National Security

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Gaza conflicts open old wounds in the Arab world Iran offers full support to Hamas Sectarian violence continues to grow in Central African Republic Gaza conflicts open old wounds in the Arab world Egyptian

Israel launched a ground operation in Gaza late Thursday on the 10th day of an offensive to stamp out rocket attacks from the Palestinian enclave, the army said. dar/hkb/hc

A Honduran Congressman of the far-left Freedom and Refundación Party (FREE) supportive of former President Manuel Zelaya was arrested yesterday after shooting and killing a taxi driver with whom he had a dispute. The Congressman, Luis Galdámez, claims he fired in

Just a day after media reports warned that no progress was being made in negotiations between the P5+1 alliance of Western nations and Iran regarding that nation’s illegal nuclear weapons program, US Secretary of State John Kerry cited significant progress

Tel Aviv, Israel– The Israel Defense Forces shot down their second Hamas-supplied drone in less than a week as it was flying over the skies of Ashkelon in southern Israel. According to Israel’s Channel 2 News, a Patriot surface-to-air missile

Tel Aviv, Israel — The United Nations Relief and Works Agency For Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) admitted Wednesday that twenty rockets have been found at one of its schools in Gaza. The UN agency has been severely critical of Israel during

Australian beachgoers were disrupted this week with the presence of a thrashing, four-meter-long great white shark making its way ashore on Coronation Beach, in the western city of Geraldton. Experts say the shark appears to have choked on a large

The United States announced harsh sanctions against Russia which, this time, could actually harm Russia’s economy. The biggest name on the list is Rosneft, which owns major deals with ExxonMobil. “We have said for quite some time that Russia’s failure

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — A Ukrainian official said a passenger plane carrying 295 people was shot down Thursday over a town in the east of the country, and Malaysian Airlines tweeted that it lost contact with one of its flights

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan is seeking a $1 billion loan from abroad to fund his country’s military efforts against Boko Haram. Jonathan says the money will enable Nigeria’s military “to more forcefully confront this serious threat.” According to the Houston

On July 14 Lebanese journalist Abd Al-Bari Atwan said “the vast majority of the countries participating in (the Arab League) summit…pray” Israel will “get ride of rid of Hamas once and for all.” According to The Middle East Media Research

Since the jihadist terror group the Islamic State (formerly the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham–ISIS) began its onslaught on Iraq and conquered large swaths of northern Iraq, Iraqis opposed to their murderous jihadist agenda have relied on the Kurdish

Even as a proposed truce fails, and Israel’s military is set to “intensify” retaliation against the barrage of Hamas rockets, the admonitions have started. The UN’s High Commissioner for Human Rights has expressed “serious doubt” that Israel’s military strikes comply with

In a July speech, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott praised Japanese “sense of honor and skill” of Japanese submariners who attacked Australia during a 1942 raid on Sydney Harbour in World War II. Abbott said, “We admired the skill and

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A firefighting helicopter crashed Thursday near an apartment complex and school in the southern South Korean city of Gwangju, killing five people, officials said. The helicopter was returning to headquarters in the eastern provincial firefighting

This week, the United States signed a massive armaments agreement with the government of Qatar to sell Apache helicopters, advanced Patriot surface-to-air (SAM), and Javelin handheld ground-to-air defense systems to Doha. Apache Helicopter        Patriot Missile                       Javelin The arms deal

Tel Aviv, Israel– Officials from both Israel and Hamas have said that there has not been an agreement on terms of a ceasefire, as was reported by multiple international media outlets. However, they said significant progress has been reached towards

Former US president Bill Clinton has warned Israel about “isolating itself from world opinion” due to repeated conflicts in Gaza after four children were killed on a beach in the latest violence. More than 220 Palestinians, most of them civilians,

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Militants in eastern Tunisia staged two simultaneous attacks on army posts while soldiers held a Ramadan feast, killing at least 14 soldiers, authorities said Thursday. An extremist group believed linked to al-Qaida’s North Africa arm claimed

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Gunmen carried out a pre-dawn rocket attack on Kabul International Airport on Thursday, temporarily shutting down the facility and setting off a gunbattle with security forces in which four attackers were killed, officials said. The militants

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek police arrested one of the country’s most wanted men — a fugitive convicted of terrorism — during a shootout Wednesday in Athens’ central tourist district that left four people wounded, authorities said. Police said the

(AFP) US President Barack Obama signaled Wednesday that talks with Iran on its nuclear program may need to extend beyond a weekend deadline, saying negotiations have shown a “credible way forward.” Obama said he was consulting with Congress — where

(Reuters) – America’s top diplomat and the head of its Defense Department will visit India in coming weeks seeking to revitalize a relationship the United States sees as a crucial counterbalance in Asia to an increasingly assertive China. Secretary of

BEIRUT (AP) — In a lavish ceremony, a smiling and confident President Bashar Assad was sworn in for a third seven-year term on Wednesday, praising his supporters for “defeating the dirty war” and denouncing insurgents who have “failed in trying