Free Republic 2nd Qtr 2024 Fundraising Target: $81,000 Receipts & Pledges to-date: $20,798
25%  
Woo hoo!! And we're now over 25%!! Thank you all very much!! God bless.

Keyword: cestlavie

Brevity: Headers | « Text »
  • The Latakia doctrine puts Russia in a bind - analysis

    12/29/2021 10:48:00 PM PST · by blueplum · 16 replies
    Jerusalem Post ^ | 29 December 2021 | SETH J. FRANTZMAN
    Two airstrikes on the key port of Latakia, Syria, in the same month have raised eyebrows. A report in The Wall Street Journal noted not only that Syria has accused Israel of the strike on the port this week, but also that a US official indicated that the Iranian presence at the facility “put a big target on civilian infrastructure that would not be targeted otherwise.” The fires at the port burned throughout the day on December 28, showing that whatever was destroyed at the port was flammable and likely composed of munitions or other dangerous cargo transported from Iran...