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(02-10-2024, 04:15 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: [ -> ]LIVE: Iran raining Ballistic Missiles in Israel night sky.. Bomb & more coming...
https://youtube.com/shorts/ZZEpZhDQFx8?s...uz8GoNQF-v

U.S. bomb designed can hit targets underground sites briefly amid As tensions with Iran have escalated over its nuclear program, U.S. powerful bomb designed to destroy underground facilities can be used to enrich Uranium, powerful bomb designed to penetrate deep into earth and destroy underground facilities that could be used to enrich uranium deep upto 80 meter deep.

U.S. Air Force on May 2 released rare images of the weapon, the GBU-57, known as the “Massive Ordnance Penetrator.” Then it took the photos down — apparently because the photographs revealed sensitive details about the weapon’s composition and punch.

The publication of the photographs comes as The Associated Press reported that Iran is making steady progress in constructing a nuclear facility that is likely beyond the range of the GBU-57, which is considered the U.S. military last-ditch weapon to take out underground bunkers.

What role this bomb play in potentially targeting Iran's nuclear program?. AP reported: Satellite imagery from Planet Labs PBC reveals Tehran has been digging tunnels in the mountain near the Natanz nuclear site in central Iran. Excavation mounds at the site suggest the facility could be between 80 meters (260 feet) and 100 meters (328 feet) under the ground, according to the experts and AP’s analysis.

Experts say size of construction project indicates Iran likely able to use underground facility to enrich uranium as well — not just to build centrifuges, tube-shaped centrifuges, arranged in large cascades of dozens of machines, rapidly spin uranium gas to enrich it. Additional machines would allow Iran to quickly enrich uranium under the mountain’s protection.

(05-11-2024, 03:35 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: [ -> ]Israel’s use of air-launched ballistic missiles against Iran sparks market interest

Weapon's speed and moving launch point make it more resistant to air defenses than its ground-based counterparts and the cruise missiles used by most major powers, experts say.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/israels-us...-interest/

China help iran to protect their army leadership.
https://youtu.be/xBBrSsFxizI?si=y9tKz3K-inmktJW4

Now only!. Lebanon’s Parliament Speaker, Nabih Berri is in action, to has asserted Lebanon’s position on any potential settlement is “a ceasefire implementation of Resolution 1701, with no additions or omissions,” Rai Al-Youm reported, citing on newspaper.

“Our position is unequivocal: we demand a ceasefire & enforcement of Resolution 1701. It is unreasonable to think we accepting a settlement that benefits Israel at cost of Lebanon’s sovereignty & interests,” he stressed.

In response to Israeli Defence Minister Yisrael Katz’s claim that Israel has defeated Hezbollah, Berri asked: “What victory are they speaking of? Did they achieve victory in Gaza? Thirteen months of warfare on the Strip, and they have neither secured the return of their captives nor managed to defeat Hamas. On the contrary, Hamas continues to fight and resist fiercely, with Israeli prisoners still held.”
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/202411...-or-hamas/

In Lebanon, Hezbollah pays high political cost for its war with Israel. Usually far from the war’s front lines, the Christian residents of this quiet mountain village in northern Lebanon are still traumatized by the Oct. 12 blast that turned two houses to rubble in a tiny Shiite enclave in their midst. The targeted Israeli strike, which reportedly killed three people, shook the hillside like an earthquake – and produced a cloud of shredded bits of $100 bills that witnesses suggest may have been a Hezbollah stash of cash. The incident, has deepened Lebanon’s sectarian divide, underscored the increasingly high political cost paid by Iran-backed Hezbollah for its destructive war with Israel.

Hezbollah has wielded immense power in Lebanon for decades. But it has been substantially weakened by a string of shocks from Israel, ranging from exploding pagers that wounded thousands of its operatives to airstrikes that killed 20 of its top leaders and commanders.

Thousands of airstrikes have targeted its missile arsenal and even its banking system, and a ground incursion has revealed networks of tunnels near Israel’s border. As a result, swaths of territory have been demolished, afflicting every Lebanese sect.

What Trump’s historic victory says about America
“There's rising tide of anger [against Hezbollah] among Shias, amongst broader Lebanese social fabric,” says Maha Yahya, director of the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut, “a lot of tension on the ground, & prospect of civil strife is quite high.” “We have nothing to do with this war”
 https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-E...ns-shiites

(15-11-2024, 10:00 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: [ -> ]New Fear Divides Lebanon: Where People Flee, Bombs Follow

Tensions among multiple sects in the country have long lurked just below the surface. As hundreds of thousands flee Israeli airstrikes in the south, those strains are worsening.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/15/world...mbing.html

Israel drops massive bomb in Beirut strike, as Lebanon mulls cease-fire. Israel has stepped up strikes on the city’s southern suburbs in recent days, an area Israeli officials say hosts Hezbollah militants and infrastructure..

Lebanon’s prime minister asks Iran to help secure a cease-fire in Israel-Hezbollah war.  Nov 16, 2024

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister on Friday asked Iran to help secure a cease-fire in the war between Israel and Hezbollah and appeared to urge it to convince the militant group to agree to a deal that could require it to pull back from the Israel-Lebanon border. As a top adviser to Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei visited Lebanon for talks, Lebanese officials said an American proposal for a cease-fire deal had been passed on to Hezbollah, aiming to end 13 months of exchanges of fire between Israel and the group.

Iran is a main backer of Hezbollah and for decades has been funding and arming the Lebanese militant group. Hezbollah began firing rockets into northern Israel the day after Hamas’ surprise attack into Israel on Oct. 7, 2023 ignited the war in Gaza – prompting exchanges between the two sides ever since. Since late September, Israel dramatically escalated its bombardment of Lebanon, vowing to cripple Hezbollah and end its barrages in Israel. More than 3,400 people have been killed in Lebanon by Israeli fire – 80% of them in the past month -- Lebanon’s said.
https://apnews.com/article/israel-hezbol...34f54fbc17

(02-11-2023, 05:02 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: [ -> ]U.S. positions 12,000 sailors off Israel with second carrier with 10 American ships from 2 strike groups are intended to deter a wider conflict, in the Mediterranean Sea. It world's largest aircraft carrier, refuels in the eastern on Oct.
https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Israel-...nd-carrier

A year after it first laid down plans to acquire 40 Eurofighter Typhoons, there are signs that Turkey is finally on the verge of acquiring the cutting-edge aircraft following a “positive response” from Germany. Turkish Defense Minister Yaşar Güler first announced his country’s intention to buy the Eurofighter Typhoon produced by the European consortium of the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, and Spain on November 16, 2023. Soon after, all members—except Germany—approved the sale of these advanced multi-role fighters to Ankara. While Germany remained unwavering in its stance for over a year, there is an indication that the country is finally changing its mind and is poised to lift the ban on the sale of the aircraft.
https://www.eurasiantimes.com/we-will-ac...r-typhoon/

(18-11-2024, 04:36 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: [ -> ]WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden's administration has allowed Ukraine to use long-range US missiles against targets inside Russia, a significant reversal of Washington's policy in the Ukraine-Russia conflict. Ukraine plans to conduct its first long-range attacks in the coming days, two US officials and a source familiar with the decision said on Sunday (Nov 17), without revealing details due to operational security concerns.

Missile is made by US defence group Lockheed Martin and has a top range of 300km. Putin has warned that the use of ATACMS inside Russia would mean the NATO alliance being "at war" with his country - a threat he made previously when Ukraine's Western backers escalated their military assistance.

(15-10-2023, 02:25 PM)cityhantam Wrote: [ -> ]Total = 11

But most are queuing up for major service and maintenance.

PM Wong congratulates Trump on winning US election in phone call with president-elect

SINGAPORE: Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said on Tuesday (Nov 19) that he had spoken to US president-elect Donald Trump and congratulated him on his election victory in a phone call.

In a Facebook post, Mr Wong noted that the US-Singapore partnership is "strong and dynamic", and is "built on a deep reservoir of mutual trust and shared interests".

(19-11-2024, 10:37 AM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: [ -> ]In a Facebook post, Mr Wong noted that the US-Singapore partnership is "strong and dynamic", and is "built on a deep reservoir of mutual trust and shared interests".

He forgot one word : unpredictable! 

(15-10-2023, 10:48 PM)red3 Wrote: [ -> ]11 nuclear powered carriers across the 7 oceans ....  basically they can run forever ... just need to self maintain at sea

American-made weapons for Ukraine in the ongoing war reaches its 1,000-day. 

Putin said is a milestone.

(20-11-2024, 07:03 AM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: [ -> ]American-made weapons for Ukraine in the ongoing war reaches its 1,000-day. 

Putin said is a milestone.

Wednesday, November 20, 2024...Foreign Minister Sa’ar says Hezbollah ceasefire should be durable, sees opportunity for Lebanon. Gideon Sa'ar speaking to foreign diplomats in Jerusalem on November 20, 2024. (Shlomi Amsalem/Foreign Ministry). He speaking to almost 100 foreign ambassadors in Jerusalem, Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar says that Israel “would like to reach an agreement that will stand the test of time” in Lebanon. “We need to keep the freedom to act if its violations,” he says as ceasefire talks continue in Beirut. “And we will have to act in time, before the problem will grow.”

Israel insists that it will strike Hezbollah even if a ceasefire is signed, if it is attacked or it observes attempts by Hezbollah to send forces south of the Litani River or rearm through Syria, by sea, or through civilian airports.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_e...r-lebanon/

Katz imposes economic sanctions on Hezbollah to 'dismantle terror'.  We will not allow Hezbollah and its supporters to continue funding terrorism against the State of Israel," said Katz.

Defense Minister Israel Katz imposed sanctions against 24 major clients of Al-Qard Al-Hasan, a financial institution affiliated with Hezbollah, the Defense Ministry announced on Thursday.

(22-11-2024, 09:24 AM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: [ -> ]Turkey decries Houthi missile attack on Turkish-owned vessel in Red Sea. Iran-backed rebels in Yemen say strike on cargo ship was ‘accurate and direct’; Ankara says it’s taking measures to prevent future attacks. Houthis have been targeting shipping in & around Red Sea in a campaign in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza amid Israel-Hamas war.

Houthi spokesman Yahya Saree said the rebels “carried out an op targeting ship Anadolu S in Red Sea with a number of appropriate ballistic & naval missiles,” the “hit was accurate & direct.”

Fight arhh, no fight no war lehh. - see How Russia branding their brand on others people land....and come their Russia land...

Israel insists that it will strike Hezbollah even if a ceasefire is signed, if it is attacked or it observes attempts by Hezbollah to send forces south of the Litani River or rearm through Syria, by sea, or through civilian airports.

In an update, IDF says 8-rockets were fired from Lebanon at central Israel in the barrage a short while ago. Most of the rockets were intercepted & military says it is investigating possible impacts or damage caused by fragments following the interceptions. One rocket strike is reported in Petah Tikva, which caused damage. Magen David Adom says there are no injuries.

What’s in the near-finalized, US-brokered Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire deal

Reports say US will head oversight panel that includes France; no Israeli security zone in Lebanon; civilians to return to their homes in south Lebanon; IDF to leave within 60 days.
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cnvjl42g9m1t

(27-11-2024, 04:35 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: [ -> ]This south and launch rockets and drones in consistent numbers, it has been taking heavy losses while doing so, and its ability to resupply has been severely diminished.

It's hard to say how much its political power in Lebanon has been diminished, but the group is far from what it was before the war.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-27/i.../104651840

Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire gives Benjamin Netanyahu a lot of what he wants — but...?.

he is not claiming victory. Ceasefire between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah is an obvious relief to Lebanese folks. Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu has also gotten a lot of what he wanted in Lebanon. There are 3 major things Israel hope to achieved with its devastating response to Hezbollah battle, help Lebanon can have to pulled Lebanon back from the bottomless pit...

LIVE: Lebanon ceasefire holds, Israeli attacks on Gaza ‘terrifying’. People are returning to their damaged homes in parts of Lebanon as a ceasefire holds between Israel and Hezbollah, while the Lebanese armed group says it achieved “victory” over Israeli forces and that its fighters remain at the ready. In Lebanon, at least 3,823 people have been killed and 15,859 wounded in Israeli attacks since the war on Gaza began

Heavy Israeli bombardment is “absolutely terrifying” for Palestinian civilians who remain trapped in the north of the Gaza Strip, a senior UNRWA official said. Israel’s military placed a night-time curfew on southern Lebanon, warning people that travelling south of the Litani River is “forbidden” until 7am (05:00 GMT) on Thursday.
Israel’s genocide in Gaza has killed at least 44,282 Palestinians and wounded 104,880 others since October 7, 2023. At least 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the Hamas-led attacks that day, and more than 200 were taken captive.

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(27-11-2024, 10:42 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: [ -> ]Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire gives Benjamin Netanyahu a lot of what he wants — but...?.

he is not claiming victory. Ceasefire between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah is an obvious relief to Lebanese folks. Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu has also gotten a lot of what he wanted in Lebanon. There are 3 major things Israel hope to achieved with its devastating response to Hezbollah battle, help Lebanon can have to pulled Lebanon back from the bottomless pit...

Ok...North Korea is s good in this...hangs S. Korea president Yoon’s photo, military motto in exhibit about ‘the enemy’...

(01-12-2024, 04:53 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: [ -> ]Ok...North Korea is s good in this...hangs S. Korea president Yoon’s photo, military motto in exhibit about ‘the enemy’...

https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-a...-the-enemy

(01-12-2024, 04:53 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: [ -> ]Ok...North Korea is s good in this...hangs S. Korea president Yoon’s photo, military motto in exhibit about ‘the enemy’...

North Korean regime’s troop deployment signals Moscow’s growing desperation amid heavy battlefield losses, analysts say.

(02-12-2024, 05:48 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: [ -> ]A U S. american-Israeli hostage Omer Neutra announced dead in Gaza captivity latest news.

New intelligence information that came to light allowed a special military commission of rabbis, scientists, and lawyers to confirm his death.

Capt. Omer Neutra, 21, died on October 7 of last year, and his body was taken by Hamas back to the Gaza Strip, the IDF confirmed on Monday.
New intelligence information that came to light allowed a special military commission of rabbis, scientists, and lawyers to finally confirm his death around 14 months later, despite long-standing suspicions that he was dead.
https://m.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-831587

How a Syrian Rebel Went From an American Jail to Seizing Aleppo. Once affiliated with Islamic State and al Qaeda, Jawlani professes religious tolerance. Many have doubts.

Abu Mohammed al-Jawlani boarded a bus in Damascus in March 2003, heading across the desert to Baghdad with fellow volunteers eager to repel the looming American invasion of Iraq.W
When he returned home in 2011, after 5-year stint in American-run prison camp in Iraq, it was as the emissary of Islamic State founder Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Jawlani arrived in Syria with bags full of cash, and a mission to take the extremist movement global.
https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/wh...i-9b157eff

(04-12-2024, 04:36 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: [ -> ]US says it carried out strike against ‘imminent threat’ in Syria. The attack comes as violence in Syria intensifies, with opposition fighters advancing against government positions.

Pentagon has confirmed that the United States carried out a strike against military assets in eastern Syria after a rocket attack near one of its bases. Pentagon spokesperson Pat Ryder told reporters on Tuesday that the US military struck weapons systems — including rocket launchers and a tank — that “presented a clear and imminent threat” to its forces in the area.

US strike comes as violence escalates across the war-torn country. Over the last week, armed opposition groups carried out a blistering offensive in northwest Syria against the government forces led by President Bashar al-Assad, ushering in a new stage of the country’s long-running civil war.

The offensive has raised questions about how the US might respond and whether it could become entangled in the conflict, given its significant military presence in Syria. Ryder said on Tuesday that the attack was in response to a rocket launch that fell “in the vicinity” of Military Support Site (MSS) Euphrates, a US base in eastern Syria.

U.S. don't know who was op those weapons, but Iran-backed groups & Syrian govt forces are known to be in the area. East of the Euphrates River, near city of Deir ez-Zor. The SDF has received US support for years under the stated aim of fighting ISIL (ISIS). Syrian state-run Alikhbaria TV reported on Tuesday that clashes were taking place between SDF and government forces near the village of Tabiyet Jazira “with the intervention of US occupation jets that are targeting the frontlines in the area”.

The SDF had claimed earlier in the day that it took control of seven villages east of the Euphrates due to the “serious threat related to the imminent movement of large ISIS terrorist cells”.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/3...t-in-syria

Syrian Rebels “Seize” MiG-23 Aircraft, 1st Soviet Jet To Be Armed With Look Down, Shoot Down Radar: Media. Syrian rebels purportedly captured multiple Syrian Air Force’s MiG-23 fighter jets along w/other air & ground-based equipment belonging to Syrian military, after they launched a surprise offensive against Bashar al-Assad govt reignited 13-year-old Civil War. Rebels, led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), have allegedly captured several MiG-23 stationed at the Neyrab airbase in Aleppo, according to claims swirling on social media.

The rebel forces, reorganized under the banner of “Military Operations Command,” ran over the largest Syrian city of Aleppo and seized multiple combat aircraft, including MiG-23 Flogger fighter jet & L-39 Albatross Light Attack Aircraft. Several photos and videos of the rebels occupying the airbase were posted to the social media site X (formerly Twitter). In one such video, a rebel fighter could be seen climbing a dilapidated MiG-23. The aircraft did not seem to be operational, and it was probably meant for spare parts.

Some war-tracking and Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) accounts stated that at least four of these aircraft, along with an unknown number of L-39 and Mi-8 helicopters, had been captured, whereas others went on to say that the rebels had seized about seven MiG-23s at multiple air bases. EurAsian Times could not independently verify these claims.
https://www.eurasiantimes.com/syrian-reb...hter-jets/

(05-12-2024, 10:14 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: [ -> ]Syrian Rebels “Seize” MiG-23 Aircraft, 1st Soviet Jet To Be Armed With Look Down, Shoot Down Radar: Media. Syrian rebels purportedly captured multiple Syrian Air Force’s MiG-23 fighter jets along w/other air & ground-based equipment belonging to Syrian military, after they launched a surprise offensive against Bashar al-Assad govt reignited 13-year-old Civil War. Rebels, led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), have allegedly captured several MiG-23 stationed at the Neyrab airbase in Aleppo, according to claims swirling on social media.

The rebel forces, reorganized under the banner of “Military Operations Command,” ran over the largest Syrian city of Aleppo and seized multiple combat aircraft, including MiG-23 Flogger fighter jet & L-39 Albatross Light Attack Aircraft. Several photos and videos of the rebels occupying the airbase were posted to the social media site X (formerly Twitter). In one such video, a rebel fighter could be seen climbing a dilapidated MiG-23. The aircraft did not seem to be operational, and it was probably meant for spare parts.

Some war-tracking and Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) accounts stated that at least four of these aircraft, along with an unknown number of L-39 and Mi-8 helicopters, had been captured, whereas others went on to say that the rebels had seized about seven MiG-23s at multiple air bases. EurAsian Times could not independently verify these claims.
https://www.eurasiantimes.com/syrian-reb...hter-jets/

Goal of Syria’s rebel coalition, as it wrests another major city from govt control this week, is ultimately to overthrow authoritarian President Bashar al-Assad, according to Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, militant leader of main group driving the country’s armed opposition. In an exclusive interview with CNN, Jolani left no doubt that the ambitions of Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) – a group that was formed out of a former al Qaeda affiliate – are nothing less than bringing an end to the Assad regime. In his first sit-down media interview in years, at an undisclosed location in Syria, he spoke about plans to create a government based on institutions and a “council chosen by the people.”

“When we talk about objectives, the goal of the revolution remains the overthrow of this regime. It is our right to use all available means to achieve that goal,” said Jolani.“The seeds of the regime’s defeat have always been within it… the Iranians attempted to revive the regime, buying it time, and later the Russians also tried to prop it up. But the truth remains: this regime is dead.”
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/12/06/middl...index.html

https://youtu.be/EtLsoMn_V6E?si=3CNb1SrDW0eba_hn

Ahmed Al Sharaa, an Islamist militant in his late 20s, moved back to Syria from Iraq in 2011 with six men and a monthly stipend of $50,000 from Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who would go on to become world’s most wanted terrorist. 

His mission was to establish Al Qaeda’s Syrian affiliate, Jabhat Al Nusra. Sharaa is now commanding thousands of men in an armed rebellion threatening to topple regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. He’s better known by his nom de guerre Abu Mohammed al-Jolani. Born in Saudi capital Riyadh to Syrian parents from Israeli-occupied Golan Hts, raised in Damascus.

Jolani interview with PBS in 2021 was galvanized by 2nd Palestinian Intifada (uprising) against Israel early 2000s went on to be a jihadist in Iraq after 2003 US invasion. His deep knowledge of Syria caught Syria’s rebel leader went from radical jihadist to revolutionary’

Mostafa Salem, Ahmed Al Sharaa, an Islamist militant in late 20s, moved back to Syria from Iraq in 2011 with six men and a monthly stipend of $50,000 from Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who would go on to become world’s most wanted terrorist. His mission was to establish Al Qaeda’s Syrian affiliate, Jabhat Al Nusra. Sharaa is commanding thousands of men in armed rebellion threatening to topple regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. He’s better known by his nom de guerre Abu Mohammed al-Jolani.

Over the years, his influence grew despite his identity being kept under wraps. During television interviews, he never faced camera directly, always covered his face in public appearances. His public debut was in a 2016 video when he announced a split from Al Qaeda to create what he said was a Syria-focused anti-regime front with other local factions, called Jabhat Fateh al-Sham (the Front for the Conquest of the Levant), which later changed to Hayat Tahrir Al Sham (HTS), or the Organization for the Liberation of the Levant.

“New formation has no relation to any external party,” he distancing it from his radical Islamist past. Split strategic, goal was to fend off attacks from world powers like US & Russia, both had intervened in Syrian civil war to target Islamist groups like Al Qaeda & ISIS. It also start Jolani’s gradual transformation from classic anti-West jihadist, to a more palatable revolutionary. He told PBS in 2021 he had no desire to wage war against Western nations. (Western-style blazer) Years followed, Jolani replaced his jihadist attire for Western-style shirt, established a semi-technocratic govt . His deep knowledge of Syria caught his commanders in Iraq as were expanding their foothold in Syria his group held control, and promoted himself as a viable partner in region to curb Iran’s influence in Middle East. He conducted operations against ISIS including the 2023 high-profile killing of ISIS leader Abu Hussein Al-Husseini al-Qurashi.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/06/middleeas...index.html