The U.S. military has said that it would deploy rotations of U.S.-based armored brigade combat teams to Europe. They say this is part of a wider effort to counter what the United States sees as Russian aggression on the continent, since Russia’s takeover of Crimea, invasion of Ukraine, and its strategic bomber flights near various countries. Their presence in Europe will … Read More

Iran’s supreme top leader Ayatollah Khamenei has said missiles are key to the Islamic Republic’s future, offering support to the hardline Revolutionary Guards. “Those who say the future is in negotiations, not in missiles, are either ignorant or traitors,” Khamenei, who has the final say on all matters of state, was quoted as saying by his website. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards conducted … Read More

A grassroots Israeli group in the Jewish State has organized a three-day fast leading up to the holiday of Purim, mirroring that of Queen Esther in the Biblical story. Thus far, over 22,000 people have agreed to participate in the fast, which they hope will overturn the continuous threats to Israel’s existence. The physical fast is an undertaking with a spiritual … Read More

In the latest bomb explosion in Turkey, mostly Israelis were killed or wounded. Two of the murdered Israelis had dual American citizenship. The ratio of Israelis killed and wounded in the attack has generated concern that the victims’ nationalities was no coincidence. Then Irem Aktas, a member of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling AKP Party  shared on the social media network … Read More

More U.S. military troops are going to Iraq in the aftermath of an Islamic State rocket killing a Marine and seriously injuring others, the Pentagon has said. The U.S. President had pledged numerous times there would be no “boots on the ground” in the fight against the Islamic State, the terror group also known as ISIS. But roughly 3,700 U.S. troops … Read More

Moshe Dayan reportedly tells his top generals “The Third Temple is in danger.” Reports years later say things get so bad, preparations were made to mobilize Israel’s nuclear arsenal. While Israel did save itself and perhaps even the Jewish people by winning the Yom Kippur War, they later determined not to lose again on intelligence. So they created the elite Israel Defense Force … Read More

Putin said that Russia could scale up its military presence in Syria again within hours, after a partial draw-down of forces ordered after military successes leaving most of the force in Syria. Made thinly disguised warning to Turkey and others, he said Russia was leaving behind its most advanced S-400 air defense system and would not hesitate to shoot down “any … Read More