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Putin Visits Iran for Talks on Syria’s Future
Nov. 23, 2015 - Russian President Vladimir Putin is engaged in talks today with Iranian leaders about Syria's civil war.
Moscow and Tehran have been the key backers of Syrian President Bashar Assad throughout his nation’s civil war, which has killed over 250,000 people and turned millions into refugees.
On Sept. 30 Russia began an air campaign against the Islamic State and other insurgents in Syria.
- Source: Time
UN asked to take action against Iran for recent missile test
Oct. 22, 2015 -
The United States, France, Britain and Germany asked the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday to investigate ...
Iran for conducting a ballistic missile test earlier this month, which they say violated U.N. sanctions.
U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power contends that the missile launched by Iran on Oct. 10 “is inherently capable of delivering a nuclear weapon."
- Source: Washington Post
With Russian & Iranian forces now engaged in combat in Syria, people are asking, “What is the War of Gog & Magog?” Here’s the answer, Part One.
Oct. 10, 2015 - Read Joel Rosenberg's balanced explanation of the predicted war of Gog and Magog. This is the first installment of a series.
Today, let’s start by defining “Gog” and “Magog,” when Bible indicates this prophecy will take place, and what countries will be participating in the coalition against Israel.
- Source: Joel Rosenberg
Oct. 11, 2015 -
Israel makes massive discovery of oil in the Golan Heights. Is this a prelude to the “War of Gog & Magog”? Here’s the answer, Part Two.
Oct. 12, 2015 -
Will the Biblical “War of Gog & Magog” bring about the end of Radical Islam as we have known it? Here’s the answer, Part Three.
Oct. 15, 2015 -
Answers to the most frequently asked questions about the “War of Gog & Magog.” Part Four in our series on the prophecies of Ezekiel 38-39.
Russian military build-up in Syria ‘unprecedented,’ officials say
Sept. 10, 2015 -U.S. officials are calling a Russian military build-up Syria "unprecedented."
Two U.S. officials who have reviewed the latest intelligence told Fox News that satellite imagery reveals more flights of
massive Russian An-124 "condor" military cargo planes landing in Syria. They are offloading ... Russian marines, and armored vehicles.
- Source:Fox News
- 'Strategic attraction': Russia cozies up to Iran - WND
- Update: Sept. 25, 2015 -
Russians, Syrians and Iranians setting up military coordination cell in Baghdad - Fox
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Russian military build-up in Syria ‘unprecedented,’ officials say
Sept. 10, 2015 -U.S. officials are calling a Russian military build-up Syria "unprecedented."
Two U.S. officials who have reviewed the latest intelligence told Fox News that satellite imagery reveals more flights of
massive Russian An-124 "condor" military cargo planes landing in Syria. They are offloading ... Russian marines, and armored vehicles.
- Source:Fox News
Top Iranian Terror Commander Meets with Putin
Aug. 7, 2015 - Iranian Revolutionary Guards leader Qassem Soleimani, ignoring a UN travel ban, met with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Russia and Iran are close partners. The two countries have both backed the Syrian regime in the ongoing civil war; Moscow is also preparing to
deliver S-300 missile defense systems to Tehran despite a chorus of international criticism.
- Source: Israel National News
Russia sees big potential from Iran deal
July 22, 2015 -
When the UN Security Council unanimously approved the Iran nuclear deal on Monday, Russia paid tribute with an enthusiastic invitation to the West to co-operate on other fronts.
Sergei Lavrov, Russia'sforeign minister, said there was now no longer a need for the US to deploy missile defence systems in Europe.
- Source: FT
Iran deal: Obama to attempt end run around Congress via the UN
July 19, 2015 - Senate Republicans oppose President Obama's plan to ask the Security Council to approve the Iran nuclear deal on Monday,
before Congress even has a chance to consider it. Senator Marco Rubio said,
“It’s a clear sign that he knows if this deal is reviewed closely by the American people, it will be rejected. We cannot allow
America's security to be outsourced to the United Nations.”
- Source: Rick Moran - American Thinker
- UN Set to Adopt Iran Nuke Deal Monday in Obama Blitzkrieg - Israel National News
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Iran’s Khamenei hails his people for demanding death to America and Israel - Times of Israel
Russia's Putin calls for lifting all sanctions against Iran
July 11, 2015 - Russia's President Vladimir Putin expects the six major world powers to reach a deal with Iran soon.
"We presume that all sanctions will be lifted against Iran, the question is which sanctions and when. We are calling for comprehensive lifting of
them as soon as possible," Putin told a briefing in the Russian city of Ufa.
- Source: Jerusalem Post
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Iran blames U.S.-Russia split for stymied nuke talks - CBS
- Greece debt crisis: Eurozone ministers to decide on bailout - BBC
Threat of war with major power ‘low, but growing,’ military strategy report warns
July 3, 2015 - According to the National Military Strategy for 2015, the U.S. not only faces the threat of insurgent
groups in the Middle East, but must also be aware of the growing possibility of war with major powers like Russia, China, Iran and
North Korea.
The report specifically talks about threats from North Korea, Iran, Russia and China, which has continued aggressive land grabs in
the South China Sea that violate international law.
The report predicted that cyber-attacks from these sources will be “unpredictable, costly and difficult to control.”
- Source: Washington Times
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USA's new defense strategy names Russia, China, Iran and North Korea prime enemies - Pravda
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Putin Biding His Time? Build-up of Tanks and Generals in Ukraine - Fox
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Russia Says Iran Nuclear Deal Will Be Reached - Israel National News
Nato chief says Russian nuclear threats are 'deeply troubling and dangerous'
May 27, 2015 - Nato secretary general Jens Stoltenberg warned that flights of Russia's nuclear bombers are upsetting
to Europe.
Russia’s plans to deploy nuclear-capable missiles in Kaliningrad – near Poland’s border – and its threat to move nuclear forces in
Crimea would “fundamentally change the balance of security in Europe,” Stoltenberg warned, in a speech during a visit to Washington.
- Source: The Guardian - UK
Leading Islamic voice calls for reconquering Jerusalem
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called on his countrymen to refocus on the Ottoman goal of re-conquering Jerusalem for Islam
and uniting Shia and Sunni tribes for that same mission.
- Source: WND
Russia Lifts Its Ban on Delivery of S-300 Missiles to Iran
Apr. 12, 2015 - In 2007 Russia agreed to sell advanced S-300 missiles to Iran, but in 2010 then-President Dmitry Medvedev prohibited the
sale because of a UN embargo against sale of military equipment to Iran. The change of policy was apparently because of the possible deal with Iran
to limit its nuclear development.
- Source: The Wall Street Journal
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Israel alarmed at news Russia to supply Iran advanced air defense system - Times of Israel
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Russia and Iran begin massive oil-for-goods deal - Business Insider
- Iran says Russian missiles could arrive this year - Times of Israel
Putin’s Ukraine War Is About Founding a New Russian Empire
Apr. 7, 2015 - Russian President Vladimir Putin says that he “always saw the Russians and Ukrainians as a single people." It is apparent
that his goal is to bring Ukraine back under the control of Russia. His actions against Chechnia in 1994, Georgia in 2008, and Crimea (part of Ukraine)
last year, make it clear that he will not be satisfied until he reclaims Ukraine.
If no Ukrainian state has the right to exist, the entire settlement of 1989 to 1991 in Eastern Europe, and especially in the former Soviet
Union, is illegitimate and a standing threat to the Russian state.
- Source: NewsWeek
Iranian and Russian officials meet in Tehran to sign Defense pact against foreign meddling
Jan. 20, 2015 - Russian Defense Minister General Sergei Shoigu flew to Tehran yesterday to sign a mutual defense pact with
Brigadier General Hosein Dehqan, the Islamic Republic's Defense and Armed Forces Logistics Minister said that the agreement would be
a foundation of comprehensive military cooperation between the two countries in various spheres."
The Russian official was on an official state visit to Iran in order to highlight the two country's mutual commitment to insulate
themselves from what they believe to be foreign meddling led by the US.
- Source: Jerusalem Post
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Sophisticated Russian S-400 missiles for Iran under new military pact, S-300s for Egypt, Syria, Hizballah - DEBKAFile
Gorbachev: NATO expansion into Ukraine risks nuclear war
NATO Expansion Into Ukraine Could Ignite Nuclear War, Gorbachev Says; World ‘Will Not Survive The Next Few Years’
Jan. 18, 2015 - Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev told Der Spiegle magazine that Russia and NATO may be on a nuclear collision
course over Russia's expansion into Ukraine because old agreements are not in force and neither side trusts the other. He said:
"We won't survive the coming years if someone loses their nerve in this overheated situation," Gorbachev said. "This is not something I'm
saying thoughtlessly. I am extremely concerned."
- Source: International Business Times
US and Russia in danger of returning to era of nuclear rivalry
Jan. 5, 2014 - The US has launched an experimental “blimp” over Washington to detect incoming cruise missiles,
presumably from Russian nuclear-capable submarines, that have lately been making the trip across the Atlantic.
In the light of aggressive rhetoric from Moscow and the expiry of treaty-based restrictions, there is uncertainty over whether those
missiles are now carrying nuclear warheads.
- Source: Guardian - UK
Times of London: Obama Outreach to Iran Could Be 'Single Most Reckless Act of 2015'
Jan. 1, 2015 - A Times of London editorial about the year 2015 warned:
President Barack Obama's hope to turn Iran's President Hassan Rouhani "into a friendly ally in the fight against Islamic State" could
lead him to undertake "the single most reckless act of 2015" and cut a bad nuclear weapons deal with Teheran.
- Source: NewsMax
- The World in 2015 - NewsMax
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