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Each week sees a new record being broken. The Iranians have truly perfected deception to a form of art. Having succeeded in pulling the...

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...

The US looks set to present its allies with a dangerous fait accompli on Iran's nuclear program. The joint statement by Secretary of State Kerry...

US and coalition airstrikes U.S. and coalition airstrikes in Syria and Iraq continued during the week. Dozens of airstrikes were carried out during the week....

It was only a matter of time, ISIS is about to flood Europe with is operatives. Some European intelligence sources already knew a thing...

1. Main developments in Syria The city of Kobani After the liberation of the city of Kobani, Kurdish forces began to repel ISIS from the surrounding...

  In a few weeks we shall mark the 23rd anniversary of the attack on Israel’s embassy in Buenos Aires, which killed 29 people, of...

An official announcement is perhaps yet to be made, but World War III is already upon us. When you go abroad you notice it clearly...

For the sake of efficiency and to meet the evolving threat, modernization of Patriot (Phased Array TRacking to Intercept Of Target) systems, is a...

Main events of the week Following the murder of the Jordanian pilot, the Royal Jordanian Air Force carried out intensive airstrikes against ISIS targets in...

Are they out of touch? White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest made a surprising comment when speaking to reporters last week about the intentions...

Overview 1. Kobani (in Kurdish) or Ayn al-Arab (in Arabic) is a Kurdish city lying east of Jarabulus near the Syrian-Turkish border. Before the fighting began...

On January 30, 2015, ISIS issued a video in which it admitted, for the first time, that its fighters had retreated from Kobani (Ayn...

Wave of arrests of jihadi operatives throughout Europe Following the attacks in Paris, European security forces raised the state of alert and tightened security at...

In the framework of the anti-ISIS coalition, the US and its allies are deploying Patriot Air and Missile Defense units in the Middle East....

How many additional reasons would it take to shut the UN down, to have the New York high rise turned into a luxury hotel...

Hamas and the other terrorist organizations based in Gaza are rehabilitating the military capabilities damaged in Operation Protective Edge through extensive recruitment, the establishment...

Up until now, we knew it was all a bluff, a trick. Now, it has become official. The US backed down and is now...

The intensity of the fighting in Syria was low this week as well, probably due to the poor weather conditions. Kobani (Ayn al-Arab) During the week,...

Low-intensity fighting continued this week at the various battle sites, with no significant developments. ISIS’s efforts to establish its military and administrative control over...

Main events of the week On the morning of January 27, 2015, a shooting attack took place at the Corinthia Hotel in Tripoli, Libya, were...

Attacks by the US and the coalition in Syria and Iraq U.S. and coalition airstrikes in Syria and Iraq continued during the week. This week...