Military & Security

Russian Defense Ministry held a major briefing: “A whole team of bandits and Turkish leadership [Erdogan’s family as well] stealing oil from their neighbors and are involved in illegal oil trade with ISIS” ~ [Full Video and Transcript of the Briefing by the Russian Ministry of Defence, 2 …

In the past several weeks, ISIS poured out its violence on three of the group’s main enemies across the globe. First, Russian authorities concluded that a terrorist attack brought down a civilian airliner in late October, likely an ISIS response to the country’s recent major intervention in Syria. …

Moscow’s counterterrorism efforts in Syria are so efficient that they apparently prompted Turkey to shoot down the Russian Su-24 bomber last month, G. Murphy Donovan, a former US intelligence officer, wrote for the American Thinker. “How Russian airstrikes in Syria threaten Turkey is not really much of a mystery. Russians …

Russia is reportedly deploying the TOS-1 Buratino multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) to Syria as part of its expanded presence in that country. It is unclear how many of the weapons have been sent to Syria, reports suggest a substantial number have been deployed. Indeed, there are videos …

If we defeated the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), would we know victory when we saw it? We often talk about winning and losing without having any idea what these terms mean. As a new coalition of the willing gestates in the wake of Paris, before …

The past 24 hours have seen a series of anti-terror operations by the Syrian army across the country, which left dozens of militants dead and wounded. Supported by Russian air strikes, the Syrian Arab Army and National Defense Forces have managed to destroy terrorist positions in throughout the country’s northwest, making …

Recep Erdogan is an international outlaw, US author Stephen Lendman deems, referring to the Turkish president’s alleged involvement in Daesh’s illicit oil smuggling, refining and sales on the black market. There is no trace of doubt in Ankara’s full involvement and knowledge of the ongoing illicit trade between Turkey and Daesh (IS/ISIL), …

The downing of a Russian plane by Turkey is jeopardizing the strong business and political relationship built by Ankara and Moscow. The two countries’ clash over Syria suggests that relations will get worse before they get better. The shooting down by Turkey of a Russian warplane on November …

ISIS and other groups have appropriated an inherently nonpolitical ideology to suit their political ambitions. In the wake of the bombing of the Russian plane in Sinai and the attacks in Paris, the self-proclaimed Islamic State (also known as ISIS) seems bent on confrontation with the West. The …