by Richard Chamberlin | Oct 23, 2016 | News Briefs, Russia
ON OCTOBER 21 RUSSIA AND EGYPT held their first joint military exercise in Egypt. Like other countries, such as the Philippines, Egypt would like to diversity its military and trade options and acquire new partners to counter the growing threat of terrorism. At the...
by Dr. David Marzak | Oct 23, 2016 | News Briefs
THE CHRISTIAN TOWN OF QARAQOSH has been entered by the Iraqi military on October 22. The town situated near Mosul was captured by Islamic forces in 2014 Ash Carter, U.S. Secretary of Defense, is meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi in Baghdad to...
by Dr. David Marzak | Oct 22, 2016 | News Briefs
TURKISH PRESIDENT, RECEP ERDOGAN announced on October 22 that Turkey will continue to support the rebel Free Syrian Army against the Islamic State-who occupy Al-Bab in the Aleppo province of Syria. The Free-Syrian Army has clashed with Kurdish People’s...
by Dr. David Marzak | Oct 22, 2016 | Africa, News Briefs
ON OCTOBER 19 MAITE NKOANA-MASHABANE, South African Minister of International Relations formally withdrew his country from the International Criminal Court (ICC) located in the Netherlands. Masganbane indicated that the ICC is overreaching by forcing compliance...