WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is weighing a multinational military response to the suspected Syrian poison gas attack, U.S. officials told Reuters on Monday, as experts listed several key facilities that could be viable targets. U.S. President Donald Trump promised forceful action on Monday, saying a decision would be made soon following the suspected chemical weapons attack late on… Read more »
Around 80% of the 32 Palestinians killed by the IDF during the ongoing Gaza border crisis were terrorist operatives or identified with terrorist organizations, an intelligence report asserts. The report by the Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center said that 26 of the 32 Palestinians fit into those categories. Nine of the dead Palestinians were part of military terrorist cells and… Read more »
Palestinians detonated a bomb near an Israeli construction vehicle adjacent to the security fence in the northern Gaza Strip on Wednesday, causing neither injury nor damage, the army said. In retaliation, the Israel Defense Forces targeted “a number” of positions belonging to the Hamas terrorist group, which rules the Gaza Strip, the army said. Palestinian media reported that Israeli tanks… Read more »
RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s air defence forces intercepted a ballistic missile over Riyadh on Wednesday, state media said, after at least three blasts were heard and three clouds of smoke were seen in the sky above the capital. Yemen’s Houthis has stepped up missile attacks on the kingdom in what it says is retaliation for air raids by a… Read more »
Something rare to see- Turkey, Iran, and Russia together agreeing on a military commitment. With the Syrian Civil War going into the start of its 7th year of conflict, the three states convened at the Ankara Summit to more or less agree that the YPG coalition rebels are terrorists that need to be wiped out. America counters and believes YPG… Read more »
(Al Jazeera) Moscow, Russia – On Sunday evening, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani arrived in Moscow for a short work visit. On Monday he is to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the wars in Syria and Yemen and the situation in Palestine. The work visit comes amid a massive evacuation of civilians and fighters from Eastern Ghouta near the Syrian capital Damascus after Russia… Read more »
(Ahval) Turkish, Russian and Iranian leaders in Ankara on Wednesday stated that they were committed to achieving a “lasting ceasefire” in Syria. A joint statement is issued by the leaders following the summit between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Russian President Vladimir Putin. At the press conference, Turkish President Erdoğan said that “as Turkey, we are fulfilling… Read more »
(StarTribune) CAIRO — Egypt on Wednesday sentenced 35 alleged Muslim Brotherhood members to life in prison for allegedly forming “terrorist cells” to attack security forces and state institutions. The Sohag Criminal Court in central Egypt sentenced another 155 defendants to three to 15 years on similar charges, including plotting to kill public figures and security officials, and joining an outlawed… Read more »
(The Times of Israel) Security forces arrested a member of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group off the Gaza coast suspected of planning to sink an Israeli naval patrol boat and kidnap any survivors last month, Israel revealed on Wednesday. The plan was to use three boats to lure in a navy ship, fire a missile at it and then… Read more »
SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman unveiled plans for a absolutely massive energy infrastructure project idea that would cost around $200b but would produce up to 200-gigawatts of energy for the country. This project would only use three resources: solar panels, a section of the expansive Saudi desert, and the sun. According to the founder of… Read more »