While all eyes have turned to the Russian-Ukrainian border and the Arabian peninsula, a boiling caldron continues to heat up in and around Israel. First, the US and Israeli forces (as well as other allies, at times) have held many joint military exercises very regularly over the past few months, including Desert Falcon that wrapped …
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Rumors of war are heating up. Russia has threatened America and our allies not to interfere in their apparent takeover attempt of Ukraine, or hinder former Soviet bloc nations such as Poland, Czech Republic and Hungary from leaving NATO. Russia is putting pressure on those satellite nations to forego alliances with the west and return …
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Conflict between the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen and the United Arab Emirates escalated to war on the Arabian peninsula yesterday. If you're not familiar with that area of the Middle East, take a look at this map: Israel is the tiny maroon-colored country at the top of the map. South of Saudi Arabia is Yemen, …
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Sources indicate significant disagreements remain in negotiations involving the Iranian nuclear deal. Based on reports from this morning, here are the major sticking points: US requires:Iran to immediately cease enrichment of uraniumIran to allow immediate access of nuclear facilities to inspectorsIran requires:US removal of all sanctionsUS to guarantee they will not exit a new agreement …
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