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Liwa Al-Quds (or the Al-Quds Brigade) is a Sunni Palestinian pro-government group formed in mid-2013 by Mohammad “Engineer” al-Sa’eed.  The group appeared after Jabhat al-Nusra (the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda), also known as Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and Jabhat Fatah al-Sham, had captured of the Handarat Camp north of Aleppo city and started oppressing its residents. Mohammad al-Sa’eed established the force with the goal of recapturing the camp and supporting the Syrian Arab Army in its operations inside the city Aleppo and its countryside where government forces were in a very complicated situation at that moment. Another prominent group member, Colonel Mohammed “Godfather” Rafi, was the Liwa Al-Quds operations commander. Mohammed Rafi was one of the natives of the Handarat Camp and was killed in action during the final stages of the battle for Aleppo in 2016. Liwa Al-Quds numbers over 9,000 fighters, according to its statements. [Some skeptical sources say that the number is ab...

LHA 7 Tripoli The US Navy has launched the second America-class amphibious assault ship LHA 7 Tripoli at Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) shipyard. LHA 7 Tripoli was successfully launched after the dry-dock was flooded allowing the vessel to float off for the first time. LHA 7 Tripoli is expected to be delivered to the US Navy in late 2018. More about America-class amphibious assault ships:

Written by  Scott Humor ; Originally appeared at  thesaker.is H.R. 1644, the Korea Interdiction and Modernization of Sanctions Act President Trump signed the ‘ Buy American, Hire American’  executive order. “The most spectacular claim—that North Korea is, at present, “capable of producing a nuclear bomb every six or seven weeks”— is backed up entirely by an anonymous blob of “expert studies and classified intelligence reports.”…  it is “impossible to verify.” Coming to Russia, don’t complain about its weather. Remember that our climate was designed as a weapon against invading armies. At the end of April 2017, the United States government apparatchiks have officially  divorced themselves from reality by starting two initiatives, both being a severe infringement on Russia’s sovereignty. First is an announcement of  the US government tender to run a “refugee resettlement center” in Moscow  for the Eurasian countries each of which having its...