RUSSIA AND Iran have sent troops to fight for Syria’s largest city, Aleppo. Since it borders on the “Islamic State-free zone” declared by Turkey and the US last month, will the NATO allies have a problem with this? And how will the Islamic State respond?
RADAR PARTS for a Soviet-era anti-aircraft missile system was found beneath bags of Cuban sugar on a North Korean ship in the Panama Canal. Questions abound: What’s it for? Who’s… Read more »
VENEZUELA’S PRESIDENT Hugo Chavez is in critical condition at a hospital in Cuba. No word at this hour on how critical or how this affects geopolitics in the Western Hemisphere…. Read more »