The top US and Saudi military generals discussed security and stability concerns in the Middle East, specifically the situation in Syria and Lebanon, according to a Pentagon readout of the call. The Pentagon said that the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. CQ Brown, and Chief of General Staff, Gen. Fayyad Al-Ruwaili, spoke about the…
The US military said it conducted an airstrike on Monday in Syria that killed two ISIS operatives and wounded one. The ISIS operatives were moving a truckload of weapons in Deir Ezzor Province, an area formerly controlled by the Syrian government and Russians, when they were targeted with the airstrike, US Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a statement…
Bruno Retailleau also stayed on as interior minister French President Emmanuel Macron endorsed a new cabinet, with key ministers keeping their posts. The list of cabinet members, who were approved at a meeting between Macron and newly-appointed Prime Minister Francois Bayrou, was read out by Elysee Palace Secretary-General Alexis Kohler. Jean-Noel Barrot retained his job…
Over 40 were killed, Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Foreign Ministry Rodion Miroshnik said Over 250 Russian civilians were injured, over 40 people were killed in November as a result of attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Foreign Ministry Rodion Miroshnik told TASS. “According to the data collected and verified by…
On Tuesday, the Russian leader is scheduled to meet with President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon Russian President Vladimir Putin has left for St. Petersburg, where he will hold meetings with CIS heads of state and government in the coming days. The multilateral program is expected to take place mainly on Wednesday and Thursday. On Tuesday,…
Yury Ushakov noted that uncontrolled expansion of the association would break its backbone More than 20 states, in addition to the selected partner countries, are showing interest in a systemic dialogue with the BRICS group, Russian Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov has told the media. “The doors of the association remain open to like-minded countries. At…
According to the report, battlegroup Center made Ukraine suffer roughly 610 casualties and lose two tanks in the Donetsk People’s Republic Russian forces have liberated the settlement of Storozhevoye in the Donetsk People’s Republic, hitting enemy troops and equipment in 143 areas, the Russian Defense Ministry said in its bulletin. Here are the details of…
The Belarusian president pointed out that the coming year is expected to be difficult for a number of reasons President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko has announced his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin before the yearend and also his official visit to China, Belarusian news agency BelTA reported on Monday. “I am having a meeting with Vladimir…
German authorities said they received tipoffs last year about the suspect in a car attack at a Christmas market in Magdeburg as more details emerged on Sunday about the five people killed. Authorities have identified the suspect as a Saudi doctor who arrived in Germany in 2006 and had received permanent residency. Police haven’t publicly named the…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday vowed to retaliate against Yemen’s Houthi militia after it fired a missile at Tel Aviv, warning that Israel would target what he described as the last remaining arm of “Iran’s axis of evil.” The Houthis struck Israel’s commercial hub on Saturday with what they claimed was a ballistic missile, injuring…
Iran’s supreme leader denied Sunday that militant groups around the region functioned as Tehran’s proxies, warning that if his country chose to “take action,” it would not need them anyway. The remarks came after a year in which Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza suffered heavy losses in wars with Israel, and two…
Syria’s new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa said Sunday all weapons would come under state control during a press conference with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, who urged the lifting of sanctions on Syria. Al-Sharaa said that after upcoming consultations with defense and military officials on a new structure for the military, armed “factions will begin to announce…
According to the Houthi spokesman, the strike on US vessels was delivered with the use of “eight cruise missiles and 17 drones” The Houthis from Yemen’s rebel Ansar Allah movement attacked the US USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier in the Red Sea, shooting down an F/A-18 fighter jet, the movement’s military spokesperson Yahya Sarea…
Russia’s Battlegroup Center inflicts 480 casualties on Ukrainian army over past day Russian troops liberated two communities in the Donbass area and the Kharkov Region over the past day in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Sunday. “Battlegroup West units liberated the settlement of Lozovaya in the Kharkov Region as…
The previous generation of Russian politicians chose the course towards the country’s destruction for the sake of joining the so-called civilized world but this was what the West wanted, President Vladimir Putin Russia is ready to normalize relations with the United States and other Western countries but without detriment to its interests, Russian President Vladimir…
