Military Conflicts

DUBAI, (BM) - A British-flagged tanker has been seized by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard and the British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt says the tanker seizure shows Iran is choosing "a dangerous path of illegal and destabilising behaviour" , learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting MEMO. #BREAKING British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt says the…

WASHINGTON, (BM) - The Trump administration is increasing US military build-up in the Middle East as tensions with Iran continue to escalate with the alleged downing of an Iranian drone in the Straits of Hormuz, learned Bugarianmilitary.com, quoting MEMO. According to Defence Department officials roughly 500 American troops are being deployed…

Syrian rebels say Moscow deploys ground forces in Idlib campaign Russia has sent special forces in recent days to fight alongside Syrian army troops struggling to make gains in a more than two-month assault in northwestern Syria to seize the last opposition bastion, senior rebel commanders said, MEMO reports. They said although Russian…

DAMASCUS, (BM) - Regime airstrikes on Tuesday killed nine civilians in rebel-held northwest Syria, the target of months of regime and Russian bombardment, France 24 said. Three children were among the nine killed outside Maaret al-Numan, a town located in a southern strip of Idlib province, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Read…

TEL AVIV, (BM) - Israel’s Minister of Regional Cooperation Tzachi Hanegbi said on last Friday that Israel is preparing for a “possible” military confrontation with Iran and its military wings in the next two years, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting MEMO. Speaking to Israel Hayom, Hanegbi – who is also a member of Israel’s security cabinet…

PANAGYURISHTE, (BM) – Your briefly report on July 15 in last twelve hours from BulgarianMilitary.com: At least 22 civilians killed in government air attacks in Syria Air attacks by Syrian and Russian military aircraft have killed at least eight people in the northern region of Idlib in the last weekend (Friday and Saturday), while 11 people…

TEL AVIV, (BM) - A new war between Israel and Palestinian factions in the occupied Gaza Strip “is not far away”, and will be “will be deadlier and more destructive than any previous” offensive, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, according to a report by the Jerusalem Post’s military correspondent. According to the analyst, Israeli officials “have…

DUBAI, LONDOM, (BM) - Britain will soon be “slapped in the face” for the capture of an Iranian supertanker last week, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting Reutres. “Iran’s strong establishment will soon slap Britain in the face for daring to seize the Iranian oil tanker,” cleric Kazem Sedighi told worshippers during Tehran’s Friday prayer…

ANKARA, (BM) - Ankara has increased its military deployment near the Syrian border, including heavy weapons, armored vehicles and tanks, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting Daily Sabah. Reports suggest that more than 50 tanks and artillery batteries were deployed over the last two days near Tal Abyad, located next to Turkey's border…

PANAGYURISHTE, (BM) – Your briefly report on July 11 in last twelve hours from BulgarianMilitary.com: Britain and U.S. will regret detaining Iran's oil tanker - Revolutionary Guards deputy commander Britain and the United States will regret detaining an Iranian oil tanker, a deputy commander of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards said on…

THE HAGUE, (BM) - A new team established by the global chemical weapons watchdog to attribute blame for the use of banned munitions in Syria will investigate nine alleged attacks during the country’s civil war, including in the town of Douma, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting Reuters. Read more: There is Alarming Likelihood That Syria…

TEHRAN, (BM) - Tehran said Wednesday that Britain would face “repercussions” over the seizure of an Iranian oil tanker after denying earlier in the week that the ship detained in Gibraltar was carrying crude to Syria, which would put it in violation of EU sanctions, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting the Times of Israel. Iran’s President…

AMSTERDAM, (BM) - Western states have warned that Syria could be violating a ban on chemical weapons, during a meeting of the executive council of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) on Tuesday, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting Gulf Times. Sabine Noelke, Canada's permanent representative to the OPCW, spoke of…

WASHINGTON, (BM) - The United Kingdom and France have agreed to send additional forces to Syria to pick up the slack as U.S. troops withdraw, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting Foreign Policy. Britain and France, the only other U.S. partners that still have ground forces in Syria, will commit to a marginal 10 to 15 percent troop increase, a…

PANAGYURISHTE, (BM) – Your briefly report on July 09 in last eight hours from BulgarianMilitary.com: Seven civilians killed in air strike in northern Afghanistan - Government Seven members of a family were killed in an air strike in the northern Baghlan province of Afghanistan, Reuters reported, according the Afghan ministry of defence said…

MOSCOW, (BM) - Russian and Syrian joint coordination headquarters make another statement on problems impeding repatriation of refugees, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting the MoD of the Russian Federation statement. According the statement, the U.S. continues to have a destabilizing effect on the situation both in Syria and in the region. …

PANAGYURISHTE, (BM) - Your briefly report on July 04 in last 12 hours from BulgarianMilitary.com news team: Mass grave containing 200 bodies uncovered in Raqqa As many as 200 corpses, including of some people believed to have been killed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS) group, have been found in a mass grave near…

PANAGYURISHTE, (BM) - Your briefly report on July 03 in last 12 hours from BulgarianMilitary.com news team: At least 40 killed in strike on Tripoli migrant detention centre An air strike late on Tuesday hit a detention centre for mainly African migrants in a suburb of the Libyan capital of Tripoli, killing at least 40 people and wounding…

KABUL (BM) - Afghan security forces on Monday were battling Taliban gunmen who stormed a building in the capital, Kabul, after a bomb-laden truck exploded near the defence ministry at rush hour, injuring at least 100 people, including 35 children, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting Reuters. For hours after the attack, sporadic gunfire and…

PANAGYURISHTE, (BM) – Your briefly report on July 01 in last 12 hours from BulgarianMilitary.com news team: Syrian state media - Israeli missile strike kills four civilians Israeli warplanes fired missiles targeting Syrian military positions in Homs and the Damascus outskirts in an attack that killed at least four civilians and wounded…