This series of photos shows a Libyan LNA rebel carrying a high-powered Israel rifle. (Photo: al-Araby)
Khalifa Haftar, the military commander who controls the east of the Libya, has reportedly been receiving Israeli military aid following meetings with Israeli intelligence that were allegedly mediated by the United Arab Emirates.
Free Syrian Army fighters take cover from incoming fire in the Izaa district in Aleppo, Syria, Sept. 12, 2012. (AP/Manu Brabo)
Despite a solid eight months of stories about President Trump considering ending the CIA program to arm Syrian rebels, yesterday’s announcement that he’s ending that program has the rebels claiming they were totally “blindsided” and never expected such a move.
Silk Way offers diplomatic flights to private arms manufacturers in the US, Balkans, and Israel. Diplomatic flights are exempt from cargo inspection. [...]
The US Senate, in a close vote, approved of Trump's request to sell $110 billion in weapons to Saudi Arabia. Five Democrats whose votes made the weapons deal possible were Senators Bill Nelson, Claire McCaskill, Joe Manchin, Joe Donnelly, and Mark Warner. [...]
A Houthi rebel man holds a US-made cluster bomb fragment after a Saudi-led airstrike in Yemen’s capital, Monday, April 20, 2015. (AP/Hani Mohammed)
What many people might not know about Sweden is that the “gun control” debate is non-existent. It’s not even a political issue, it’s not debated, it isn’t adressed. In Sweden it’s just a given that people shouldn’t be allowed to use guns. It’s not even legal to carry pepper spray, no less a knife.
But consider this: The Islamic State has now encouraged its followers to attack people in their homes. To just choose a random apartment or suburbia house, go in there, and kill people.
(MEE) The United States said on Tuesday it started distributing arms to Syrian Kurdish militia battling to help retake the city of Raqqa from the Islamic State group (IS), moving ahead with a war plan that has angered NATO ally Turkey.
