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North Korea has now demonstrated the ability to strike nearly every major city in the United States with either a nuclear warhead or a high-altitude EMP weapon. At risk are hundreds of millions of Americans who would find themselves at very high risk of being killed in the aftermath of an EMP attack due to mass starvation, social unrest and the spread of disease. In this video lecture, I cover the facts about North Korea’s current  nuclear capability , explaining how the regime is now able to deliver large, weaponized payloads over very long distances. Because of this shocking advancement in North Korea’s technology — combined with Kim Jong-Un’s repeated threats to nuke specific U.S. cities — all Americans are now in the crosshairs of a nuclear-capable madman who leads a national cult of delusional followers. Even worse, we’re running out of options. Diplomacy has never worked with North Korea, and economic sanctions aren’t halting nuclear weapons development. The only rem...

On November 30, the Yemeni Missile Forces loyal to the Houthis announced that it has tasted a new medium range ballistic missile. According to the statement a Saudi Army military base was successfully targeted with the missile as part of the test. However, Colonel Turki al-Maliki spokesman for the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen announced that the Royal Saudi Air Defense (RSADF) had successfully intersepted the ballistic missile over the city of Khamis Mushait in southern Saudi Arabia, only 110km away from the border with Yemen. A video published by Saudi activists showed the RSADF firing at least one MIM-104 Patriot air defense missile from a position in Khamis Mushait to intercept the Houthis ballistic missile. Other local sources confirmed that the missile was successfully intercepted before hitting a military base in Khamis Mushait and released a video of the missile wreckage. The Houthis had launched dozens of ballistic missiles against Saudi Arabia since the beginning of ...

Written by  The Saker  for  The Unz Review I am often asked if the US and Russia will go to war with each other. I always reply that they are already at war. Not a war like WWII, but a war nonetheless. This war is, at least for the time being, roughly 80% informational, 15% economic and 5% kinetic. But in political terms the outcome for the loser of this war will be no less dramatic than the outcome of WWII was for Germany: the losing country will not survive it, at least not in its present shape: either Russia will become a US colony again or the AngloZionist Empire will collapse. In my very first column for the Unz review entitled “ A Tale of Two World Orders ” I described the kind of multipolar international system regulated by the rule of law Russia, China and their allies and friends (whether overt or covert) worldwide are trying to build and how dramatically different it was from the single World Hegemony and AngloZionist attempted to establish worldwide (and a...

A screenshot from the video The Syrian Arab News Agency has released a new video showing spoils of war captured by the Syrian Arab Army and its allies in the city of Deir Ezzor from ISIS.

Illustrative image Bouthaina Shaaban, the political and media adviser to Syria’s president Bashar al-Assad, discussed  the possibility of deploying Chinese Special Forces to Syria with Chinese Army officials during her latest visit to China, the Russian news agency Sputnik reported on November 28. According to Sputnik’s report, the Chinese Army is planning to deploy the Shenyang Military Region Special Forces Unit “Siberian Tiger”, and the Lanzhou Military Region Special Forces Unit “Night Tiger” to Syria in order to counter the threat of the Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP), which had recruited thousands of Chinese Uyghurs and sent them to Syria during the last few years. On November 23, Reuters reported that Shaaban only met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi during her visit to China. The two sides discussed the political process in Syria and the reconstruction of the country, according to Reuters. “China hopes the Syrian side can seize the opportunity, display flex...

Click to see the full-size image On November 29, the Syrian Intelligence foiled a double terrorist attack in Homs city, after successfully arresting two suicide bombers, according to the Syrian al-Ekhbariya TV.  The pro-government media outlet said that the arrested suicide bombers were members of ISIS. Al-Ekhbariya revealed that the two suicide bombers were on their way to the Ba’ath Party headquarters and a culture center in Homs when the Syrian intelligence intercepted and arrested them both. The attackers were wearing suicide belts backed with 3kg of explosives and shrapnel. Click to see the full-size image Click to see the full-size image Click to see the full-size image On October 15,  Syrian security forces foiled a suicide attack in Baniyas city north of Tartus cit y and arrested the suicide bomber. On August 7,  the Syrian National Defense Forces (NDF) foiled a terrorist attack in Salhab town in the northern Hama countryside  after kill...

On November 29, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ordered the Egyptian Army to restore security in Sinai Peninsula within three months during a public speech, according to the British Daily Mail newspaper. “Allow me to take this opportunity to commit General Mohamed Farid Hegazy, in front of you and all the Egyptian people: you are responsible for restoring security and stability in Sinai within three months, you and the interior ministry,” al-Sisi told the chief of staff of the Egyptian Army who was attending the speech, according to the report. Al-Sisi also said that the Egyptian Army will use “complete brutal force” during its upcoming anti-terrorism operation in the Sinai Peninsula. However, the Egyptian president didn’t reveal any other details of the operation. Al-Sisi’s order is likely a response to  the terrorist attack on Al Rawdah mosque west of the city of El Arish in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula on November 24 . 305 civilians including 27 children were kill...

On November 29, unknown aircraft destroyed two headquarters of the Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP) in the town of Kherbet Eljoz in the northern Idlib countryside, according to Syrian opposition sources. Several fighters of the TIP were killed in the airstrikes. Opposition sources also reported that the unknown aircraft destroyed two vehicles of the TIP on the road between Kerbet Eljoz and Jisr al-Shughur in the northeastern Idlib countryside. While some Syrian opposition activists claimed that US-led coalition aircraft conducted the airstrikes against the TIP, others believe that the Russian Air Force was behind them. The TIP is currently supporting a military operation of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) against  the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) in the northern Hama countryside. However, Syrian opposition figure Bassam Jaara claimed on twitter that the airstrikes on the TIP positions were conducted by the Chinese Special Operations Forces. “The targeting of the Turkistan [TIP] i...