When, in the all-too-near future, the world looks to identify those responsible for allowing Iran’s nuclear arsenal to change the world forever, one name will figure prominently: Mohammed. Not the Prophet Mohammed as most people would presume. The founder of Islam plays a role, but the Mohammed in question is Mohammed ElBaradei, Director General of [...]

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Report: Russia sent Syria experts to upgrade air defense
Ha’aretz, Israel - 13 hours ago
… was “believed to have been designed in readiness for a possible attack on Iran’s nuclear sites.” The Israel Defense Forces on Sunday lifted censorship …
Chronology of Israeli-Syrian relations Reuters
IDF Confirms: Air Force Struck Target Deep in Syria Arutz Sheva
Israeli Jets Strike Syrian Target [...]

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Russian President Vladimir Putin is not letting the end of his second presidency prevent him from holding onto power. He announced Monday that he intends to run for parliament and suggested that he would then become prime minister. The German press decries this manipulation of democracy and wonders if it will really ensure stability. more…

Russia’s [...]

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Today, in yet another historic juncture, the Revolutionary Guards Corps of Iran is again being called upon to safeguard the revolution from threats no less dangerous and deadly to its existence: Iran’s arch-enemies, the US and Israel, are intent on destroying its hard-won nuclear infrastructures and, quite possibly, decapitating its political and military leadership.
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Fears of a new energy crisis in Europe were mounting after Russia threatened to cut gas supplies to Ukraine just two days after an election that could see a pro-Western government formed in Kiev.
The warning, which brought fresh accusations that Russia was using its natural resources to bully its neighbours, raised the prospect of a [...]

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Israeli airstrike hit military site, Syria confirms
Guardian Unlimited, UK - 13 hours ago
There has been speculation, in Israel and Washington, that the target was nuclear technology from North Korea. “We found the building construction was …
Israel’s mysterious air raid on Syria last month targeted a … Jewish Telegraphic Agency
IDF confirms that aircraft hit target inside Syria last [...]

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Other defence sources also affirmed that they do not recognise any new missile. The older Shahab 3 variant, with a conical, ‘dunce cap’-shaped RV, was claimed this time to have a range of 1,300 km. “Since they have already claimed to have a Shahab missile with 2,000 km range, I don’t see the rationale of [...]

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Russia has sent technicians to upgrade Syria’s air defense system, The Times reported Tuesday morning.
Reportedly, Moscow sent the team after Israel managed to foil Syria’s air defenses using stealth technology to remain invisible during an alleged air strike on September 6.
Foreign reports that surfaced since the incident indicated that Israeli jets assisted by a unit [...]

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There’s a Cold War-style chill beneath the news that Russian President Vladimir Putin is positioning himself to become prime minister after December’s parliamentary elections.
Along with moves Putin has made to weaken the power of the presidency in his wake, it adds up to a picture in which Putin will still call the shots after [...]

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It is a failing democracy surrounded by enemies. It is seething with a fast-growing hostility to the West generally and the U.S. in particular.
It has a leadership cabal more inclined to indulge a fortunate few than the best interests of its disintegrating nation.
Its economy, such as it is, relies heavily on a single resource – [...]

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