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The US government, Israel’s biggest supporter, has provided over $158 billion in economic and military aid to Tel Aviv from 1946 to 2023. Israel ranks first among countries receiving the most military assistance from the US. According to a report by the Council on Foreign Relations dated October 7, 2024, the total adjusted for inflation exceeds $310 billion. MAIN ARMS SUPPLIER AND MILITARY ASSISTANCE The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) report shows that the US is Israel’s primary arms supplier. Between 2019 and 2023, Israel imported 69% of its conventional weapons from the US, with this figure reaching 78%…
President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan stated that the plane that crashed near the Kazakh city of Aktau was severely damaged by ground fire and became uncontrollable due to electronic warfare interference.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced on Saturday that Russian President Vladimir Putin has no immediate plans to engage in discussions regarding the resolution of the Ukrainian crisis in early January. When asked at a press briefing in Moscow if any preparations for contacts on the Ukrainian settlement are currently underway, Peskov replied: “No, there are no plans. Neither the first, second, or third of January.” “The most important thing is to take the first steps toward peace. This path has yet to be paved due to the Kyiv regime’s position,” he added. Responding to US Security Advisor John Kirby’s allegations…
14 PKK terrorists were neutralized in northern Iraq’s Hakurk, Gara, and Metina regions. The Turkish Armed Forces continue their strong efforts to eradicate terrorism with the power derived from the nation. The Ministry of National Defense announced that 14 PKK terrorists identified in the Hakurk, Gara, and Metina regions of northern Iraq had been neutralized. The statement emphasized the determination to eliminate terrorism at its source.
Türkiye will ensure security beyond its southern borders and eliminate terrorism threats emanating from those regions starting from 2025, said President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Speaking at AK Party’s 8th Ordinary Provincial Congress in Balıkesir province, Erdoğan said: “Starting from 2025, we will ensure security beyond our southern borders, particularly regarding the issue of terrorism, and eliminate the threats emanating from those regions.” On the Assad regime’s fall in Syria, Erdoğan said that Türkiye “upheld the bond of brotherhood,” helped the oppressed, “and once again, we emerged victorious.” “We passed the test of humanity with flying colors,” Erdoğan added.
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe reached its closest point to the Sun on December 24, 2024, breaking the record for the closest approach ever made by a spacecraft to the Sun. Parker passed just 6.1 million kilometers (3.8 million miles) from the Sun’s surface, setting a new record for humanity’s closest solar pass. This distance is equivalent to just 4 centimeters of the one-meter length between Earth and the Sun. During this close flyby, the spacecraft was exposed to temperatures of approximately 980 degrees Celsius. To withstand the Sun’s heat and radiation, Parker is equipped with a special 11.5-centimeter thick carbon-composite…
The Kremlin on Thursday refused to comment on media reports claiming that an Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash was the result of an attack. At a press briefing in Moscow, spokesman Dmitry Peskov urged that everyone wait for the end of an investigation launched by Kazakh authorities with the participation of a special task force from Azerbaijan. In a separate statement, Maulen Ashimbayev, Kazakhstan’s Senate speaker, urged against drawing premature conclusions from footage of the plane that crashed on Wednesday near the Caspian city of Aktau, warning that some are trying to benefit from speculation. “These are speculations and unfounded statements.…
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia was striving to complete the conflict in Ukraine, Russian news agencies reported. Putin added that Russia could use the new intermediate-range hypersonic ballistic missile known as Oreshnik again but was in no hurry to do so. “We do not exclude the possibility of using it both today and tomorrow, if necessary,” Putin said. If necessary, Putin said, Russia could use more powerful intermediate-range weapons. Putin says Slovakia offered to host Russia-Ukraine peace talks Putin said Thursday that Slovakia had offered to be a “platform” for possible peace talks between Russia and…
One person was killed and 11 were wounded by a ballistic missile strike on an apartment block in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih, local officials said on Tuesday, and Kyiv condemned the Christmas eve attack. “The monsters landed a direct hit on a four-storey residential block with 32 apartments,” the head of the city’s military administration, Oleksandr Vilkul, wrote on Telegram. One man whose body had been pulled from under the rubble could not be revived by medics, regional governor Serhiy Lysak said. “While other countries of the world are celebrating Christmas, Ukrainians are continuing to suffer from…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday said progress had been made in ongoing hostage negotiations with Hamas in Gaza but that he did not know how much longer it would take to see the results. During a speech in Israel’s Knesset, Netanyahu said Israel had made “great achievements” militarily on several fronts and that military pressure on Hamas had led its leaders to soften their previous demands. The prime minister, in between heckles from opposition members, said Israel had solidified its stance as a “regional power” and that he planned to expand the Abraham Accords together with Israel’s “American…