Source link It has long been on the minds of doomsday preppers and fiction media creators alike – but how likely is it, really? Let’s sketch a big country in three broad strokes: First, its population is over 333 million. These citizens privately own about (or at least) 339 million guns. They are unique in […]
Source link As mediation efforts fail to bear fruit, war between Israel and Lebanon seems to be matter of when, not if Israel’s Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz met his French counterpart on Monday, warning him that “time [is] running out to find a diplomatic solution in Lebanon,” and indicating that his country was prepared to […]
Source link The Lebanese Shiite group has a long and bloody history with the Jewish state, and now, both sides’ restraint is at an end Since the escalation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and the start of the IDF ground operation in Gaza, it has been repeatedly reported that one of the potential participants in an […]
Source link Ending conscription was a mistake, Romanian army chief General Gheorghita Vlad told US state media Romanian Chief of Defense Staff General Gheorghita Vlad has called for ordinary citizens to be trained for war with Russia, arguing that such a conflict could break out “in the immediate future.” Multiple European politicians and generals have […]
Source link Beijing has warned of ‘negative impacts’ as Kiev continues to target businesses that deal with Russia Beijing has demanded that Ukraine immediately remove all 14 Chinese companies from a list of businesses that Kiev has branded “international sponsors of war,” Reuters has reported. The demand comes after Beijing’s ambassador to Kiev told senior […]
Source link Washington has stored hundreds of vehicles in Australia to boost logistics in the region, the news agency has reported The US used last year’s largest-ever joint drills with Australia to create new stockpiles of equipment in the country, in preparation for a potential conflict with China over Taiwan, Reuters reported on Wednesday, citing […]
Source link The US-led military bloc was originally designed for a confrontation with Moscow, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has pointed out NATO’s Steadfast Defender 2024 war games that kicked off in Europe last week present a threat to Russia’s national security, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov stated on Wednesday, noting that the US-led bloc is an “instrument […]
Source link Western powers seek to sting Moscow with a thousand pinpricks as they push for all-out conflict As support for NATO’s proxy war against Russia in Ukraine shows signs of collapsing, hysterical anti-Russian rhetoric is accelerating to the point of countdowns towards all-out war. The year 2024, barely emerging from the cradle, is already […]
Source link US Air Force personnel in Iraq have been ordered to remain on standby in case of “on ground US involvement in the Israel Hamas war,” The Intercept reported on Tuesday, citing a Pentagon memo. Circulated earlier this month, the memo instructs an unknown number of troops to be placed “on standby to forward […]
Source link A UK general said earlier this week that “citizen armies” should be prepared to take up arms against Moscow Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu has rejected a claim by the chief of the British Army, Gen. Patrick Sanders, who said this week that citizens should be prepared to take up arms against Russia […]
Source link The US is ratcheting up global tensions, dragging previously neutral states into NATO, the foreign minister has said Russia does not want to enter into a “big war” and has no intention of attacking other countries, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said. He lamented that relations with the US are at rock bottom, […]
Source link How information technology became a powerful tool to provoke armed conflict in any African state By Konstantin Pantserev, professor at St. Petersburg State University The issue of peace and security remains one of the key challenges facing African countries and an obstacle to sustainable development. Protests in Africa vary in nature and intensity. […]
Source link The warning follows comments by IDF commanders regarding a potential conflict between the two countries Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib has warned West Jerusalem against engaging in a war with his country, after the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) chief of staff claimed that the possibility of a conflict with Beirut has grown. […]
Source link With nothing to lose and limited time to achieve certain geopolitical goals, Kim Jong-un might opt for conflict as his only option By Timur Fomenko, political analyst A few days ago an analysis piece appeared on the North Korea research website 38North with the headline asking the question: “Is Kim Jong un preparing for […]
Source link Israel plans to recapture the Philadelphi Corridor, but experts warn that might be a bad idea The 14km border that separates Gaza from Egypt has been used for years by militants in the enclave to smuggle weapons, technology, money, and personnel. To stop that from happening, Israel is now mulling the possibility of […]