War in Syria Threatens World As Russia, US, France, and Others? Have Simultaneous Military Missions There - November 17, 2015

[sharon sanders]

This is not a political post. This is a collection of media reports documenting the increasing debacle in a very unstable part of the world:

Russia - Russia 'launches cruise missiles' at Isis stronghold of Raqqa in Syria
The Independent-3 hours ago


US - US Warplanes Destroy 116 ISIS Fuel Trucks in Syria
ABC News-Nov 16, 2015


France - France launches new airstrikes on Syria and anti-terrorism raids at ... Washington Post-3 hours ago

 

[sharon sanders]

Hillary Clinton says nuclear weapons biggest threat to US security

LAS VEGAS: US presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton said the proliferation of nuclear weapons was the greatest threat to national security on Tuesday, during the first 2016 Democratic party debate.


Read more at:

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/...campaign=cppst

 

[Emily]

https://flutrackers.com/forum/forum...ntal-nuclear-war-now-than-during-the-cold-war [h=1]MIT Professor: Greater Chance of Accidental Nuclear War Now Than During the Cold War[/h]

 

[sharon sanders]

[h=1]Turkey 'shoots down Russian warplane on Syria border'[/h]
17 minutes ago

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-34907983


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Nato has confirmed it will hold an extraordinary council meeting on Turkey's request.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/li...urkish-planes-near-syrian-border-live-updates

 

[Emily]

http://en.news-4-u.ru/the-u-s-demand...k-english.html

The U.S. demands Russian pilots in Syria to speak English World news
By: admin | Октябрь 20 2015 16:01

The U.S. and Russia continue negotiations on the conclusion of the Memorandum on safety of flights in the skies over Syria. The agreement, designed to avoid collisions between the VSC and the Russian forces of the international coalition operating in Syria, will oblige Russian pilots to speak English, said White house press Secretary Josh Ernest...

http://mil.today/2015/Syria22/

Russian Pilots in Syria Rejected US Request to Speak English
21 October 2015 22:42
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An active military pilot who asked not to be named told the Voennoe.RF reporter that English language proficiency was not a necessary condition for service in the Russian Airspace Force. "Yet it’s not obligatory", he said having added that there were neither language courses nor interim assessments.
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As a reminder, the White House representative Josh Earnest said on October 19 that the US were counting on Russian pilots operating in Syria to communicate in English. According to him, that would help to avoid confusions in the Syrian sky...

http://www.theguardian.com/world/201...returned-syria

Israel says it averts shooting Russian planes with communication
Associated Press Sunday 29 November 2015 14.16 EST
Israeli defence minister says Russian plane recently strayed into Israel from Syria but was not shot down thanks to communication systems
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Ya’alon said: “Russian planes don’t intend to attack us and therefore there is no need to automatically, even if there is some kind of mistake, shoot them down.”...