Новости за 20.01.2016

…from SouthFront The war-torn Middle East has become a ground for activity of a diverse range of entities linked with government, corporations and special services from around the world. Iraqi-based security company “Falcon Security” is one of them. Falcon Security operates in Iraq, in general, and especially in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region. It plays a […]

The Pentagon’s Missile Defense System is working on plans to develop a high-altitude, long-endurance drone armed with a compact, electrically powered laser capable of shooting down ballistic missiles. The original Airborne Laser Testbed (ALTB) was a Boeing 747 with a crew and tanks of toxic chemicals to generate power. That Pentagon mothballed the aircraft in 2012, after more than 15 years […]

A new study shows meditation can help PTSD. Could Islamic meditation be the most effective kind?

Why Does Saturn Devour His Son

Damascus, SANA- Among more than 80 archeological fortresses and citadels spread all over the Syrian territories, Tartous province embraces 14 of them since this area has been exposed throughout ages to many foreign invasions therefore it was the first fort defending Syria in the face of the greedy ones. Amid the citadels spreading in Tartous […]

…from SouthFront Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) mobilized tanks and other heavy weaponry from military bases in al Mukalla, Hadramawt, to other fronts in Yemen. It could indicate a possible launch of a renewed campaign in al Bayda or southern Yemen or of a new campaign contesting control in Wadi Hadramawt. The group […]

Russian Aerospace Forces destroy artillery, command center, fuel depots for ISIS within 24 hours Lattakia, SANA – The Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday the Russian Aerospace Forces carried out 16 sorties targeting 57 terrorist targets in Syria within the past 24 hours. Ministry spokesman Gen. Maj. Igor Konashenkov told journalists at Hmaimim Airport in […]

By Henry Kamens for Veterans Today and New Eastern Outlook, Moscow Things have been tense on the Nagorno-Karabakh frontline for a long time. Somehow, over the past few years, we have heard more and more of active hostilities, the deployment of heavy weaponry and heated engagements with these new weapons. Nagorno-Karabakh is now effectively a […]

Britain sold over £1 billion worth of missiles, rockets and bombs to Saudi Arabia last summer despite solid evidence of serious human rights violations committed by the Saudi-led coalition in its military campaign in Yemen. The extraordinary increase in UK arms sales occurred between July and September under five government-backed licenses, documents from the Department […]

RT correspondent Murad Gazdiev and his crew have managed to film an aerial view of the city of Homs in Syria, which saw one of the heaviest battles of the Syrian civil war. The clip shows the city, once Syria’s third largest and a major industrial hub, totally devastated by war

Sputnik – With Russian media buzzing over presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s talk of a new ‘reset’ vis-à-vis Moscow, Russian experts are more grounded in their approach, taking the former secretary of state’s proposition with a grain of salt (or a barrel full). During Sunday’s Democratic debate, Clinton suggested that a new ‘reset’ in relations with Russia might […]

Russian Jets Conduct 16 Sorties in Syria Over Past 24 Hours Russian aviation has conducted 16 sorties in Syria over past 24 hours hitting 57 terrorist targets in two provinces, the Russian Defense Ministry said Wednesday.  “Over the past 24 hours the jets of the Russian Air and Space Forceshave carried out 16 combat missions hitting 57 terrorist […]

ERBIL, Kurdistan – Boosting its military presence, Russia is deploying advanced Kamov Ka-52 helicopter gunships in Syria to protect its Latakia airbase and take part in combat rescue operations.According to IHS Jane’s, a website specialized in defence and aerospace news, this will be the debut for Russia’s newest military helicopter, which will provide security for […]

Nazar Mohammad Mutmaeen Afghan writer and political Analyst based in Kabul   On January 11, the first meeting of the quadrilateral coordination group of Pakistan, Afghanistan, China and the U.S. on Afghan peace and reconciliation was convened in Islamabad. The remarks of Hekmat Khalil Karzai, the senior Afghan negotiator, after the meeting, were against peace, and he, […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For Particulars call Bob Krause, President, VNRC at 515-657-0069, email bob.krause@vnrc.us, mailing address 2257 Walton Lake Drive, Fairfield, Iowa 52556 The Veterans National Recovery Center (VNRC), an activist group of veterans has called upon all Iowans to memorialize Richard Miles on Wednesday, March 23, 2016. Miles is the Iraq War combat […]

U.S. ambassador: "Israel has two standards of adherence to rule of law in the West Bank — one for Jews and one for Palestinians."

Aliens exist, UFO hunters claimed after a new set of pictures of an identified object, which some said was none other than a UFO drone, were published on YouTube last Sunday, according to Inquisitr.com. Although the pictures were first made a few years ago, the new set of pictures is enhanced to provide a more clear view […]

According to the newspaper, US Director of National Intelligence James Clapper has been instructed by Congress to conduct a major review of Russia’s alleged secret funding of European political parties over the past decade. Washington, The Telegraph says, is becoming concerned over’s Moscow’s alleged use of clandestine influence to undermine NATO, block US missile defense and undo the Western sanctions imposed on Russia in the aftermath of the […]

A Canadian, two Americans and a Libyan who had been held for more than 500 days without charges and allegedly tortured were charged in the United Arab Emirates on Monday with supporting terrorism. Canadian Libyan Salim Alaradi was one of the four Libyan nationals charged with supporting two pro-Islamist Libyan militias. Alaradi was arrested in […]

Fragonard amoreux galant et libertin is a very interesting exhibition at Musée du Luxembourg in Paris.

even Michael J. Fitzmaurice State Veterans Home residents – Frank Bryant, Arthur Has No Horse, Paul Hofwolt, Clarence Jerke, Orville Oster, Fred Riedel and Earl Weiss – were honored at a special ceremony that took place simultaneously at the State Home and in the Capitol Rotunda in Pierre, Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 12.

Jim W. Dean - As we see the US-NATO advance eastward to threaten Russia's Ukraine and Black Sea regions, Erdogan is in a wonderful position to get away with murder as NATO can't have a too unhappy Turkey in its rear.

In Afghanistan, the New Year 2016 kicked off with a spate of blasts in the capital Kabul, marking a wholly bloody year ahead.