There are a lot of bad theories circulating about Syria these days, and some of them involve the 2003 American invasion of Iraq as an example of why American involvement in United Nations enforcement operations in Syria would be a disaster. This article is not meant to argue in-favor of anything akin to the 2003 […]
East Ghouta is a district on northeastern Damascus, the capital of Syria. The region, an oasis formed by the Barada river, has long been used for agricultural development. During the 1980s, the area began industrializing, with much of the agricultural area replaced with housing and industrial facilities. With a population of about two million (before […]
The war in Syria is far from over. While the cause of fighting has mutated greatly over the last seven years, and with new belligerents to the conflict fighting over new issues, the situation seems to be on the verge of flaring up further. Several key areas require close attention, but this article is by […]
Conditions in Syria have rapidly deteriorated in the past 24 hours in several areas. One of the most alarming has been a series of engagements between the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) and the Syrian government, along with Iranian and Hezbollah forces on the ground. When an Iranian drone took off from Tiyas Airbase (T4) in […]
On February 5th, 2018, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) met to discuss the urgent situation in Idlib province, Syria. Idlib is the site of the largest pockets of Syrian opposition fighters remaining in the country, a mixture of groups including some relatively moderate organizations, some Turkish-backed organizations, and some extremist/terrorist organizations (such as Hay’at […]
Recently, the Russian Ministry of Defense posted a statement on their Facebook page about comments made by the US State Department. In the interest of bringing facts to this fiction fight, we will debunk the statement as applies to Syria. statement The Russian Defence Ministry comments on the statement of the US State Department […]
On January 15th, 2018, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov gave an annual press conference discussing various topics. In the interest of pursuing the truth, the following article serves to debunk some of the statements made by Lavrov. Question: In 1998, Russia ratified the Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation with Ukraine. The Russian Foreign Ministry […]
background Based on the venerable Boeing C-135B air frame, the WC-135 Constant Phoenix is a four-engine jet airliner equipped with tools to collect and analyze particulate and gaseous evidence of radiation, typically resulting from a nuclear explosion. Recently, the Constant Phoenix has been deployed to Japan to monitor possible North Korean nuclear tests when they […]
On January 13th, 2018, at approximately 8:05 AM (all times local), personnel at the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency (HI-EMA) were conducting a routine test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and the Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) during a shift-change at the Diamond Head Crater headquarters. The building, known as State Warning Point, serves as a […]
Recently, Foreign Policy magazine published an article that advocates bombing North Korea’s nuclear facilities. Aside from deafening readers with the sound of war drums, the article leaves many holes in its proposition, holes that undoubtedly would equate to massive civilian casualties on both sides of the DMZ, not to mention in the United States and Japan. […]
