make clear that […]
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04/14/2021
04/14/2021
On 11 March 2021, the Iranian-aligned Houthi insurgents unveiled a variety of so-termed ‘Made in Yemen’ weaponry. Called the Martyr Leader Exhibition for Military Industries, Houthi leaders showcased new armaments and other munitions. According to the accompanying Yemen based news outlet Taiz News,this is a part of the broader mission to achieve certain strategic objectives by the Houthis. The key translated quote is: The chairman of the Yemeni Supreme Political Council congratulated the Yemeni armed forces and the people at the unveiling ceremony of the new weapons, saying that these strategic achievements are a victory for the Yemeni people. The new armaments spotlighted […]
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04/14/2021
04/14/2021
Over the last two years, Israel’s primary concern was atypically not its preparedness to cope with security challenges but rather a unique mix of pandemic and politics. However, now that the COVID-19 crisis is seemingly on a steep downward curve and negotiations between potential coalition partners have shifted into a more practical mode following last month’s elections, the focus will inevitably return to Israel’s unfinished business with its various enemies – most prominently, those in Iran, Lebanon, Gaza and Syria. Has Israel kept in shape during this pause from perils or has it lost its edge? Panel: – Jonathan Hessen, […]
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04/13/2021
04/13/2021
Russia – Ukraine “War in a month … in early May? Everything will be ready,”. Putin suddenly began massing troops on the Ukrainian border last week. He also sent four warships from his Baltic Sea fleet through the English Channel to reinforce units in the Black Sea. “A shock tank brigade ready to break through” from Russia-occupied Crimea in southern Ukraine. And it covertly controls two divisions – the ‘Donbas People’s Militia’ and ‘Luhansk People’s Militia’ – in Russia-occupied east Ukraine. The maneuvering comes amid a spike in lethal violence on the east-Ukrainian contact line, creating pretexts for intervention. “According […]
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04/13/2021
04/13/2021
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The newly signed massive China-Iran agreement prompts as many questions as answers. One thing is clear: China has taken action at a time when the US is winding down its presence in Middle East and its relationships with Arab states have come into question. Report Link
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04/13/2021
04/13/2021
On September 15, 2020, U.S. Air Force acquisition executive Dr. Will Roper announced that the Air Force had flown a full-scale flight demonstrator as part of the Next-Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program. The announcement came as a surprise to many observers, both as the NGAD program was believed to be an early-phase technology development program unlikely to yield hardware in the near term, and because funding began two years ago, which is unusually fast to design and build a military aircraft. DOD had mentioned an interest in building a new “X-plane” prototype as far back as 2014, but it is […]
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04/13/2021
04/13/2021
the nuclear agreement cannot be viewed in isolation. Not only is Tehran’s proxy network a source of unrest in itself, it undermines any claim that Iran is interested in normal international relations. The added complication of Turkey abandoning traditional constraints points to the potential risks in the region if tensions cannot be better managed. This makes both a nuclear agreement and a show of good faith from Tehran important because the current situation in the Middle East is almost certain to lead to war. In that war there will be no winners. Washington will lose status, money, power and the […]
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04/12/2021
04/12/2021
Israel’s Mossad was behind the attack on an Iranian nuclear facility, several Western intelligence officials said Sunday afternoon. Israel’s army chief has appeared to hint at possible Israeli involvement in an incident at the Natanz nuclear site in Iran, which was described as “terrorist action” by the head of Iran’s atomic energy agency. According to a report by Channel 13, the Israeli intelligence agency carried out the attack which damaged Iran’s uranium enrichment facility at Natanz. The attack has significantly impaired Iran’s uranium enrichment operations, forcing a temporary halt to all uranium enrichment efforts in the country. Power has yet to […]
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04/12/2021
04/12/2021
After an almost three week lull, Israel resumed airstrikes in southern Syria as multiple explosions were reported in the suburbs of western Damascus shortly after midnight Thursday morning. “At about 12:56 a.m., the Israeli enemy conducted airstrikes using missiles fired from the direction of Lebanese airspace targeting several locations in the environs of the city of Damascus. Syrian air defenses engaged the missiles and downed many of them. The attacks wounded four soldiers and caused material damage,” Syrian media reported, citing a military source. Video shared on social media showed the airstrikes at close range and secondary explosions occurring after the blasts […]
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04/12/2021
04/12/2021
The Biden Administration is reportedly in the process of redeploying military assets from the Middle East. This is part of a broader effort to rebalance America’s global force posture, which is seen as requiring reduced U.S. presence in the region. However, this move sends the wrong signal as the United States begins nuclear negotiations with Iran as it will leave U.S. interests and Arab partners exposed to, and therefore will likely provoke, growing aggression from Iran and its proxies. Washington must work closely with its regional partners to expand defensive and offensive capabilities for protecting against and deterring Iran and […]
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04/12/2021
04/12/2021
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Jordanian former Crown Prince Hamzah bin Hussein has papered over a rare public dispute in the country’s ruling family in a move that is unlikely to resolve longstanding fissures in society and among Jordan’s elite and that echo multiple Middle Eastern fault lines. Article Link
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04/12/2021
04/12/2021
Key Takeaway: Joint Russian-Belarusian military exercises in March 2021 demonstrated several new Russian capabilities that could support a permanent Russian force presence in Belarus. Russia’s efforts to cement control of Belarusian forces and permanently deploy forces to Belarus increase Russia’s capacity to threaten NATO’s eastern flank. Russia and Belarus announced plans to open three permanent combined combat training centers in Russia and Belarus. The Kremlin is likely increasing Belarus’ military readiness and integration with Russian forces, augmenting the Kremlin’s capability to mobilize more units for longer durations and increasing Russia’s total force projection capability against NATO. Russian military pilots may begin operating […]
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04/10/2021
04/10/2021
Israeli Ambassador to the United States and the United Nations Gilad Erdan has sent a letter to the UN Security Council and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, revealing information about Iran’s illegal missile activities, which violate Resolution 2231 that endorsed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action back in 2015. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps has been testing missiles for several months, including nuclear ones, Erdan wrote in his letter. He called on UNSC members to condemn Tehran’s actions. Article Link
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04/10/2021
04/10/2021
China sent warships to Taiwan, its aircraft carrier the Liaoning, putting US China relations on edge and threatening Taiwan independence. The CCP continues to censor Western brands that criticize the Chinese regime for using Xinjiang cotton made with Uyghur slave labor. That and more on this week’s China news headlines. Video Link
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04/09/2021
04/09/2021
The three dominant themes in the calculus of Russian-Israeli relations now seem to be Power, Prestige and Proximity. Russia is obviously a rising or returning force in the Middle East and the Eastern Mediterranean; while its global competitor, the United States, wants to reduce its own military involvement in the region. And because Russia’s Air, Naval and to some extent Ground presence in Syria makes Russian forces subject to friction with Israel’s Air Force operating against Iranian targets threatening Israel from its neighbor to the north, de-conflicting is a constant concern. Panel: – Jonathan Hessen, Host. – Amir Oren, Analyst. […]
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04/08/2021
04/08/2021
In a major development, Pakistan’s Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC), General Nadeem Raza, visited Turkey from 27th March to 2nd April. Turkey’s Chief of General Staff, General Yaşar Güler, hosted Raza at the Turkish General Staff Headquarters on 30th March, where both the sides discussed collaborations on several military projects and existing geopolitical issues. Reportedly, Pakistan is coordinating with Turkey and China for collaboration on developing a fifth generation fighter aircraft. Pakistani Army sees a massive potential in convergence of Turkish expertise on drones and Chinese expertise on fighter jets to boost the air power of the […]
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04/06/2021
04/06/2021
CEP Book Discussion: Black Flags Of The Caribbean – How Trinidad Became An ISIS Hotspot Author and lecturer Dr. Simon Cottee joined the Counter Extremism Project to discuss his latest book examining how ISIS garnered support and strength in the Caribbean island. New York, N.Y. / London) – On Wednesday, March 31, the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) hosted a webinar and book discussion with Dr. Simon Cottee, senior lecturer in criminology at the University of Kent. Dr. Cottee discussed his recent publication Black Flags of the Caribbean – How Trinidad Became an ISIS Hotspot with London-based CEP Advisor Liam Duffy. Published on March 25, Dr. […]
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04/05/2021
04/05/2021
Behind the scenes, preparations are already underway for these marathon discussions, which take place mainly within the Israel Defense Forces, and specifically in the new unit formed last year to deal with Iran and strategic issues—the Strategy and Third-Circle Directorate. The man heading this unit, Maj. Gen. Tal Kalman, a former fighter pilot, is one of the most cautious members of the IDF General Staff. His statements here, in his first and exclusive interview, portray exactly the threats and possible responses—including military—but are also a warning: to avoid dealing with these problems could pose a strategic threat for Israel. Article Link
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04/05/2021
04/05/2021
North Korea Shows Off Previously Secret “Stealth” Missile Hover-Boat, Surface effect ship with low radar profile test-fires long-range anti-ship missiles. Article Link Additional Information On February 7, 2015 the North Korean government’s official news service published images of the test-firing of new homegrown anti-ship missiles from a new class of ship that the Korean People’s Army (KPA) Navy has reportedly had in development for over a decade. While details are thin, the vessel is an attempt by the North Koreans to develop a high-speed “stealth” ship-killer using a surface effect hull—a combination of catamaran and hovercraft. This is the first […]
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04/04/2021
04/04/2021
Classified Memo Details How U.S. Commandos Are Getting Beaten By Terrorists in Africa VICE World News has obtained formerly secret recent Pentagon report, Special Operations Command Africa details the failures of U.S. Commandos in Africa over the last two years. Halfway through their four year campaign, the U.S. military is already failing at combating “violent extremist organizations” in Africa, according to a recent Pentagon report and formerly secret plans. Article Link Islamic State’s Central Africa Province The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) announced the launch of the Islamic State Central Africa Province (ISCAP) in April 2019 to promote the […]
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04/03/2021
04/03/2021
The recent China Iran Deal is aimed at making US sanctions on Iran an irrelevant negotiating tool for the Biden Administration to get Iran back on the Iran Nuclear Deal. But it’s also part of a bigger plan to provide China with oil, grow the influence of the Chinese Communist Party in the Middle East, and one day even surpass the US as a global super power. Video Link
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04/03/2021
04/03/2021
Top US military officials believe that China could invade Taiwan within the next six years owing to the fact that America is distracted by domestic issues. Video Link Top US Commander fears Chinese invasion in Taiwan in next 6 years Video China’s Latest Weapon Against Taiwan: The Sand Dredger Chinese dredging ships are swarming Taiwan’s Matsu Islands, forcing the local coast guard to run round-the-clock patrols. The tactic is part of Beijing’s escalating campaign of irregular ‘gray-zone’ warfare on Taipei. Reuters joined the coast guard on patrol. The sand-dredging is one weapon China is using against Taiwan in […]
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04/02/2021
04/02/2021
1985 North Korea signs the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). 1993 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) demands that inspectors be given access to two nuclear waste storage sites. In response, North Korea threatens to quit the NPT but eventually opts to continue participating in the treaty. 1994 North Korea and the United States sign an agreement. North Korea pledges to freeze and eventually dismantle its old, graphite-moderated nuclear reactors in exchange for international aid to build two new light-water nuclear reactors. 2002 January 29 – US President George W. Bush labels North Korea, Iran and Iraq an “axis of evil” […]
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04/01/2021
04/01/2021
A new 31 March 2021 report from Dr. Li-Meng Yan gives further credence to the oft-dismissed “lab theory” and goes further by asserting the virus is an “Unrestricted Bioweapon.” Dr. Yan et al claim: A massive misinformation campaign has been undertaken by the CCP government to cover up the true origin of SARS-CoV-2, which involved destroying data and samples, publishing fabricated viruses on top scientific journals, controlling the narrative of the origin debate through bribed top scientists and organizations, amplifying the falsified natural origin theory through media control, labeling all other origin theories as “conspiracy theories”, and defaming individuals who […]
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04/01/2021
04/01/2021
Iranian-Backed Liwa Fatemiyoun Live-Fire Drills In Syria (Photos) The Afghan group, which is funded, trained, and equipped by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, played a key role in the battles against ISIS in central Syria during 2016 and 2017. In 2019, the US sanctioned the group over its role in the Syrian war. On March 29, Liwa Fatemiyoun, an Iranian-backed Afghan group, announced that its fighters had held live-fire drills in Syria. Liwa Fatemiyoun shared photos of the live-fire drills, which saw the group’s fighters firing heavy weapons. Furthermore, the fighters used night-vision and thermal sights to train on nigh-time […]
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04/01/2021
04/01/2021
5 weapons systems that might be on the Pentagon budget’s chopping block, A bipartisan group of lawmakers and policy groups want the Pentagon to cut $80 billion from the defense budget and they sent a letter to Congress outlining a list of potential cuts that could be made. Article Link
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04/01/2021
04/01/2021
With the vote count in Israel’s parliamentary elections formally over and published in the Official Gazette, the focus has shifted to the President’s House in the nation’s Capital where Reuven Rivlin – due to retire in three months – consults with the 13 parties elected to the incoming Knesset, Hebrew for Parliament, in order to settle on a nominee able to form a new government. Several candidates are jockeying for power – and if they all fail the country will be subjected to a 5th election campaign in a little over 2 years. Panel: – Jonathan Hessen, Host. – Amir […]
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03/31/2021
03/31/2021
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s administration has implemented fake political reforms for Biden’s Washington. Erdogan recently launched a comprehensive reform process; this includes human rights reforms and claims to establish a new democratic constitution. These reforms are no more than red herrings: these calculated reforms, leverage used in Washington to become part of the F-35 program. Ankara’s Washington’s strategy revolves around a recently hired lobbyist to end F-35 program expulsion. The Turkish defense industry hired Stephen Williams, a former executive of Lockheed Martin, who manufactures the F-35 fighter jet, to re-enter a program to produce and buy the aircraft. Williams, Lockheed Martin’s […]
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03/31/2021
03/31/2021
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,978, EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The possible ICC probe into Israel’s behavior in Gaza will likely renew interest in the 2014 Hamas-Israel confrontation. There is much evidence to suggest that the number of Palestinian fatalities was exaggerated and that most of them were terrorists, not civilians. Article Link
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03/31/2021
03/31/2021
When one tries to follow Lebanese politics, it is as if nothing of significance took place in Beirut, Tripoli, Baal Bek and the other cities and districts since deep into the last century. The names of the same ruling families and dynasties are heard now as in 2005, 1990 and even earlier. Maronite, Shiite and Sunni power brokers jockey for position and enjoy the forbidden fruits of corruption – while the country sinks into an economic and social abyss. What is in the cards for Israel’s poor and strife-torn neighbor to the north? Panel: – Jonathan Hessen, Host. – Amir […]
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03/30/2021
03/30/2021
What were earlier simply claims that Iran’s regime was using its loyalist armed militias in Iraq, Syria and Yemen as bargaining chips to gain more leverage in any prospective nuclear negotiations with the US are now acknowledged facts requiring no further proof.Instead, the discussion now is about the extent to which Tehran is willing to deploy its proxy militias across the region and instruct them to launch devastating offensive operations, ultimately leading to all-out war. Are the Gulf states militarily and socially prepared to counter the ramifications of such a catastrophic war? And what would be the role of the […]
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03/30/2021
03/30/2021
According to satellite imagery, at least three of the new type are under construction simultaneously. One is being built at the Shahid Mahallati Shipyard in Bushehr. Another is in a small boatyard near Bandar Abbas. A third is under construction at a new shipyard near Shib Deraz – on the island of Qushm – that may also be involved in submarine construction, according to analysts. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGC-N) is building a new class of warships, as first reported in Naval News last week based on satellite imagery. The catamaran design appears relatively large, modern and capable compared to […]
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03/29/2021
03/29/2021
20 Chinese Military Planes Breach Taiwan’s Adiz TAIPEI (Reuters) – Twenty Chinese military aircraft entered Taiwan’s air defence identification zone on Friday, in the largest incursion yet reported by the island’s defence ministry and marking a dramatic escalation of tension across the Taiwan Strait. Article Link The Navy is Worried China Will Soon Invade Taiwan The current U.S. Pacific Fleet commander finds it likely that tensions between Taiwan and China could erupt sooner than anyone thinks. Article Link Why China Could Decide To Invade Taiwan, And Soon On March 23, U.S. Navy Adm. John Aquilino, President Biden’s nominee to be the next Indo-Pacific […]
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03/27/2021
03/27/2021
27 Mar 2021 Please join us for discussion on the outcome of Israel’s 23 March 2020 national elections, as well as other recent developments in the Middle East this month that shape the landscape of the region and beyond. Other topics include the 6-year proxy conflict in Yemen between the Saudi-led military coalition and the Iran-backed Houthi movement, Turkey’s relationship with the United States, and the decade-long civil war in Syria. Co-Hosts: 1. Ambassador Danny Ayalon, Israel’s Former Ambassador to the United States and Deputy Foreign Minister & Lecturer at NYU. 2. Colonel (res.) Dr. Eran Lerman, Israel’s Former Deputy […]
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03/27/2021
03/27/2021
Russia is quietly strengthening its partnerships with Iran-aligned militia groups throughout the Middle East. On March 4, Houthi leader Mohammed Ali al-Houthi asked Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to visit Yemen and urged Russia to reopen its embassy in Sanaa. On March 15, Mohammad Raad, the head of Hezbollah’s parliamentary bloc, met with Lavrov in Moscow. Raad’s trip was likely triggered by Lavrov’s meeting with Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri in Abu Dhabi, which included talks on Lebanon’s economic crisis and the Syrian civil war. Syria was also a critical agenda item, as Raad reportedly probed Lavrov on his long-term commitment to President Bashar al-Assad and sought reassurance about […]
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03/27/2021
03/27/2021
Article Link Five decades in, Iran’s F-14s are only getting better and better. And more and more important to the Persian state’s defense. Tehran turned to the black market, paying huge sums to shady middlemen to sneak F-14 parts into Iran. American authorities became aware of the illicit trade as early as 1998. In March of that year, federal agents arrested Iranian-born Parviz Lavi at his home in Long Island, charging him with violating U.S. export law by attempting to buy up spare parts for the F-14’s TF-30 engine and ship them to Iran via The Netherlands. Lavi got five years in […]
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03/26/2021
03/26/2021
article link The F-14 also has a much more powerful computer , Tehran’s engineers modified the Tomcats with automatic bomb-release algorithms. The IRIAF’s self-sufficiency office claimed for years that the program to add bombs to F-14s was a fully domestic project. Now we know that’s not true. During a recent air show at 8th Air Base in Isfahan, the air force displayed an F-14 with a dozen free-fall bombs hanging in its central canal. The bomb racks were not Iranian, but American BRU-34s and BRU-42s bearing U.S. Air Force markings. Five decades in, Iran’s F-14s are only getting better and better. […]
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03/26/2021
03/26/2021
Much has happened since the last round of Hezbollah-Israel warfare in 2006, with both sides very substantially increasing their arsenals. Moreover, Hezbollah has gained years of continuous field experience in the Syrian Civil War, while the IDF has implemented its Momentum tactics. Most observers say it’s not a question of if but of when a war breaks out. What are likely scenarios in such a conflagration? And what can we expect, given its armaments, geography and scale? Video Link The website of the Investigative Project on Terrorism contains a massive archival data base of documents, dossiers and thousands of original investigations […]
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03/26/2021
03/26/2021
26 March 2021 The only certainty following Tuesday elections in Israel is that uncertainty still reigns supreme in Jerusalem. Israel has joined the ranks of such crisis-ridden democratic systems as Italy, or the 1950’s Fourth Republic in France. There are several mathematical possibilities of forming a government, headed either by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or by one of his many rivals in a fragile coalition, but all of those point to a continued period of instability. Today’s episode lights the way out of the fog as the votes are finally and formally counted – with each fraction changing sides able […]
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03/24/2021
03/24/2021
The National received a draft policy paper regarding Palestinian affairs of the Biden State Department, written by Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Israeli-Palestinian Affairs, Hady Amr. Amr has a longstanding history of pro-Islamist positions, as well as advocating for the inclusion of Hamas in the peace process. Prior to this position, he was part of Obama’s negotiating team, and before that, the founding director of the Doha center of the Brookings Institution, which is funded in part by the Qatar government, the main patron of Hamas. Drafted by Deputy Assistant Secretary for Israeli and Palestinian Affairs Hady Amr, the […]
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03/23/2021
03/23/2021
H I Sutton writes extensively on maritime defense topics, particularly underwater warfare. For current events he uses OSINT (Open-Source Intelligence) in addition to the usual tools and research. He writes for several publications and his own Covert Shores website (www.hisutton.com). He is the author of Narco Submarines, Covert Shores Recognition Guide which is the first book of its type. He has also published World Submarines, Covert Shores Recognition Guide and Covert Shores: The Story of Naval Special Forces Missions and Minisubs. We believe that Iran’s IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guard) will unveil a new ship soon. The 64m (210 ft) long catamaran is believed to be a low-observable […]
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03/23/2021
03/23/2021
The first exit polls will grant anxious Israelis a rough idea about the chances for their elected representatives to finally set up a functioning government, more than two years after the last one fell apart. Ahead of that expected moment, we will attempt to provide a general analysis of Jerusalem’s political state of play. Panel: – Jonathan Hessen, Host. – Amir Oren, Analyst. – Former Knesset member Dov Lipman, Secretary General of the Confederation of United Zionists. – Dr. Yonatan Freeman, Political Scientist at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Video News Link
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03/22/2021
03/22/2021
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,973, March 22, 2021 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Iran’s hegemony scheme for the Middle East not only includes surrounding Israel with missile bases and heavily armed proxies, but also equipping territories further away, such as Iraq and Yemen, to be future bases of attack. Behind the scenes, and despite its severe economic distress due to US sanctions, Iran is working constantly to infiltrate and consolidate its presence in lands with partial or failed sovereignty, or, in the case of Syria, ruled by an ally. Article Link
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03/22/2021
03/22/2021
By Eyad Abu Shakra Every reasonable observer of Lebanon’s collapse must have the following two questions in mind: Have the US and France, the two key Western powers concerned with the Lebanese issue, agreed to hand over what remains of the country to Iran? And if that is indeed true, what will the borders of regional and international interests in the Middle East as a whole look like, given the confusion and push-and-pull that mark Washington’s relations with the three other major world powers, Russia, China, and the EU? Article Link
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03/21/2021
03/21/2021
Iran has reportedly threatened to attack an Army base Fort McNair in Washington, DC and kill Gen. Joseph M. Martin in a USS Cole-style attack. The National Security Agency intercepted communications in January indicating that Iran’s Revolutionary Guard discussed carrying out an assault against Fort McNair to kill Martin, the Army’s vice chief of staff, the Associated Press reported on Sunday citing senior intelligence officials. The NSC picked up the chatter among members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard’s elite Quds Force discussing how to avenge the killing of Gen. Quassem Soleimani, Iran’s top military leader, by the US in January 2020. In October 2000, Al Qaeda terrorists […]
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03/20/2021
03/20/2021
Between the fall of ISIS’ eastern Syria holdout of Baghouz and last month, the group has claimed responsibility for 5,665 military operations — an average of eight per day — according to a widely followed terrorism expert who publishes on Twitter as “Mister__Q_”. “It has for the time being gone to ground, but with the goals of maintaining its insurgency in Iraq and Syria and a global cyber-presence,” General Kenneth McKenzie, head of the US Central Command that oversees troops deployed in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria, said last month. At the same time, the group is “building and retaining a […]
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03/20/2021
03/20/2021
If one tries to look at the Mediterranean Sea from west to east, the obvious checkpoint of Gibraltar is nowadays the most serene one, and there is no trouble between Spain in the north and the African nation of Morocco, except for migrants trying to cross over into Europe. Storm clouds start to gather over the central region, where Libya is torn between local forces which are respectively helped by two East-Med powers, Egypt and Turkey. Going east, turbulence picks up. There is a dispute about dividing the spoils of the sea between Lebanon and Israel, and even more so […]
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03/19/2021
03/19/2021
By R. James Woolsey, William R. Graham, , Henry F. Cooper, , Fritz Ermarth & Peter Vincent Pry Washington’s policy-makers are being misled by the intelligence and defense communities that are grossly underestimating the nuclear threat from Iran, just as they did with North Korea. National Review “ In contrast to these views, we warned in these pages in February 2016 that Iran probably already had atomic weapons deliverable by missile and satellite: “ Iran can build sophisticated nuclear weapons by relying on component testing, without nuclear testing. The U.S., Israel, Pakistan, and India have all used the component-testing approach. The U.S. Hiroshima bomb was not tested, nor have […]
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03/17/2021
03/17/2021
The Iranian Khorgo underground ballistic missile site is almost operational after new launching positions were constructed, satellite images obtained by Fox News show. Images taken by Maxar Technologies reveal four holes dug into the side of a mountain. Three of the shafts are hardened vertical launch positions in their final construction phase, according to a separate analysis done by the civilian intelligence group Intel Lab. “Considering the geographic location as well as the existing topography, once this complex reaches full operational capability, it will not be an easy task to neutralize it by conventional means,” said Chief Intel Lab Analyst Itay Bar-Lev. The Iranian Khorgo underground […]
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03/17/2021
03/17/2021
By Dr. Edy Cohen BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,964, EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The undisguised antisemitism of Tunisian president Kais Saied is encouraging Tunisian Muslims to express their own antisemitism more openly. Tunisia’s Jewish population is now the target of hostility and provocation from their own countrymen, a state of affairs for which the new president bears much responsibility. Article Link
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03/17/2021
03/17/2021
By Erfan Fard BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,965, March 14, 2021 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: On February 24, 2021, William J. Burns was confirmed as Joe Biden’s new CIA director. The Iranian mullahs want to use terrorism to coerce Biden into lifting the crippling sanctions imposed by Donald Trump, and wish to continue their covert pursuit of nuclear weapons. Burns is an experienced professional and he is fully aware of the true nature of the Islamic regime. Article Link
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03/17/2021
03/17/2021
17 Mar 2021 WDMMA REPORTS : The following represents an overview of the modern aerial fighting capabilities of the Islamic Republic of Iran Naval Aviation (2021). The service currently counts 31 total units in its active aircraft inventory. The WDMMA review takes into account specific categories of aircraft covering attack, logistics, special-mission, and general support types. Inventory numbers and related aircraft types / variants are provided as-is and derived from publicly-available information / sources. “Outlook” results are related to any future airframes currently under procurement though said airframes may not be delivered for service in the current year for various […]
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03/17/2021
03/17/2021
WDMMA RESEARCH REPORTS : represents an overview of the modern aerial fighting capabilities of the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (2021). The service currently counts 343 total units in its active aircraft inventory. The WDMMA review takes into account specific categories of aircraft covering attack, logistics, special-mission, and general support types. Inventory numbers and related aircraft types / variants are provided as-is and derived from publicly available information / sources. “Outlook” results are related to any future airframes currently under procurement though said airframes may not be delivered for service in the current year for various reasons. “Readiness Rates” […]
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03/17/2021
03/17/2021
Video Link The House of Saud had more than three months to prepare for a new reality of its American connection ever since Donald Trump lost his bid to stay in the White House, but the blow it suffered was nevertheless painful. US President Joe Biden has opened a new chapter in the relationship between Washington and Riyadh. First, Biden withdrew political and military support from Saudi offensive operations in Yemen, allowing only defensive actions to protect targets within the Kingdom. Then he released an intelligence report pinning the responsibility for Jamal Khashoggi’s murder on the Crown Prince and […]
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03/17/2021
03/17/2021
Video Link China is urging foreigners to get inoculated with Chinese-made vaccines. Beijing says anyone who does, gets an expedited process toward a Chinese visa. The Chinese regime calls the U.S. an empire of espionage, and accuses its government of hacking. This, after the U.S. labeled Chinese telecom giant Huawei and four other Chinese companies as “a threat to national security.” A survey says only one in five Americans look favorably on Communist China. Europeans are growing increasingly distrustful of the regime, too. Chinese-owned factories go up in flames in Burma, also known as Myanmar. Some people there suspect the […]
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03/16/2021
03/16/2021
Russia Ready to Support Turkey’s Troubled TF-X Fighter Program: Su-57 Sales Also Possible Russia’s Federal Service for Military and Technical Cooperation issued a statement on March 12th elaborating on the possibility of sales of advanced heavyweight fighter jets to Turkey, following sustained interest from the NATO member state in making such purchases. The service’s spokesman Valeria Reshetnikova stated to this effect: “As for Ankara’s potential plans of purchasing Russian Su-35 and Su-57 fighters, it should be noted that the Turkish side has been informed about their technical specifications in full. Article Link Here’s How Much One Future TF-X Fighter Jet Will Cost […]
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03/16/2021
03/16/2021
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03/13/2021
03/13/2021
White House officials have said they are reviewing the troop presence in Syria — an announcement that has raised concerns that Biden could reconsider the deployment as part of a larger scaling back of U.S. troops in the Middle East and a planned shift of Pentagon focus to Asia. Link To News Article Biden has frozen a shipment of offensive weapons to Saudi Arabia and has also ordered a review of weapons sales to the United Arab Emirates. He has shown little interest in chasing peace between Israelis and Palestinians, a grail pursued by the past five presidents. His defence […]
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03/13/2021
03/13/2021
, The Sinking of the Aircraft Carrier USNS Card Video News Report The Attack on the USNS Card was a Viet Cong operation during the Vietnam War. It took place in the port of Saigon in the early hours of May 2, 1964, and mounted by commandos from the 65th Special Operations Group. The Card was first commissioned into the United States Navy during World War II, playing a significant role in destroying German Navy submarines as the flagship of Task Group 21.14. Decommissioned in 1945, the Card was reactivated in 1958 and entered service with the Military Sea Transport Service, transporting military equipment to South Vietnam as part of the United States military […]
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03/12/2021
03/12/2021
Heavy Clashes Break Out Between Yemeni Army, Iran-Backed Houthis In Hodeidah. Heavy clashes between the internationally-recognized Yemeni army and the Iran-backed Houthi militia broke out in Hodeidah on News Link White House / Iran US Engaged In Indirect Diplomacy With Iran, Says White House Adviser News Link The US is communicating with Iran using “indirect diplomacy” methods, a senior White House official told reporters on Friday. “At the moment, there are communications through the Europeans and through others that enable us to explain to the Iranians what our position is with respect to the compliance-for-compliance approach and to hear what their […]
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03/12/2021
03/12/2021
Iran proposed a mechanism to break a deadlock over how compliance for compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal could work. On February 1, 2021, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif suggested that Josep Borrell, the E.U. foreign policy chief and the coordinator of the deal’s Joint Commission, could “choreograph” U.S. and Iranian actions. Zarif had repeatedly called on the new Biden administration to remove all sanctions imposed during the Trump administration and reenter the deal. Secretary of State Antony Blinken had reiterated that the United States would only reenter the agreement if Tehran first rolls back its violations. News Article
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03/11/2021
03/11/2021
Congressional GOP United in Effort to Block Biden from Lifting Iran Sanctions The lead Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee introduced legislation late Tuesday that would empower Congress to review, “and if necessary, block, any effort by the Biden administration to terminate U.S. sanctions against the Iranian regime,” according to a copy of that legislation. News Link Israel Aerospace Industries & UAE Announced A Cooperation Agreement With EDGE, an advanced defense technology group of the UAE, to develop an advanced counter-unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS) solution. News Link Five Countries Suspend AstraZeneca COVID Vaccine After Reports of Potentially Fatal Blood […]
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10/24/2020
10/24/2020
The Eastern half of the Mediterranean has of course been known as one of the cradles of civilization, endowing mankind with Hellenic, Roman, Egyptian and Judeo-Christian legacies, among others. Yet with culture there also comes conflict, with ancient hostilities dormant only until they rise again, due to competition or ideology. This seems to be the situation in the Eastern Med today, with Erdogan’s Turkey determined to upset an arrangement reached by Greece, Israel, Cyprus, Egypt and France, with a possible future addition of Lebanon. Are we headed towards further escalation, or conversely towards de-escalation? Panel: – Jonathan Hessen, Host. – […]
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10/20/2020
10/20/2020
Thenationalnews.Com Mid-East News Round Up, From Leading News Outlets Thenationalnews.Com Iraqi PM In Germany To Discuss Reduction Of Troops And Combating Terrorism Islamic World News Latest Updates on Iraq, 20 October 2020 link News Latest Updates on Yemen, 20 October 2020 link Asharq Al-Awsat Israel Uncovers Tunnel from Gaza, Military Says Holds Hamas Responsible 20 October 2020 link Fact-Finding Committee to Investigate Iraqi Protests 20 October 2020 link Lebanon: Efforts to Ease Tension Between FPM, Hezbollah Supporters 20 October 2020 link En.Radio Farda U.S. Sanctions Chinese Companies For Dealing With Iranian Shipping Line 20 October 2020 link Iranian Diplomat […]
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10/20/2020
10/20/2020
Coronavirus Timeline, updated continually with new information Link
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10/20/2020
10/20/2020
Join us for a discussion on the future of anti-submarine warfare, and how autonomous systems could enable new concepts for defeating enemy submarines that are more effective, sustainable, and scalable. Director of Hudson’s Center for Defense Concepts and Technology Bryan Clark, Director of Hudson’s Center for American Seapower Seth Cropsey, and Fellow Timothy A. Walton will present the results of their study, Sustaining the Undersea Advantage. The presentation will be followed by a panel discussion with Admiral Jonathan W. Greenert (ret.), 30th US Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral James F. Foggo (ret.), former commander of US Naval Forces, Europe, and […]
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10/16/2020
10/16/2020
Summary of international Hypersonic Weapons developments LINK TO VIDEO
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10/16/2020
10/16/2020
On virtually every significant Middle East policy issue — from containing Iran to the war in Yemen; from energy policy to the intra-Gulf rift; from the battle against extremism to the expansion of Arab-Israel state-to-state relations — Saudi Arabia plays a pivotal role. Given the kingdom’s centrality to regional politics, it is also no surprise that the U.S.-Saudi relationship looms large in U.S. politics and the presidential campaign. LINK TO VIDEO
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10/15/2020
10/15/2020
The death of Kuwait’s 91-year-old Emir Sabah al Ahmad al Jaber al Sabah in late September served as a reminder to the origins of the United States’ enhanced military involvement in the Arabian Gulf region, which go back to the Iran-Iraq war, including the “tanker war” and the reflagging of local vessels, and then to the Iraqi occupation of Kuwait and two American-led coalition wars against Saddam Hussein’s regime. Ever since the second one, American Presidents have tried to extricate their forces from Iraq without paying too much in regional security and stability. The dilemma is that if the Americans […]
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10/11/2020
10/11/2020
This Association of Geo-Strategic Analysis report endeavors to reveal just one critical aspect of the lifting of the arms embargo on Tehran in October 2020, the India/Russian made BrahMos supersonic nuclear-capable cruise missile. And the advancing threats from the State Sponsor of International terrorism, The Islamic Republic of Iran. Summary of key failures of the JCPOA Also covered in this report is a summary of Iran’s aerial warfare capability, ballistic missiles, Cruise missiles, drones, and UAVs. The asymmetrical aerial warfare the Islamic Republic is waging through its terrorists’ forces. There are several links to additional reports Link to report
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10/10/2020
10/10/2020
Long before Turkish President Recep Tayep Erdogan came to power, Ankara tried to join the European Union in its various iterations, but was blocked by the Christian nations of Europe concerned by the political power to be given to a Moslem country according to its population – which is the rough equal of EU leaders Germany and France. But with the rise of an assertive Erdogan policy and the emergence of the Eastern Mediterranean as a resource-rich hotspot, the relationship between Turkey and certain member states – namely Greece, the ethnic Greek part of Cyprus, Italy and France grew progressively […]
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10/10/2020
10/10/2020
This summer, Iran decided to construct a new underground centrifuge assembly plant, following the destruction of the above ground one at the Natanz enrichment site on July 2, 2020. So far, Iran has undertaken little visible work in the mountains adjacent to the Natanz enrichment site with the exception of possible construction preparations. A nearby gunnery range appears to have been converted to a construction support and staging area in the first half of September. Because of the added difficulties of building an underground site, the completion of a new centrifuge assembly plant able to assemble thousands of advanced centrifuges […]
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10/10/2020
10/10/2020
Pyongyang goes through a lot of trouble keeping its cruise missile capabilities hidden, why ? North Korea has air-launched cruise missiles, and it looks like they store them at an airfield in Uiju, near the PRC border. The DPRK puts its ballistic missiles on display and incorporates them into strategic propaganda. The DPRK does this less often with its cruise missiles, particularly its air-launched cruise missiles, which are quietly tested without much announcement and no camera coverage. Uiju has been historically associated with the DPRK’s secretive air-launched cruise/anti-ship missile programs and is one of the few airbases that can effectively host […]
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10/10/2020
10/10/2020
On 10 October 2020 North Korea unveiled a massive new intercontinental ballistic missile Saturday at a parade commemorating the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Workers’ Party of Korea, a signal to Washington that the regime is committed to advancing its long-range strike capabilities despite years of on-again, off-again diplomatic outreach with the United States. The new missile, which capped the early-morning military parade, is believed to be one of the largest liquid-fueled, truck-carried ICBMs in the world, potentially with the ability to carry multiple nuclear warheads as far as the continental United States. North Korea Military Parade 2020 video North […]
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10/09/2020
10/09/2020
The 75th anniversary of the Korean Workers’ Party, on October 10, Expect North Korea to display new strategic weaponry for the 75th anniversary of its ruling party on October 10 Attention is focused on the development of submarine-launched ballistic missiles, but mobile land-based ballistic missiles are already a credible, advancing threat The most important type of truly “new strategic weapon” for North Korea would likely be a large road-mobile ballistic missile with the ability to deliver multiple re-entry vehicles (RVs). (Re-entry vehicles are carried at the top of a ballistic missile, detaching after the missile ascends to carry and protect a […]
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10/09/2020
10/09/2020
Too often, Hezbollah in Venezuela is characterized as only a potential terrorist threat. In reality, the Lebanese terrorist group has helped to turn Venezuela into a hub for the convergence of transnational organized crime and international terrorism. Hezbollah’s crime-terror network in Venezuela has facilitated Iran’s cooperation with the Maduro regime. The United States, allies, and international institutions must ramp up regional counterterrorism collaboration, crack down on illicit financial networks, and build stronger ties with Lebanese and other Arab communities in Latin America. LINK TO REPORT
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10/09/2020
10/09/2020
By Simon Watkins It is no coincidence that just over a month after Israel and the United Arab Emirates declared that they would normalise relations and Israel and Bahrain did the same, Iraq has announced that it has signed a contract with Jordan to connect the electric power grids of the two countries. By extension, this will provide a direct link between Jordan and Iraq’s key regional sponsor, Iran, which recently signed a two-year deal with Iraq to supply it with electricity, the longest such deal signed between the two countries. The last piece of this game-changing regional networking operation is that […]
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10/09/2020
10/09/2020
By: John Grady Speaking at an online Atlantic Council forum, Joel Rayburn, deputy assistant secretary of the Levant and special envoy for Syria, pointed to the Iranian-backed militias that are firing rockets and mortars into the “Green Zone,” which houses the American embassy, and carrying out a number of highly-publicized political killings. Rayburn said “this has become intolerable.” LINK TO ARTICLE
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10/09/2020
10/09/2020
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,772, October 8, 2020 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: After the infamous Mavi Marmara incident of May 2010, Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and then foreign policy tzar Ahmet Davutoğlu (later PM and now an Erdoğan opponent) pledged to internationally isolate Israel. This was intended to help them advance their Islamist agenda and augment an emerging unity in the umma, preferably under Turkish leadership. A decade later, pragmatic Arab states are lining up to normalize relations with Israel, leaving state actors Iran and Turkey as well as non-state actor Hamas in a punishing position of international isolation—exactly where Turkey wanted to push Israel. Link […]
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10/06/2020
10/06/2020
A Global Fraud: Lawyer Dr. Reiner Fuellmich And The German Corona Investigative Committee Seek Accountability For Fraudulent Virus Testing And Massive Destruction Of Economies And Lives. Dr. Reiner Fuellmich is a consumer protection trial lawyer in Germany and California. He is one of four members of the German Corona Investigative Committee. Dr. Fuellmich talks about how his Committee is seeking to file an international class action suit for crimes perpetrated by those who he says used fraudulent testing to engineer a fraudulent pandemic and how more than 50 other countries so far are following suit. Because of censorship I provide two links Video […]
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10/01/2020
10/01/2020
French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday Syrian extremist fighters were operating in Nagorny Karabakh, where Armenia and Azerbaijan are engaged in heavy fighting. Macron said he had evidence that militants had traveled through the Turkish city of Gaziantep on their way to the conflict in the Caucasus, where the fiercest clashes in years have left nearly 130 people dead. Link to Article
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10/01/2020
10/01/2020
Recent developments confirm that Canada has become a major hub for the Islamic Republic in Iran and its supporters, and perhaps an unsafe place for Canadian-Iranian democracy activists. On January 8, 2020, the regime shot down Ukraine Airliner Flight 752, resulting in the death of 57 Canadian-Iranians and 119 others. Despite receiving promises of justice from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government, victims’ families have instead experienced threats and intimidation by the regime and its supporters within Canada, while Ottawa continues a fruitless policy of engagement with Tehran. Other Canadian-Iranians have been openly and publicly threatened with physical harm by regime sympathizers in Toronto. Canada is a […]
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09/30/2020
09/30/2020
In theory the Iskander can be fitted with tactical nuclear weapons Amid ongoing clashes between Armenian and Azeri forces over control of the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, the latter party’s close defense partner Turkey has reportedly threatened to deploy American-supplied F-16 fighter jets against Armenian forces. This follows multiple reports that Turkey had dispatched Al Qaeda-linked jihadists to support Azeri forces against the Armenian Army, and could represent the third foreign military intervention by the NATO member state this year following major interventions against the Russian backed Syrian Arab Army and the Egyptian backed Libyan National Army. The Armenian government has referred […]
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09/30/2020
09/30/2020
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on Sunday unveiled a new naval ballistic missile with a potential range of over 700 kilometers (430 miles), local media reported, following months of tensions with arch-enemy the United States. The missile, dubbed “Zolfaghar Basir,” is the naval variant of the surface-to-surface Zolfaghar ballistic missile, according to Tasnim news agency. Link to Article
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09/30/2020
09/30/2020
Publication: Terrorism Monitor Volume: 18 Issue: 17 By: Brian M. Perkins The oil-rich governorate of Marib has increasingly become the focal point of the war in Yemen as the Houthis’ determination to take control of the strategic governorate has intensified over the past several months. Marib is the last remaining stronghold in the north for Yemen’s internationally recognized government and is a key strategic territory not only due to its oil fields, but also because it could set the stage for the Houthis to eventually move into key southern governorates, where fractures between the Southern Transitional Council (STC) and pro-government forces […]
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09/30/2020
09/30/2020
BY Brian M. Perkins Turkey’s increasingly assertive military and economic role has seen the balance of power across several key regions begin to shift, particularly in the Mediterranean and the Maghreb, where Ankara’s role in Libya has significantly changed the geopolitics of North Africa. Ankara has sought to turn the tide of the Libyan war by attempting to enlist neighboring countries as military partners, and if that route fails, as more passive collaborators or supporters of Turkish involvement. Link to Article
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09/30/2020
09/30/2020
An ex-Fed official says asset managers are self-censoring their true views of the country. Avoca recently published a detailed paper undermining the veracity of China’s official economic data, the stability of its financial systems, and U.S. investment advisors’ legal footing for not ringing the alarm, should they suspect chicanery. Link to Article
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09/30/2020
09/30/2020
Introduction and Summary In 2019 and 2020, the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) introduced new policies to promote the systematic, centralized, and large-scale training and transfer of “rural surplus laborers” to other parts of the TAR, as well as to other provinces of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). In the first 7 months of 2020, the region had trained over half a million rural surplus laborers through this policy. This scheme encompasses Tibetans of all ages, covers the entire region, and is distinct from the coercive vocational training of secondary students and young adults reported by exile Tibetans (RFA, October […]
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09/30/2020
09/30/2020
09/30/2020
China has more than a dozen unresolved border, land, and maritime disputes. Let’s go over them one by one, and see what all the fuss is about. Video News report Link to Video Report