Syrian forces accidentally shot down a Russian military plane after an Israeli airstrike on Syrian territory, Kremlin officials said, the worst case of friendly fire for Russia in the Syria war. The accident initially caused a crisis in Russia-Israel relations as the Kremlin and Russian Military blamed the Israelis, underscoring the risks of escalation from unintended consequences among the different … Read More

Russia has accused Israel of a hostile provocation and threatened retaliation after Moscow blamed Israel for indirectly causing a Russian military plane to be shot down near Syria’s Mediterranean coast. Russia’s Defence Ministry is holding Israel responsible for Syrian anti-aircraft systems accidentally shooting down the Russian plane, killing all 15 on board, saying in a statement that Israeli pilots were using the Russian … Read More

The Kremlin is blaming Israel for the downing of one of its military planes at Syria. A Syrian anti-aircraft system accidentally shot down the Russian plane, killing all 15 on board, as it responded to Israeli fighter jets attacking targets near the coastal city of Latakia. A Russian Ministry spokesman said in a statement that Israeli pilots were using the Russian … Read More

According to multiple breaking news reports, US military officials believe Syrian forces accidentally shot down a Russian aircraft when Syrian anti-aircraft artillery reportedly responded to a number of Israeli missiles that were launched towards the coastal city of Latakia. Syria, Russia’s ally in a prolonged proxy war in the region, claimed its air defenses “intercepted a number” of the missiles headed toward … Read More

The red tide, a wave of microorganisms that kill sea life, continues to spread again along Florida’s coasts on the Gulf of Mexico filling  the waterways and coastlines with putrid fish dying from the water. It became so bad that the Governor issued a state of emergency over it. For the red tide is not only making the sea life sick, it’s … Read More

Large swaths of America’s southeast coastline battened down and emptied out as Hurricane Florence previously described as a massive Category 4 storm is expected to make landfall. Forecasters have been warning of record-setting storm surges along with rains heavy enough to cause catastrophic flooding. Officials in states all along the east coast have also issued emergency declarations and made preparations for flooding … Read More

There is “lots of evidence” that chemical weapons are being prepared by Syrian government forces in Idlib in northwest Syria, the new U.S. adviser for Syria said, as he warned of the risks of an offensive on the country’s last big rebel enclave. “I am very sure that we have very, very good grounds to be making these warnings,” said … Read More

There have now been international flights coming into the U.S. at New York and Philadelphia from Dubai and from Europe where passengers have fallen ill with the flights quarantined and medical evaluations performed on passengers with influenza seemingly as the culprit. In both the Kennedy Airport and Philadelphia cases, passengers had recently traveled to Mecca in Saudi Arabia where millions gathered … Read More

CBS news reports that passengers fell ill on separate international flights coming into Philadelphia International Airport today. Officials said passengers arriving at the airport on American Airlines flights from Paris and Munich experienced flu-like symptoms. Multiple ambulances were dispatched to the airport. All 250 passengers and crew on the flights were held for a medical review and the Centers for Disease … Read More

A large commercial jet from Dubai caused a scare on Wednesday after a pilot radioed that it would be landing at New York’s Kennedy Airport with 100 passengers and crew members who fell ill on the flight. One witness on the flight said people throughout the plane were constantly coughing and some vomiting. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and … Read More