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Click to see the full-size image On December 19 th ,  a resolution was introduced in the US Senate  called for a international freedom of navigation military operation in the Kerch Strait and the Sea of Azov, in addition to urging the cancellation of Nord Stream 2 and for EU to refuse access of Russian vessels to their ports. Approximately 40 Senators introduced the bill, spearheaded by Senators Ron Johnson (R) and Dick Durbin (D). “The United States and our allies need to rapidly counter Russia’s military aggression in the Kerch Strait with strong and resolute action,” Johnson said in a statement. Initially, on December the 19 th ,  the Hill reported that  in the bill Senators are “calling for the pipeline’s cancellation due to its threat to European energy security, and calling on the Russian Federation to guarantee freedom of navigation in the Kerch Strait.” However, in the final draft of the resolution it rather calls for “a prompt multinational fr...

On December 19,  the administration of US President Donald Trump announced that it’s withdrawing troops from Syria.  Further media reprots on this issue said that State Department personnel had been set to be evacuated within 24 hours while the timeframe for troops pull-out is between 60 and 100 days. On December 20, local Syrian sources reported that the State Deparment had already withdrawn all diplomats from the country. While the White House has provided no details on the troops withdrawal process,  there are signals  that Washington is emergently withdrawing its military personnel and equipment. On the same time, there are reports that the US has started withdrawing its diplomats and the most combat-effective units from Afghanistan. This follows  a significant increase of US intelligence gathering missions  along the Russian borders during the past 10 days. On December 18,  British reconnaissance ship HMS Echo entered the Black...

The Houthi-affilated media outlet “Yemen Wrath” released fresh combat footage showing operations of the Houthis against coalition-led forces across Yemen. A storm of positions of coalition-led forces: البأس اليماني @WrathYE فرار مرتزقة الجيش السعودي واقتحام مواقعهم بمربع شجع بـ # نجران 17-12-2018 # انفروا_خفافا_وثقالا رابط اليوتيوب: https:// youtu.be/iLlfFGP7Qe8   للتنزيل عبر التيليجرام: https:// t.me/WrathYE/995   # اليمن # Yemen # البأس_اليماني 159 19:40 - 17 Dec 2018 98 people are talking about this Twitter Ads information and privacy Houthi snipers are working against coalition-led forces: البأس اليماني @WrathYE وحدة القناصة تحصد أرواح المنافقين بعمليات قنص في جبهات القتال 18-12-2018 # انفروا_خفافا_وثقالا للتنزيل عبر التيليجرام: https:// t.me/WrathYE/997   http:// t.me/WrathYE   # البأس_اليماني 87 18:58 - 18 Dec 2018 48 people are tal...

Click to see full-size image On December 16, an engineer unit of the Israeli military approached the U.N. monitored “blue line” and planted an earthquake sensor in the area of Kurum al-Sharqi near the southern Lebanese town of Meiss al-Jabal, according to the Hezbollah media wing. Click to see full-size image Click to see full-size image Earlier, the Israeli military claimed that it had  found a 4th “Hezbollah attack tunnel”  in the framework of Operation Northern Shield. The operation, which  was launched on December 3 , is aimed at discovering and neutralizing any tunnel that penetrates Israel territory. The Lebanese military has stepped up its presence along the blue line since the beginning of operation Northern Shield. The Hezbollah media wing said that the army began installing cameras along in the line in order to monitor the Israeli movements in the region. Click to see full-size image Few days after the beginning of Operation Northern Shie...

Posted on  Nov.13, 2018  in  Intelligence ,  International ,  Israel ,  Missile Defense ,  Nuclear ,  Nuclear Weapons ,  Space by  Matt Korda Amid a busy few weeks of nuclear-related news, an Israeli researcher made a very surprising OSINT discovery that flew somewhat under the radar. As explained in a  Medium  article, Israeli GIS analyst Harel Dan noticed that when he accidentally adjusted the noise levels of the imagery produced from the SENTINEL-1 satellite constellation, a bunch of colored Xs suddenly appeared all over the globe. SENTINEL-1’s C-band  Synthetic Aperture Radar  (SAR) operates at a centre frequency of 5.405 GHz, which conveniently sits within the range of the  military frequency  used for land, airborne, and naval radar systems (5.250-5.850 GHz)—including the AN/MPQ-53/65 phased array radars that form the backbone of a Patriot battery’s command and control system. Therefore, Harel ...