China creates 3 new military units
The Daily Journalist.
On his way to reform the country’s armed forces and consolidate control of the Communist Party over the army (PLA), the Chinese authorities today announced the creation of three new military units to [...]
Russian airstrikes kill the leader of Jaysh Al-Islam in Syria
The Daily Journalist.
Alloush Zahran, head of Jaysh al Islam [Army of Islam], one of the most powerful rebel groups in the suburbs of Damascus, died Friday in an air strike that targeted its headquarters as confirmed by rebel [...]
North Korea Update: Hydrogen Bomb?
By Elena Marchetti.
The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) published an item on Kim Jong Un’s visit to an historic arms factory, founded by his grandfather, President Kim Il Sung. During the visit Kim supposedly extolled the North [...]
Afghanistan Update: Khandahar & Herat Provinces
By Elena Marchetti.
On Monday night, 7 December, Taliban forces stormed a Kandahar police station and engaged in a firefight in which three police officers and two of the attackers were killed.
The Kandahar airfield complex is the [...]
Cameron’s party ready to bombard ISIS
The Daily Journalist.
David Cameron’s government has given unanimous approval to the motion to be presented Wednesday at the British Parliament to authorize air strikes in Syria. The motion specifies that the objective will be [...]
Turkey takes down Russian Jet
The Daily Journalist.
The Turkish General Staff announced the downing of a Russian military plane in southern Turkey, on Tuesday morning for violating its airspace. The Russian Defense Ministry has confirmed that one of its fighters [...]
The UN ready to declare war on ISIL
The Daily Journalist.
The division of the international community on how to deal with the fight against the Islamic state (IS, by its acronym in English) has come to the Security Council of the United Nations. The Council approved [...]
Cameron believes reform in EU “not impossible”
The Daily journalist.
“The changes sought by the United Kingdom in the European Union are not mission impossible,” said David Cameron on his speech at Chatham House in London, the kick-off of the campaign referédum in [...]
AKP wins, but leaves Turkey with uncertainty
The Daily Journalist.
The landslide victory of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in Sunday’s legislative reform has returned to the center of the presidential debate system. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wants to [...]
US-China naval rivalry over South China Sea
By Syed Qamar Azfal.
China´s navy chief warned his US counterpart encounters between their forces could spiral into conflict, state media reported, two days after a US destroyer sailed close to Beijing´s artificial South China Sea islands. [...]
Obama, Cold War and the Middle East
The Daily Journalist.
Barack Obama, the man who promised in June 2008 to “responsibly end the war in Iraq” and “end the war against Al-Qaeda and the Taliban”, will leave his successor fighting in those two conflicts, [...]
Russia tries to court Saudi Arabia
The Daily Journalist.
The Russian steal fist has allowed the army of Syrian President Bashar Assad, to make significant progress in its fight against the rebels. Backed by Moscow, the Syrian government forces on Monday fought the fiercest [...]
Is Obama doubling down on his proxy War on Russia in Syria?
By Ronald Bleier.
On October 9, 2015 it appeared to blogger Moon of Alabama (MoA) that the US was giving up on its war against Syria due to Russian determination to employ heavy duty military force in support of Assad. The [...]
Third intifada erupts
The Daily Journalist.
Seven Palestinians, including a teenager, in the Gaza Strip have been killed by Israeli fire this afternoon and over 80 were injured in the incidents caused during a popular march organized after the Muslim Friday [...]
China joins the Syrian war
The Daily Journalist.
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According to Pravda news website, Russian Senator Igor Morozov stated, “It is known, that China has joined our military operation in Syria, the Chinese cruiser has already entered the Mediterranean, [...]
Russian air power at the service of Assad
The Daily Journalist.
In addition to a fleet of transport aircraft for logistical tasks, Russia has deployed a panoply of planes and helicopters capable of carrying out bombing missions at the base of Latakia, located in Syrian [...]
The Taliban recovers key city in Afghanistan
The Daily Journalist.
Kunduz, in northern Afghanistan, is the city that time and time again has been captured in the hands of the Taliban. It was their most resisted stronghold in 2001, but 14 years later, once again [...]
US president meets with Xi Jinping to discuss discrepancies
The Daily Journalist.
The US president Barack Obama, received on Friday at the White House his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping.
In a joint appearance, the two leaders have confirmed their commitments last November in relation [...]
Assad bombards Raqqa with Russian aid
The Daily Journalist.
Today’s attack which killed mostly civilians, has been atypical because ISIS the jihadist organization held Raqqa since 2013; the city has just been punished by President Bashar Assad. With this offensive [...]
Kiev and Moscow accord piece agreement in East Ukraine
By The Daily Journalist.
Foreign ministers Sergey Lavrov; Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin; Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, and France, Laurent Fabius, on Saturday gave new steps to appease eastern Ukraine with a commitment to advance [...]