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On a cold night of early 2012 in Paris, I knocked on my neighbour’s door to ask him for some salt. This is how I met Wissam, a Syrian PhD student at the École Pratique des Hautes Études in Paris. My culinary concern quickly turned into a conversation about the Syrian uprising – the civil war...

Iran unveils three New SAMs: Ghader, Ya-Zahra3 and Saafaat. Ya-Zahra is an updated version of the Shahab Thaqeb (reverse engineered french Crotale in 2002). Older pic: Saafaat is optical fire control system mounted on a vehicle. No data yet on them, and Ghader wasnt unveiled yet...

A major international naval exercise last month in and around the Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea, led by the U.S. Navy with more than 30 other nations participating, located fewer than half of the practice mines laid at sea. This outcome of the highly publicized military drills — not publicly...

On October 4th, the German state TV channel ZDF reported on the attack on Turkey several times. In its “Mittagsmagazin” at 13:00 hours it reports as follows: “Rocket and mortar fire. Turkey takes revenge after an attack from the Syrian side. Yesterday afternoon Syrian rebels fired on a...

In January 2009, Obama succeeded Bush. Neocons stuck around. They infest Washington. War gets their juices flowing. They urge it on Syria and Iran. Potential catastrophic consequences don’t matter. Uber-hawks don’t worry about them. It’s someone else’s problem. Romney is America’s...

What is the world’s most powerful and violent "ism"? The question will summon the usual demons such as Islamism, now that communism has left the stage. The answer, wrote Harold Pinter, is only "superficially recorded, let alone documented, let alone acknowledged", because only one ideology...

The exact moment a tank shell hits a Syrian Rebel post in Aleppo: Courtesy by rouz from iranmilitaryforum

Iran Using Various Types of Missiles for S-200 Air Defense System TEHRAN (FNA)- Senior Iranian air defense officials announced on Monday that they are mounting new types of missiles on S-200 anti-aircraft missile system. Speaking to reporters on the occasion of the National Day of Air...

NYT embeds with war criminals, spin and excuse craven human rights violations as "cunning." by Tony Cartalucci August 23, 2012 - One can only imagine the headlines had the Syrian government been caught using blindfolded prisoners to deliver trucks to enemy targets, told freedom was at hand when...

Iran will be unveiling new military achievements at a special ceremony, country's Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi said, IRNA reported. Vahidi noted that Iran's achievements in air defense, missile technology, vehicles will be unveiled on August 21, marking the Day of country's Defensive Industry...

What I would do in Syria's place: 1. Wire netting with sensors and cameras along all the borders (double, to have a safety zone), starting with the most crucial spots. Deploy an army with choppers and UAVs within reachable distance, with smaller quick reaction teams more frequently. 2...

As expected, China keeps increasing oil imports from Iran, and in June reached all-time record levels. Respect for updates goes to PeRXeRs, chinese-monthly-oil-imports-from-iran Whats even more interesting, that China pays to Iran above oil's market value. Still trying to figure out why...

Iran started producing its own version of KORNET-E: can take down any tank in West possession (or any other armored target), low flying helicopters, drones, etc. Its expensive to buy from Russia, but Iran can relatively cheaply make them now in thousands for the defense, as well as for friendly...

Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany (P5+1) wrap up the first round of talks in Istanbul. PressTV - Iran, P5+1 wrap up first round of talks ------------------ That was fast. I expected first round to take at least few weeks, and they wraped up in...

Germany illegally removes Press TV from SES Astra Under pressure from the German government, Munich media regulatory office (BLM) has made an illegal decision to remove Iran's international English Channel, Press TV, from SES Astra at 19:00 local time on Tuesday. In an email sent to the...

Former head of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says Israel should be “totally crazy” to launch an attack against Iran as this will not deter Tehran from pursuing its nuclear energy program. In an interview with Germany’s official news agency, DPA in Berlin on Tuesday, Mohamed...

"Iran, the second-biggest producer of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), exported 2.265 million barrels a day in January, its highest monthly figure since December 2008, Bloomberg reported on Monday." PressTV - ?Iran oil exports increase in January despite sanctions...

It was a great speech, I wish my country had such leadership. Ahmadinejad Speech on Nuclear Energy Advances (Full Text) | Informed Comment

"shipments are expected to rebound to more than 500,000 barrels per day in the next few weeks." China Business News: Unipec, National Iranian Oil ink oil supply agreement Interesting parts: Unipec only imported 220,000 barrels of oil in 2011, while total China's imports from Iran were...