On Turkey’s Border With Syria, Many Are Eager for War Two large Turkish flags, flattened by the rain, cover the blasted-out windows of the 17th-century mosque in Kilis, where a rocket fired by Kurdish militants in Syria slammed into the dome this week, killing two worshipers. Even as the attack […]
Defense and Military Forces
Turkey Begins Ground Assault on Kurdish Enclave in Syria Turkish troops crossed the Syrian border into the Kurdish enclave of Afrin on Sunday morning, beginning a ground assault against American-allied militias there, as the first accounts of casualties emerged amid rising international criticism of Turkey’s military action. Turkish fighter jets […]
Putin Rejects Cutting Off Oil to North Korea Putin Rejects Cutting Off Oil to North Korea:- President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia said his country opposed cutting off oil supplies to North Korea as part of new sanctions being considered in the wake of the country’s latest nuclear test, according […]
Naval Collision Adds to Fears About U.S. Decline in Asia Naval Collision Adds to Fears About U.S. Decline in Asia:- For decades, the United States Navy has served as the foremost symbol of America’s power in the Asia-Pacific. With bases from South Korea to Japan to Guam and a fleet […]
How U.S. Military Actions Could Play Out in North Korea The intelligence could come to President Trump secretly and urgently: The North Koreans have placed another intercontinental missile on its launching pad. In less than two hours, it could be fueled and ready for launch on a test flight into […]
If U.S. Attacks North Korea First, Is That Self-Defense If U.S. Attacks North Korea First, Is That Self-Defense:- President Trump’s apocalyptic admonishment to North Korea over its threats to annihilate America suggested that he might be closer than ever to ordering an attack — without waiting for Kim Jong-un, the […]
Turkey Throws Support Behind Qatar in Rift Among Arab Nations Turkey signaled support for Qatar on Wednesday after the tiny Gulf country was isolated by several of its neighbors in a major rift among Arab nations. Meeting in a special night session of Parliament, Turkish lawmakers rushed through new laws […]
Emmanuel Macron Challenges Putin on Syria and Gay Rights France’s newly elected president, Emmanuel Macron, came out of his first meeting with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia on Monday with a message of stark challenge, promising French military reprisals for any use of chemical weapons by Russia’s allies in […]
U.S. May Soon Increase Pressure on China to Constrain North Korea U.S. May Soon Increase Pressure on China to Constrain North Korea:- Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will warn China’s leaders that the United States is prepared to step up missile defenses and pressure on Chinese financial institutions if they […]
Israel Halts Yacht Trying to Break Its Blockade of Gaza Strip Israel Halts Yacht Trying to Break Its Blockade of Gaza Strip : JERUSALEM — Their chances of reaching the shores of Gaza were never high: Thirteen women on a yacht hoping to breach the years-old sea blockade of the […]
