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4 BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:40 P.M.) – The Russian Ministry of Defense just released several satellite images of the U.S. military and their allies from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) freely traveling in the Islamic State (ISIS) held areas of the Deir Ezzor Governorate. “Without resistance from ISIS militants the SDF troops are moving along the left bank of the Euphrates river towards the town of Deir Ezzor,” the statement from the Ministry of Defense read. “There are not even signs of organization of a battle outpost,” the Russian Ministry of Defense added. The images below show U.S. armored vehicles and equipment in this ISIS-held part of Deir Ezzor between the dates of September 8-12. The Syrian and Russian military commands have accused the US and their allies of land grabbing in the Deir Ezzor Governorate, while not actually fighting the Islamic State forces. Most recently, the SDF took control of the Taybeh Gas Plant along the e...

Lieutenant-General Valery Asapov © Sergey Krasnoukhov / Sputnik Deputy head of the Defense Committee in the upper house of Russia’s parliament, Frants Klintsevich,  told the Russian state-run media outlet RIA  on Tuesday that  the death of Lieutenant General Valery Asapov  in Syria became possible because of a treachery. “There is precise data that it was a treachery… [We] are searching for traitors and they will be found soon,” RIA quoted Klintsevich as saying. Earlier this week, Lieutenant General Asapov died in Syria as a result of ISIS shelling near Deir Ezzor city.  The general was at a command outpost assisting Syran commanders in the liberation of Deir Ezzor  when the incident took place. RIA also quoted a Syrian security source that allegedly confirmed that information from the investigation file confirms the version about the treachery.

FILE IMAGE Israeli warplanes have reportedly bombed Hezbollah units in Syria’s Quneitra province. The incident allegedly took place in the area of the 90th Brigade Base near Quneitra city. No reports about casualties are available now. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) have not officially announced the strikes.  Follow HalabToday حلب اليوم   ✔ @HalabTodayTV عاجل | مصادر موالية للنظام: طائرات الاحتلال الإسرائيلي تشن غارات على اللواء 90 في محيط مدينة القنيطرة 12:02 - 26 Sep 2017   Replies     5 5 Retweets     16 16 likes Twitter Ads information and privacy On September 22,  the Israeli Air Force struck positions of Hezbollah near Damascus International Airport  at the Syrian capital.

The Philippine Military announced on Monday that the battle for Marawi will be over in October. According to the statement, clashes with ISIS will be over within few days, but a full-scale rehabilitation will start in October. Click to see the full-size map

On Tuesday, as President Trump imposed another round of meaningless new sanctions on North Korea’s banks, Trump said that while he encouraged the world to work together to end the country’s nuclear program, the U.S. is “totally prepared” for a military option,  which he said would be “totally devastating ” for North Korea. Which at least provides some additional detail to what H.R. McMaster meant,  when he said overnight  that the U.S. has prepared “four or five different scenarios” for how the crisis with North Korea will be resolved, adding ominously that “some are uglier than others.” “ We are totally prepared for the second option — not a preferred option — but if we take that option it will be devastating I can tell you that ,” Trump said during a joint news conference Tuesday at the White House with Spain’s Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy. “ For North Korea that is called the military option. If we have to take it we will.”  Follow CNN Inte...

WRITTEN BY:  JD HEYES   There may be more to North Korea’s latest nuclear test than meets the eye if the country’s state-run media is to be believed, and it has huge implications for preppers. As  reported by  the  Washington Free Beacon , an official North Korean newspaper published a column allegedly by one of the country’s scientists who claims that the latest underground nuclear test helped to advance Pyongyang’s ability to detonate an  EMP weapon  in space that would destroy a large portion of an enemy nation’s power grid. “In general, the strong electromagnetic pulse generated from nuclear bomb explosions between 30 kilometers and 100 kilometers [18.6 miles and 62 miles] above the ground can severely impair electronic devices, electric machines, and electromagnetic grids, or destroy electric cables and safety devices,” said the article, which was written by Kim Songwon, dean of Kim Chaek University of Technology in Pyongyang. The off...

Automated, or robot, warfare is coming to a battlefield near you, and sooner than many people would like. Where the technology leads from there is anyone’s guess. As  reported by  the UK’s  Daily Mail , BAE Systems — a British defense, security, and aerospace firm — has published several images featuring its new driverless mini-tanks that it hopes will revolutionize the way men and women fight. The   Daily Mail   noted further: Codenamed “Ironclad,” the concept envisions  machines working alongside other machines  like unmanned aerial and ground vehicles in support of human forces. What’s more, the Ironclads are versatile; they can be outfitted with several attachments so they can be adapted for use under a variety of conditions and circumstances including bomb disposal, reconnaissance, and evacuating troops from the field. BAE Systems aims to make them completely autonomous in future, meaning they operate without a human controller. They wi...

Despite boosting the idea of Mideast peace, President Trump shields Israel in its resistance to a workable agreement with the Palestinians, as ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar explained in a Sept. 19 speech. By Paul R. Pillar President Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, whom the President has entrusted with, among many other things, searching for an Israeli-Palestinian peace, said regarding that task: “We don’t want a history lesson. How does that help us get peace? Let’s not focus on that. We’ve read enough books.” Controversial maps showing the shrinking territory available to the Palestinians. Hardline Israelis insist that there are no Palestinian people, that all the land belongs to Israel and that it therefore inaccurate to show any “Palestinian lands.” He’s wrong. Without taking into account the history of this conflict, one will never understand it adequately, much less be able to identify formulas that will furnish the necessary respect for, and meet the minimum n...