Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was said to be advancing in his effort to turn NATO’s second largest fighting force into what critics say is his private army. SUBSCRIBE (more…)
The commander of Tajikistan’s elite police force announced via a YouTube video that he has defected to Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL). SUBSCRIBE l LOGIN (more…)
The Taiwanese Defense Ministry announced this week that it would seek U.S. approval to take part in the biennial Rim of the Pacific naval exercise as an “observer” country. (more…)
After decades of focusing on Iran’s nuclear and missile programs and Teheran’s support of terrorist organizations Hizbullah and Hamas, the West is beginning to recognize a third threat — (more…)
Russian and Iranian officials met in Moscow on May 25 for negotiations on Russia’s sale of S-300 surface-to-air missile defense systems to Iran and both sides said talks on (more…)
Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the bombing of a Shia mosque in Saudi Arabia that killed 21 people. Saudi King Salman pledged authorities would (more…)
The leader of Hizbullah echoed the comments of a top Iranian general in warning that the United States is doing nothing to protect the people of Syria, Iraq and (more…)
The U.S. Navy’s super carrier, the nuclear-powered USS George Washington, CVN-73, left Yokosuka, Japan for the last time on May 18 and sailed back to the United States. SUBSCRIBE (more…)