Russia prepares for its first ground forces’ intervention in the Syrian civil war in close coordination with the US and Iran. The tighter their coordination, the sooner the Russians will land.
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WARS AND RUMORS OF WARS
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Did The Russian Navy Chase Away A U.S. Submarine?
Russian Anti-Submarine Destroyer "Vice-Admiral Kulakov". © Photo Press office of Russian Northern Fleet *Russia Forces US Submarine Out Of Boundary Waters -- RIA Novsoti* MOSCOW, August 9 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's Northern Fleet's anti-submarine forces have detected and forced out a US submarine from Russian boundary waters, a high-ranking source in Russia's Navy told RIA Novosti Saturday. "On August 7, 2014, the patrol forces of the Northern Fleet detected a foreign submarine, supposedly a US Navy Virginia-class one, in the Barents Sea. A seaborne anti-submarine group, as well as a...more »
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan Has Won His Country's First Direct Presidential Election
Turkey's Prime Minister and presidential candidate Tayyip Erdogan (Reuters / Umit Bektas) *Recep Tayyip Erdogan wins Turkish presidential election -- BBC* Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won his country's first direct presidential election. With almost all the votes counted, Mr Erdogan had won about 52%, against 38% for main rival Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu. The huge margin of victory means there is no need for a run-off. Mr Erdogan, who has vowed to bolster the power of the president, promised supporters a "social reconciliation period", saying: "Let's leave the old di... more »
A New 3 Day Ceasefire Between Israel And Hamas Takes Hold In Gaza
*Gaza Conflict: New Three-Day Ceasefire Holds -- BBC* *A fresh three-day ceasefire agreed between Israel and Palestinian faction Hamas in Gaza was holding on Monday.* The agreement, which began at midnight (21:00 GMT Sunday), came after days of intense mediation by Egypt. If the truce continues to hold, Israel will send negotiators to Cairo on Monday for talks on a longer-term deal. About 2,000 people have died in the conflict, which began on 8 July when Israel launched an operation intended to deter militant attacks from Gaza. Those killed include more than 1,900 Palestinians, m... more »
What Countries Are Currently At War? A Complete List
*WNU Editor:* The complete list* is here.* *Update:* 11.7% Of The World's At War: Global Geopolitical Risk Mapped -- Zero Hedge
Al Qaeda Fighters And Affiliates Are Rushing To Join The Islamic State
Fighters of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) (Reuters) *Fighters Abandoning al-Qaeda Affiliates To Join Islamic State, U.S. Officials Say -- Washington Post* U.S. spy agencies have begun to see groups of fighters abandoning al-Qaeda affiliates in Yemen and Africa to join the rival Islamist organization that has seized territory in Iraq and Syria and been targeted in American airstrikes, U.S. officials said. The movements are seen by U.S. counterterrorism analysts as a worrisome indication of the expanding appeal of a group known as the Islamic State that has overwh... more »
U.S. Diplomatic Staff Are Starting To Leave Iraq
*U.S. Relocates Some Staff From Embassy, Consulate In Iraq -- NBC* The U.S. has removed some staff from its embassy in Baghdad and its consulate in Erbil, the capital of Iraq's Kurdish region threatened by militants, the State Department said Sunday. A travel warning posted Friday cautioning U.S. citizens from travelling to Iraq due to the "high risk for kidnapping and terrorist violence" was updated to say that "a limited number" of U.S. Consulate and U.S. Embassy staff members were relocated to Amman, the capital of Jordan, and Basrah, a southern Iraqi city. *Read more* .... *... more »
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Monday, July 1, 2013
Russia, Iran, China fork out $500m per month for Syrian war effort
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DEBKAfile July 1, 2013, 11:03 AM (GMT+02:00)
“It’s not that bad to have the Russians, the Chinese and Iranians behind you, Syria’s deputy prime minister Qadri Jamil told the Financial TimesMonday. They are helping us “politically, militarily and also economically,” he said. DEBKAfile: This amounts to an injection from the three countries of $6 bn per annum to the Syrian war chest, of which, according to Jamil, Tehran contributes $4 billion. He also revealed that ships “under the Russian flag” deliver oil and related products to Syria. “We are wating for someone to attack them.”
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Russian marine and air power head for Syria versus Western intervention – “to defend Russian citizens,” says Moscow
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The Russian Vice Admiral Kulakov destroyer heading for Syria
DEBKAfile Special Report Jun 19, 2013, 5:32 PM (IDT)
Just one day after Western G8 leaders failed to ram past Vladimir Putin a resolution mandating Assad’s ouster, Moscow said Wednesday that two warships carrying 600 Russian marines are heading for Syria "to protect Russian citizens." Russian Deputy Air Force Commander Maj.-Gen. Gradusov said an air force umbrella would be there if needed.DEBKAfile: This was a thinly disguised Russian flexing of muscle against continuing Western arms supplies to the Syrian rebels.
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BREAKING: Putin and Obama agree to push both sides in Syrian conflict to Geneva talks
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Barack Obama have agreed to push the sides of the ongoing Syrian conflict to the negotiating table in Geneva. The leaders made the pledge after a 2 hour meeting at the G8 summit.
“We have agreed to push the sides of the Syrian conflict to come to the negotiating table at the international Geneva conference,” Putin said.
“On some points, we still have a different stance, but we are united by an aspiration to prevent violence, to put an end to the growing number of victims, to solve the problem by peaceful means, including through negotiations at the international conference at Geneva,” the Russian President added.
President Obama conceded that he has a “different perspective” on Syria than his Russian counterpart, but confirmed that both countries have a shared interest in stopping the violence and “securing chemical weapons” in Syria.
PROPHECY UPDATE: Proxy Wars, Russia And The Golan Heights
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Proxy Wars, Russia And The Golan Heights
The proxy war in Syria continues to escalate, and the Golan Heights may be the prize. Russia has become increasingly agitated and Putin's actions recently are very revealing: * * * * * * * * * * * * *Putin Will Address G8 Summit As Head Of Winning Syrian War Camp* * * * * * * *Russian President Vladimir Putin set the tone for the discussion on Syria at the G8 summit which opened in Northern Ireland Monday, June 17, when he rounded harshly on British Prime Minister David Cameron in London Sunday for supporting rebels who “kill their enemies and eat their organs.” Hitting back at t... more »
Monday, June 10, 2013
Moscow sets up Russian Golan brigade, warns Israel Sunnis plus al Qaeda are bigger threat than Assad
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Moscow sets up Russian Golan brigade, warns Israel Sunnis plus al Qaeda are bigger threat than Assad
Russian MI-24 helicopters designated for Golan
DEBKAfile Special Report Jun 10, 2013, 7:54 PM (IDT)
Moscow is determined to position Russian troops on the divided Golan as part of the UN force policing the separation sector because, said the Russian lawmaker Aleksey Pushkov Monday, June 10, “we cannot exclude… large-scale Syrian-Israel action.” He warned that if Assad was replaced by radical Islamists, he would seem like “an angel from heaven.” Vladimir Shamanov, Russian Airborne Troops chief, disclosed that a new brigade, dubbed “a peacekeeping unit,” had set up for the Golan and armed with MI-24 combat helicopters.
Saturday, June 8, 2013
Russia Conducts Test of New ICBM Designed to Defeat U.S. Defenses
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Russia Conducts Test of New ICBM Designed to Defeat U.S. Defenses
Russian official: ‘We tested an intercontinental ballistic missile which I call ‘a missile defense killer’’
Friday, May 31, 2013
PM indicated to Putin: ‘We’ll destroy your missiles if you deliver them to Assad’
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After Netanyahu made clear he would not allow the S-300 anti-aircraft weapons to go into service, the Russian president reportedly suggested Israel buy them instead
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hinted during his recent meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin that Israel would destroy Syrian S-300 missiles before they became fully operational, Maariv cited Middle Eastern diplomats saying Friday. The reported threat underlined how firmly Israel has sought to pressure Russia to cancel the deal, apparently with some success.
According to the report, during the meeting between the heads of stateearlier this month in the Black Sea city of Sochi, Netanyahu called on Putin to cancel Russia’s transfer of the sophisticated anti-aircraft system to Syrian President Bashar Assad, and indicated that, should the delivery go ahead, Israel would strike the missiles before they became operational.
Russia to sell at least 10 MiG fighters to Syria
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DEBKAfile May 31, 2013, 12:12 PM (GMT+02:00)
Sergei Korotkov, general director of the MiG company, told Russian news agencies Friday that a Syrian delegation was in Moscow to discuss terms and deadlines for a new contract for the sale of MiG-29 M/M2 fighters to Syria.
He did not cite a number but said it would be "more than 10."
Russia has previously said that it would only fulfill outstanding arms contracts with Syria.
Thursday, May 30, 2013
PROPHECY UPDATE: In The News: Situation With Syria Worsening - Tipping Point Rapidly Approaching
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In The News: Situation With Syria Worsening - Tipping Point Rapidly Approaching
* **Assad: Russia Already Delivered S-300 Batteries* *Despite a concerted international effort aimed at preventing the controversial arms deal, Syrian President Bashar Assad claimed that a shipment of Russian-made S-300 missiles — a state-of-the-art air defense system — has already arrived in his country. In an interview with Hezbollah’s Al-Manar television scheduled to be broadcast Thursday night, the Syrian leader boasted that his country had received the first batch of missiles and asserted that “the rest of the load will arrive soon,” the Lebanese daily Al Akhbar reported. ... more »
Middle East War News
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WAR DRUMS: Ahmadinejad: Enemies Plot to Spread War in Region
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a meeting with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari in Tehran warned of the plots hatched by the enemies to spread war and bloodshed to the entire region. President Ahmadinejad said that enemies intend to expand war and massacre into other countries and this is the plan of hegemonic powers to weaken […]
WAR DRUMS: Israel vows to stop Syria’s S-300 missile shield from becoming operational
Netanyahu tells European foreign ministers that if the Russian missile systems get into Syria, Israel’s ‘entire airspace will become a no-fly zone’ and therefore it ‘cannot stand idly by.’ Israel’s National Security Adviser Yaakov Amidror sketched out what Jerusalem’s “red line” is vis-Ã -vis the S-300 missile systems Russia intends to send to Syria before the 27 […]
GAME-CHANGER: Assad says Syria has received S-300 systems from Russia
PROPHECY WATCH: DAMASCUS, Syria, May 30 (UPI) – Syria has received a shipment of Russian-made S-300 missile defense systems, Syrian President Bashar Assad revealed in an interview on Hezbollah TV. ”Syria has received the first shipment of Russian anti-aircraft S-300 rockets. The rest of the shipment will arrive soon,” the Lebanese newspaper al-Akhbar quoted the Assad saying Thursday in […]
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Israel Warns Russia On The Consequences Of Shipping Advance Weapons To Syria
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Israel Warns Russia On The Consequences Of Shipping Advance Weapons To Syria
Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon (c.) walks next to Israel's armed forces chief Major-General Benny Gantz (r.) during a visit to a military base near Kibbutz Kissufim outside the central Gaza Strip, May 7, 2013. Amir Cohen/Reuters *Israel Warns Of Action Over Russian Plan To Give Missiles To Syria's Assad -- NBC* A senior Israeli defense official warned on Tuesday that Russia’s plan to send sophisticated anti-aircraft weapons systems to Syria’s President Bashar Assad was a “threat” and signaled Israel could take some form of unspecified action in response. Israel has laun... more »
DEBKAfile: Russian giant military transport lands in Syria
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DEBKAfile May 29, 2013, 8:51 AM (GMT+02:00)
A giant Russian military transport landed in Latakia Tuesday carrying 60 tons of “humanitarian aid to Syria,” DEBKAfile reports. The nature of this cargo is unknown, but it is likely to be the opposite of humanitarian, given Moscow’s expanding military assistance to Bashar Assad and intervention in the Syrian civil war. Tuesday, Moscow termed its dispatch of S-300 anti-air missiles to Assad “a stabilizing factor” for dissuading “hotheads” from entering the conflict.
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Air force chief warns of ‘surprise war’ with Syria
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Amir Eshel says Assad’s ‘immense arsenal’ could be turned on Israel at any moment, accompanied by rockets from Gaza and Lebanon
The commander of the Israeli Air Force, which has reportedly bombarded targets in Syria several times in recent months, warned Wednesday that war could break out on Israel’s northern border at any moment, demanding the full engagement of the IAF’s resources.
“If tomorrow Syria collapses, and I am not saying that will happen, we could find ourselves in the thick of it very fast and in great number,” IAF commander Maj. Gen. Amir Eshel said, illustrating how the nature of surprise wars had changed for Israel since the Yom Kippur War in 1973.
Friday, May 17, 2013
Four Russian S-300 batteries shipped to Syria
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DEBKAfile May 17, 2013, 9:00 AM (GMT+02:00)
Moscow reports that four batteries of S-300 systems with 100-150 simultaneously deployable, guided anti-aircraft missiles have already been shipped to Syria complete with Russian military “adviser” crews.DEBKAfile: An Israeli strike to smash this weapon in Syria could not avoid hitting its Russian crews.
Russia's Pacific Fleet Enters The Mediterranean For The First Time Since The Cold War
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Russia's Pacific Fleet Enters The Mediterranean For The First Time Since The Cold War
The "Admiral Panteleyev" anti-submarine warfare ship of the Pacific Fleet (RIA Novosti/Vitaliy Ankov) *Russian Pacific Fleet Warships Enter The Mediterranean For First Time Since The Cold War -- Business Insider* A group of warships from Russia’s Pacific Fleet has entered the Mediterranean waters for the first time since the Cold War, RIA Novosti reports. “The task force has successfully passed through the Suez Channel and entered the Mediterranean," Capt. First Rank Roman Martov said. "It is the first time in decades that Pacific Fleet warships enter this region.” The vessel... more »
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