Eurasia Press & News
Riyadh has admitted that Yemen’s drone strikes on Saudi Arabia’s key oil facilities have shut down about 50 percent of the kingdom’s crude and gas production, with the United States rushing to point the finger at Iran for the raids without providing any evidence.
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September, 2019
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18 September
Trump: US is 'Locked and Loaded' to Respond to Saudi Oil Attack
U.S. President Donald Trump says American forces are ‘locked and loaded’ to respond to the fiery attacks on one of Saudi Arabia’s largest oil fields and the world’s biggest crude oil stabilization facility.
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18 September
Syrian government labels SDF ‘separatist terrorist militias’ ahead of Ankara talks
Kurdish-led SDF calls for dialogue one day before Putin, Erdogan and Rouhani are set to meet in Ankara. In a rare shift of rhetoric, Syria’s foreign ministry labeled the Syrian Democratic Forces as “separatist terrorist militias” in a letter to United Nations Secretary-General.
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18 September
Hezbollah's new missile 'capable of destroying all military battleships'
“Our new missile is capable of destroying all military battleships, killing all who are on board,” wrote a Hezbollah activist on Twitter.
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18 September
ISIS comeback increasingly likely
In politics, as in life, the urgent always trumps the important. The urgent question about ISIS these days is the fate of thousands of foreign former fighters now languishing in limbo in makeshift prisons. The countries these militants come from are reluctant to take them back.
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18 September
Isis gains traction in Afghanistan as US talks collapse
Minutes after the younger brother of Afghanistan’s Taliban chief rose to lead Friday prayers at a Pakistan mosque last month, a bomb ripped through the building.
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18 September
Saudi Oil Attack Photos Implicate Iran, U.S. Says; Trump Hints at Military Action
The Trump administration intensified its focus on Iran Sunday as the likely culprit behind attacks on important Saudi Arabian oil facilities over the weekend, with officials citing intelligence assessments to support the accusation and President Trump warning that he was prepared to take military action.
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14 September
Defense report details coastal strategy to repel Chinese forces
Taiwan’s latest defense report, released Wednesday, made public for the first time the military’s plans to repel invading Chinese forces along the coast of Taiwan proper as part of the country’s new defense strategy adopted since President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) took office in 2016.
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14 September
India Set to Carry Out Biggest War Games Near China Border
India is set to launch its biggest war games in disputed Arunachal Pradesh, near the Chinese border.
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14 September
Poland – F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Aircraft
The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Poland of thirty-two (32) F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft with support for an estimated cost of $6.5 billion. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale on September 10, …
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