(Bloomberg) — The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier strike group will leave the eastern Mediterranean Sea more than two months after being sent to the region following Hamas’ attack on Israel in October, ABC News reported. The carrier and other surface ships that form the strike group will head back to their home port […]
Month: December 2023
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Happy New Year
The last few years have been difficult and challenging. But they’ve also been rewarding too. The understanding of my own strength and perseverance has been a great benefit to me personally. And after all, I’m still standing and so are those that continue to stop on by! So all the best to you and yours- […]
Jerusalem Post Pretty straightforward reporting- Search completed. Nothing found. Nearly 500 soldiers of the Territorial Defense Force took part in the search near the city of Zamosc in southeastern Poland. Poland ended a ground search on Saturday after finding no parts of a suspected Russian rocket which it said had violated the country’s airspace on […]
Nearly half of the countries listed have so far not come forward to acknowledge their contributions or allowed the US to do so. ArabWeekly US President Joe Biden hoped to present a firm international response to Yemen’s Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping by launching a new maritime force, but a week after its launch […]
This isn’t about Hamas. That was the excuse. The means to the end. The end is taking over the desirable land lots of beach front property and energy resources in the sea. Israel has coveted those energy resources for a very long time. This is ethnic cleansing. Calling the situation exactly as I see it. […]
AA Iran and Russia have finalized an agreement under which they will trade in their local currencies instead of the US dollar, Iran’s state-run news agency IRNA reported Wednesday. “The establishment of new financial and banking platforms has opened a ‘new chapter’ in banking relations between Iran and Russia, with the two countries agreeing to […]
https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20231227-us-releases-final-tranche-of-authorised-military-aid-for-ukraine The US government on Wednesday announced what it said was the last remaining package of weapons available for Ukraine under existing authorization, with Congress now needing to decide whether to keep supporting Kyiv’s battle against Russian invasion. The year’s final package” includes air-defense and artillery munitions, the State Department said in a statement. It […]
Perhaps more hopium is needed? CNBC Aid and politics Another year of war in Europe has undoubtedly drained Western military resources and the political appetite to maintain massive amounts of military aid for Ukraine. Ongoing funding for Ukraine is far from secure in 2024 given the fact that the U.S. presidential election could herald a […]
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Russia Seized Maryinka- Kiev denies
From all my reading it appears Russia has taken Maryinka Russia on Monday said its forces now fully controlled the town of Maryinka in eastern Ukraine, which President Vladimir Putin hailed as a “success” that would mean less shelling on the nearby Russian-held city of Donetsk. Our assault units have today completely liberated the settlement […]
That’s sure how this reads The Israeli army announced Sunday evening that it retrieved the bodies of five Israeli hostages from a tunnel in the Gaza Strip. The announcement came a day after the Al-Qassam Brigades said that it lost contact with a group responsible for five Israeli hostages and that the hostages might have […]