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Turkey’s Incursion into Syria is Straining Diplomatic Relations and the US Troops Fighting ISIS
by Darien Cavanaugh. Cavanaugh is a contributor for War is Boring and Reverb Press. He serves on the Board of Directors for Auntie Bellum. Two weeks ago the Pentagon acknowledged that Turkey’s ongoing assault on the Kurdish-controlled region of Afrin … Continue reading
Posted in Darien Cavanaugh, English, International, Security Policy, Syria, Turkey
Tagged Afrin, Free Syrian Army, Islamic State, kurdistan, militias, PKK, SDF, Syria, Trump, Turkey, United States, US, USA, war, YPG
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That time Israel boldly flew F-15s through the air spaces of five Arab countries
by Paul Iddon. In October 1991, less than a year after the Gulf War at least two Israeli F-15 Eagle air superiority jet fighters took off from Israel and made a round-trip that violated the air spaces of five Arab … Continue reading
Posted in English, History, Israel, Paul Iddon
Tagged Air Force, F-15, F-16, intelligence, iraq, israel, Jordan, lebanon, Operation Orchard, Saddam Hussein, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, United Nations, US
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Chinese drones and Russian air defense missiles: Why America’s Middle East allies are shopping elsewhere for some of their weapons
by Paul Iddon. The United State’s Middle East allies are increasingly using other sources to either purchase weapons which Washington won’t sell or equipment with comparable capabilities to what Washington has to offer. This ranges from drones, which the U.S. … Continue reading
Posted in Armed Forces, English, International, Paul Iddon, Proliferation, Security Policy, Technology
Tagged China, drone, Egypt, Iran, iraq, military hardware, Predator, proliferation, Qatar, Reaper, RQ-170, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Soviet Union, Syria, Turkey, UAV, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan
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The struggle between regular armed forces and paramilitaries in Iraq, Iran and Syria
by Paul Iddon. Today, in a span of territory stretching from Iran’s frontiers with Afghanistan and Pakistan to Lebanon’s Mediterranean coast are states in which paramilitary forces have formidable power either competing with, or exceeding, the power of regular conventional … Continue reading
Posted in Armed Forces, English, International, Iran, Iraq, Paul Iddon, Security Policy, Syria
Tagged armed forces, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, hezbollah, Iran, iraq, Iraqi Army, Iraqi Kurdistan, IRGC, islamic revolution, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, kurdistan, militias, National Defence Forces, paramilitaries, paramilitary forces, Peshmerga, President Hassan Rouhani, Syria, Syrian Arab Army
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Assad and the Russians turned their noses up at Raqqa operation
by Paul Iddon. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his Russian backer were extremely dismissive towards the United States-backed operation that is removing Islamic State (ISIS) from the group’s de-facto Syrian capital city Raqqa. At first, in last April he mocked … Continue reading
Posted in English, International, Iraq, Paul Iddon, Russia, Syria, Terrorism
Tagged Bombing, iraq, Islamic State, Moscow, Mosul, Putin, Raqqa, Russia, SDF, Strategy, Syria, Syrian Democratic Forces, terrorists, United States, USA, Vladimir Putin, Washington, YPG
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A Turkish attack on Afrin could spark a full-fledged war in Northern Syria
by Paul Iddon. Unlike the other three Kurdish regions in the Middle East, Syrian Kurdistan (known among Kurds as West Kurdistan, or Rojava) is not contiguous. The ruling authorities in Syria over the years attempted to keep the Kurds divided … Continue reading
Posted in English, Paul Iddon, Security Policy, Syria
Tagged Free Syrian Army, Islamic State, kurdistan, Syria, The Middle East, Turkey
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The significance of Iran’s missile attack on Syria
by Paul Iddon On the night of June 18 Iran fired six long range missiles from its western provinces at Islamic State (ISIS) to the eastern Syrian city of Deir Ezzor in retaliation for the June 7 terrorist attacks in … Continue reading
The ISIS drone threat
by Paul Iddon. In a 1993 televised panel discussion about the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), and potential ballistic missile threats from countries like North Korea and Iran, scholar Russell Seitz briefly touched upon the simple forms in which asymmetrical threats … Continue reading
Posted in English, Iraq, Paul Iddon, Syria, Technology, Terrorism
Tagged drone, drones, hezbollah, insurgents, iraq, Iraqi Security Forces, Islamic State, israel, Mosul, Peshmerga, Syria, UAV
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Russia’s second faux drawdown from Syria
by Paul Iddon. On January 6, 2017 Moscow announced for the second time in less than a year that it is partially withdrawing its forces from Syria (the fist announcement was in March 2016). This time the Russians said their … Continue reading
Posted in English, International, Paul Iddon, Russia, Sea Powers, Security Policy, Syria
Tagged Admiral Kuznetsov, aircraft carrier, cruise missiles, Iran, Military, military presence, Moscow, Putin, Russia, Syria, The Middle East, Turkey
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Härtetest für den Leopard 2 Panzer
von Patrick Truffer. Patrick Truffer absolviert momentan ein Masterstudiengang in Internationale Beziehungen an der Freien Universität Berlin. Ende August 2016 startete die Türkei die Operation “Schutzschild Euphrat” mit dem Ziel südlich der türkischen Grenze eine Sicherheitszone zu schaffen. Zusätzlich zum … Continue reading
Posted in International, Patrick Truffer, Switzerland, Syria, Technology, Turkey
Tagged Islamischer Staat, Panzer, Rüstung, Schweiz, Schweizer Armee, Syria, syrien, Turkey, US
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