The Syrian civil war, which began in 2011, quickly turned into a multi-national, terrorist war. Eran Malka will try to explain who is who.   The Assad regime represents the official forces of the Syrian government, government agencies and the national army. Main forces: The Syrian Arab Army (SAR): A government army with a broad military structure, but in practice has proven weak in the fight. The National Defense Forces (NDF): Has a paramilitary structure consisting of local...

"Ceasefire is Only the End of This Round of Fighting, Israel Remains Enemy to be Eliminated," claims the Terrorist publication Pro-Hezbollah Lebanese Daily As-Safir Adding, "Rebuilding the might of the resistance, in terms of manpower, capabilities, and resources, is the task today." Looks like they 'absolutely' want.... Peace! (ironical of course!) Poor chaps!   Prior to the ceasefire deal announced this week, a pro-Hezbollah Lebanese daily promised that “the end of...

The Ukrainian armed forces have delivered two strikes using Western-made long-range weapons on sites in the Kursk Region over the past three days, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.   According to the ministry, the first ATACMS missiles were launched on November 23, targeting the positions of an S-400 anti-aircraft battalion in the Kursk Region. On November 25, Ukrainian troops used ATACMS missiles for the second time to deliver an attack on an airfield in Kursk. Scale of attacks,...

  Ukraine is unable to reclaim its lost territory in the country’s east, Erik Prince, the founder and former CEO of private military company Blackwater, said.   "There's no chance that Ukraine is going to retake its lands—the Donetsk, Lugansk, the areas in the east, certainly not Crimea," he said in an interview with Fox News, noting that it is necessary to end the Ukrainian conflict as soon as possible. "It needs to de-escalate and be done," the...

In fact, it is a regional and to a large extent global process, a process that is now developing rapidly. The obvious direction is the overthrow of the regime of the Revolutionary Guards in Iran.   BACKGROUNDThe decision is about the control of the large and important area of ​​the Middle East, an area in which the State of Israel is only a small but significant part of it. An area where a major part of the world's energy reserves, oil and natural gas, are concentrated. An area...

Member of Iranian parliament says nuclear weapons are the only way to deter future attacks by Israel.   Iranian officials are seeking to openly pursue nuclear weapons following Israel’s weekend attack on a host of military installations, publicly acknowledging work that Tehran has long tried to hide from the international community. Mohammad Reza Sabbaghian, a member of Iran’s parliament, said on Sunday that nuclear weapons are the only way to deter future attacks by...

Report: Israel used seismic "Hammer" missiles in the attack in Dahiyeh causing destruction equivalent to a magnitude 3.6 earthquake   In recent days, Lebanese residents felt "abnormal tremors" that coincided with the Israeli bombing aimed at various Hezbollah sites. These tremors are caused by bombs used by Israel in its war against Hezbollah, which were designed to destroy underground tunnels. The Lebanese can feel these tremors through the shaking of the buildings, even if they are...

The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) are believed to have conducted cyber and electronic warfare operations to target Hezbollah communications, including the explosion of pagers.   While exact details are classified, several key techniques and strategies could have been employed: 1. ELECTRONIC WARFARE AND SIGNALS JAMMINGThe IDF has sophisticated electronic warfare capabilities that could have interfered with or overwhelmed Hezbollah’s communication devices, such as pagers. By...

Former defense official says beeper attack joins other strikes that appear to be "softening up" the terrorist group ahead of future developments.   As the dust settles from the mass pager and radio communication blasts that rocked Hezbollah in Lebanon on Tuesday and Wednesday, respectively, and caused thousands of injuries and dozens of deaths in the ranks of the Iran-backed terror army, observers have begun to assess the damage incurred by the Islamist group. In a televised speech on...

Such an operation would have required significant infiltration of Hezbollah’s communication systems.   An Israeli cyber and national security expert has claimed that the exploding pagers carried by Hezbollah members in Lebanon, which left thousands wounded and killed at least nine people on Tuesday, were part of a sophisticated attack that was planned at least half a year before the war in Gaza erupted. Dr. Eyal Pinko, a former navy commander and senior research fellow at the...

At least 300 people have been injured in a series of new explosions of wireless communication devices in Lebanon, bringing the death toll to nine, the country's Health Ministry reported.   According to the Al Hadath TV channel, walkie-talkies, phones, as well as devices powered by solar and lithium-ion batteries exploded in different regions of the country. Wednesday's incident came a day after the first series of pager explosions that killed 12 people and injured an estimated 2,800....

During the meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group at the NATO Ramstein Air Base on 6 September, Ukraine presented its three priorities: Air defence (AD) systems and AD missiles; ammunition and equipment for the new brigades; and strengthening Ukraine’s long-range capabilities.   Ukraine's Zelensky stressed that many of the pledged air defence systems had not yet been delivered and emphasised the need for more F-16s. The F-16s are already filling some of the persistent gaps...