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Missiles reportedly hit Aramco compounds in Dhahran and Ras Tanura. These are arguably the two most important Aramco locations. The first is the headquarters of Aramco and very close to an airbase. It’s where the vast majority of Aramco employees live and work. The second is built around an...

I studied engineering at two different universities in the UK (both Russell Group), and I'd say that the figures for the UK and US are worse than that. Of those attending the select few top universities, my belief is that no more than 20% of graduates are competent. When you take all the...

Don’t worry, you’ll always be able to scurry back to whatever country you came from.

I’m not Iranian, but I don’t see any technical barriers and, apparently, neither does the US. They already did the work on the detonators. They have the centrifuges. They know how to miniaturise the warhead. They even have the means to deliver it at intercontinental ranges. The only thing...

Just build the bomb already. That is Iran's best revenge. There can't be any technical barriers left. It should just be a political decision at this point. Build the bomb and ensure your people's security. It has been proven that conventional weapons are insufficient as a deterrence.

Saudi Arabia’s future looks very bleak. They have relied completely on their oil wealth in modern times. Their vision 2030 is delusional. Unless MBS performs abrupt changes of direction in virtually every policy, he is going to complete the destruction of the state within a decade.

How to spin a strategic retreat...

About to pass over Occupied Palestine!

Wow! Congratulations guys. PressTV reports that it is 3 stages.

It does feel like patience with India is starting to wear thin. Better late than never I suppose. Like solidarity with the Palestinians, this is something that all Muslim nations should be able to unite behind.

Biological weapons can certainly be far more deadly than nuclear weapons. Here are just two reasons: A single biological weapon can kill far more people than a single nuclear weapon. A biological weapon can be deployed without missiles and the origin may not be traceable. In fact, it may not be...

I sincerely hope so. Iran needs a nuclear deterrent more than North Korea. At least North Korea can devastate Seoul through conventional means in a cost effective manner. Unless Iran can acquire a vast stockpile of hundreds of thousands of missiles capable of levelling Israel to the ground, I...

Never has an army been so successful in defeat. Or, perhaps, Turkey has been less than truthful with its reporting. Erdogan knows the truth and his actions speak louder than his words.

Julian just can’t understand why Turkey would surrender given how “successful” they’ve been. It’s as if he actually believes the numbers that Turkey is reporting. How can Turkey score thousands of kills and suffer only tens of losses yet lose ground and then surrender? Logically, it’s clear...

Massive victory for the Syrian Government. Not only did Erdogan not get his Sochi lines, but he has relinquished control over even more territory. Not that it was his to relinquish anyway. Just a matter of time now until all of Idlib is liberated.

Erdogan has backed down. Jisr al-Shughour and part of Idlib city now falls under the newly agreed buffer zone. This is a major victory for the Syrian Government.

That is simply not true. Hezbollah, IRGC and the Kurdistan Workers Party are not recognized as terrorist groups by the United Nations. On the other hand, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham among other groups backed by Turkey are designated terrorist groups by the UN.

The SAA continue to push deeper into Idlib province. Afes is now liberated.

According to some Turkish members here, Turkey is the second most powerful state on the planet. They live in this fantasy world that they’ve constructed for themselves. The reality is that you cannot even begin to compare the military might of Russia or China to Turkey. Right now you see...

It's not about Assad. Turkey doesn't care about the Syrian people. It's about creating a proxy state through which to attack adjacent Kurdish areas with plausible deniability.