Changes in Middle East Naval Balance of Power?
Russia is extending its military presence in Syria by upgrading the bases in Tartus and Khmeimim into permanent military centers. Russian Defense Minister Sergey...
A 19 Year Old Maps The Middle East Wars
It's not easy to track what is going on in the civil war in Syria, it being so dynamic and turbulent. Researchers in intelligence...
Not A Terror Group: The West Acknowledges Its Enemy
The Islamic State is no longer a terrorist group - so said the French Minister of Defense, Jean-Yves Le Drian, at the Pentagon on...
New Mine-Disarming Drones To Be Used In Syria
New drones were demonstrated by Russia’s International Anti-Mining Center's sapper units for mine-disarming.
Dmitry Klochko, director of LocMas who told mil.today: "To neutralize mines, we...
Russia Will Upgrade its Fighter Aircraft Based on Operation in Syria
Russia hopes to upgrade its fleet of Sukhoi Su-35C fighters based on experience gained operating in Syria this year.
As with almost all new aircraft,...
Syrian Strikes Would Battle-Test Chinese Radars
Unidentified air forces have performed attacks in Syria in recent years with no early detection. According to the foriegn press the aircraft were operated...
The Conduct of the Islamic State
The death of an American hostage
A statement attributed to the Islamic State claimed that Kayla Jean Mueller, an American woman abducted by ISIS, was...
Cyber command – the war has started long ago
By ARIE EGOZI
The Israel defense forces (IDF) decision to officially establish a cyber command is a symbolic act. According to foreign sources Israel has...
Israel against Hizbollah: Between Overt and Covert Warfare
The violent battle between Israel and Hizbollah in Lebanon and Syria, and perhaps even outside the Middle East, can be expected to continue and...
Suicide Attacks in 2014: The Global Picture
Since the start of the millennium, suicide attacks have become a common mode of operation for many terrorist groups around the world, particularly Sunni...
Israel, Hamas and Hezbollah on a Collision Course: Undesirable yet Inevitable
At the start of 2015, Israel’s two major fronts – home to the two hostile players with which Israel has had military encounters in...
Further Developments in Syrian Civil War – Russian Special Forces
Foreign sources have reported that Russian Special Forces have been assisting the Syrian Army troops in the battle against ISIL terrorists in Badiyeh desert...
Cruise Missiles Supplied to Russian Army
The Russian army has been purchasing weapons from indigenous manufacture. The Russian defense industry has supplied the Armed Forces with an Iskander-M missile system...
Global Jihad attacks worldwide: January 2015
Suicide bombing attack in Turkey
It was recently reported that the police investigation revealed that the attack against the police station in Turkey on January...
iHLS TV Weekly Video Report – March 24th 2015
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In this weekly Video report (March 24th 2015):
Turkey and ISIS – more than meets the eye
US Navy resting exoskeletons
ISIS’s...
DARPA’s New Method For Demilitarising Chemical Weapons
Chemical weapons have been banned under international law since the 1990s, but many countries still hold on to pretty large stores of some of...
The New Ideological Threat to the GCC: Implications for the Qatari-Saudi...
In his book Sectarian Politics in the Gulf, Frederic M. Wehrey argues that the Arab Gulf states are united by a shared threat perception...
New Precision Targeting Systems to Russian Fighters in Syria
Russian Sukhoi Su-33 air superiority fighters based on the aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov will be outfitted with an ultra-precision targeting system, known as the...
US Supplies Rebels In Syria With Weapons
An American military cargo plane dropped light weapons Thursday to rebels besieged by the Islamic State (IS) terror group in the northern Syrian town...
Egozi: More Russian Eyes Over Syria and the region
By Arie Egozi
The US cruise missiles attack on a Syrian base some weeks ago prompted Moscow to enhance its capability to see what is...
Evaluation of ISIS’s weaknesses
Written by The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center
1. In recent months, ISIS has managed to brand itself in the Arab-Muslim world and in...
A Nuclear Crisis in Search of a Model: Lessons from Iraq,...
By Emily B. Landau
The interim deal signed in Geneva by the P5+1 and Iran is meant only to put “more time on the clock”...
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