Russia Uses Airbase in Iran as a Safeguard Against 'Satellite Surveillance'

Russia decided to use the Hamadan airfield in Iran to prevent terrorists from spying on its strategic aircraft taking part in the Moscow-led counterterrorism operation in Syria, the Vzglyad newspaper asserted.

Exclusive: #Russian AF deployed to Hamedan airbase in #Iran being prepared for airstrikes on terrorists in #Syria pic.twitter.com/8EYgA272zi

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The business daily maintained that spying appears to have become a major issue since some radical groups fighting in Syria have lately succeeded in hiding from incoming Russian airstrikes. This, according to the media outlet, seems to indicate that someone has been tracking Russian strategic aircraft and sharing this information with the militants.

Trader arrested for naming pet dog ‘Buhari’

By Emma Nnadozie, Crime Editor Sango-ota—A 30-year-old trader has been arrested by the police in Ogun state for naming his pet dog ‘Buhari.’ The trader, Joe Fortemose Chinakwe, of No 10, Omikunle Street, Sango-Ota, Ogun State, was reportedly arrested last weekend, after one of his neighbours of Northern extraction complained bitterly that he named his dog after his father, Alhaji Buhari.

3 pilgrims arrested in Saudi Arabia with cocaine

Today, the Saudi Arabia security operatives in Madina arrested three pilgrims from Kwara State for alleged possession of substance suspected to be cocaine. While confirming the news, the Executive Secretary, Kwara Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, Fatima Abolore-Jimoh, said the Saudi Arabian law would certainly take its course.

US 'Trying to Discredit Russia's Efforts in Syria' and Ruin Aleppo Operation

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The battle for the city of Aleppo is shaping to become a milestone in the Syrian conflict; its outcome will most likely determine the fate of the country, if not the Middle East, philosopher and anthropologist Vladimir Lepekhin, director of EurAsEc (The Eurasian Economic Community) Institute, wrote for RIA Novosti.

For the analyst, this is not merely a battle between Damascus-led forces and rebels, but rather a "standoff" between the Russian and US-led coalitions.

El-Rufai Was Part Of Nigeria’s Problem – Shehu Sani

Sen. Shehu Sani (APC Kaduna Central) said Gov. El-Rufai of Kaduna State had no justification to blame the Peoples Democratic Party for Nigeria’s problems.
Sani said on Monday that all defectors from PDP were part of the party and should not absolve themselves of blame.

Why Nigeria Did Not Achieve Much Results – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said although Nigeria recognised her problems early enough, the country wasted so many opportunities.
This, he said, made the nation not to achieve much results.
A statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, quoted the President as speaking while receiving Executive Members of Association of Africa Automotive Manufacturers led by the chairman, Mr. Jeff Nemeth, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Herdsmen killed 6 villagers in Kaduna because the villagers killed one Fulani chief

Chairman of the Kaduna State Chapter of Miyetti Ahallah(association of herdsmen), Haruna Usman, has said that last week Saturday's attack by herdsmen in Godogodo village in Kaduna state was a reprisal one after the villagers killed a Fulani chief. In an interview with Vanguard, Usman said;

PDP Election: Zoning Can’t Stop Me — Dokpesi

One of the aspirants for the office of national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Raymond Dokpesi, was on Monday successfully screened to contest for the position at the party’s convention scheduled for Wednesday in Port Harcourt.
A statement by his media aide, Omor Bazuaye, said Mr. Dokpesi went through the screening processes without hitches.

Our Economic Policies Are In Right Direction, CBN Replies El-Rufai

ABUJA—CENTRAL Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has reiterated that its current economic policies were in the right direction to rescue the dwindling economic situation in the country. Governor of CBN, Mr Godwin Emefiele, who faulted critics of the apex bank’s policies, said the bank was operating the best policies needed to address the present economic crisis in Nigeria.

We Met Economy In Meltdown – Osinbajo

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday declared that the present Federal Government met an economy that was already in a meltdown.  Although he assured Nigerians that the Muhammadu Buhari administration was doing its best to salvage the situation, he stressed that the country did not adequately exploit the oil boom era by investing massively in infrastructure and diversifying the economy.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and German Steinmeier made statements in Yekaterinburg [Updated]

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and German Steinmeier made statements in Yekaterinburg Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his German counterpart, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, speak to the press after their meeting in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg

Russian military options in Syria and the Ukraine

This article was written for the Unz Review:http://www.unz.com/tsaker/russian-military-options-in-syria-and-the-ukraine/

The past two weeks have been rich in military developments directly affecting Russia:

Syria:

1) Russia has announced that she will transform the Khmeimim airfield into a full-fledged military base with a permanently deployed task force.

2) Russia will deploy her heavy aircraft-carrying missile cruiser (often referred to in the West as an “aircraft carrier”) Admiral Kuznetsov to the eastern Mediterranean to to check the combat capabilities of the ship and its strike group and to engage, for the very first time, the state-of-the-art Ka-52K Katran helicopters.

It’s a cookbook!

by JiminNH

Saker’s recent article entitled “The counter-terrorist corrida opposing the West and Islam addressed the so-called “clash of civilizations” between Islam and “the West,” and efforts of ideologues like Zbigniew Brzezinski to help make it so.

Whenever I see mention of Brzezinski’s “The Grand Chessboard” or Samuel P. Huntington’s book “Clash of Civilizations”, it reminds me of watching an interesting episode of the Twilight Zone many years ago, titled “To Serve Man.”

Chinese Media: Us Uavs Spy On Russian Military In Syria & Help Terrorists

Edited by Desi Tzoneva

Chinese media indicate that there is an extremely low efficiency of the MQ-1 Predator and the MQ-9 Reaper modern scout-attack unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), which act in the interests of the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC). This agency of military administration was created in the United States (US) for conducting operations to detect and destroy terrorists throughout the world. It is known that the JSOC staff consists of personnel of the US Central Intelligence Agency’s Counterterrorism Centre and officers of the US Special Operations Command.

Syrian Army Destroys Isis Headquarters In Deir Ezzor City

AlMasdarNews reports: Deir Ezzor, Syria (4:45 A.M.) – The Syrian Armed Forces carried out a special operation on Friday night to destroy the Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham’s (ISIS) main headquarters in the Al-Jabiliyah District of Deir Ezzor City.

Led by the 104th Brigade of the Republican Guard, the Syrian Armed Forces destroyed this terrorist headquarters in Al-Jabiliyah, killing several members of the Islamic State, while also capturing the latter’s bulldozer and heavy weapons.

The Ukrainian Defense Ministry’s main intelligence directorate terror plot foiled in Crimea August 2016 SITREP, by Scott

The Ukrainian Defense Ministry’s main intelligence directorate terror plot foiled in Crimea August 2016 SITREP

I will keep updating this post over the next couple of days.

I have a large amount of information mostly in Russian, that’s why it takes me long time to translate.

Please, keep checking back for updates.

Bristol photographer Bags 11 Years For Drugging And Raping Straight Men After Luring Them To Modelling Shoots

43 year old  Nigel Wilkinson, pleaded guilty to two counts of rape and three counts of administering a substance with intent to rape at Bristol Crown Court.  Wilkinson met his victims on the social network before inviting them to his home for ‘male fitness’ photoshoots. Once there he would ply them with drink and drugs – including class C date rape drugs Flunitrazepam also known as Rohypnol, and Nitrazepam which renders them “senseless and incapable”.

Russia Rebuilding Military Airfields in Vietnam, Pacific Islands

Former Air Force Commander said that Russia is rebuilding its Soviet-era network of airfields in Vietnam and the northwestern Pacific island of Matua.

Ukraine Forms Shock Troops On Border With Crimea (Photos)

Ukraine is currently forming shock troops on the border with Crimea, Ukrainian former people’s deputy Aleksey Zhuravko reported on his page in the VK social network

Photos: Woman and her three children killed in horrific crash

Three children were killed alongside their mother in a horror crash involving eight vehicles on the A34 near Oxford on Wednesday, August 10

Tracy Houghton, 45, was travelling with her two sons - Ethan, 13, and Josh, 11 - as well as her partner's daughter Aimee Goldsmith, 11, when the family's car was crushed between two HGVs, according to witnesses.

5 ‘businessmen’ gang-rape customer they met via Instagram, demand N2m - Punchng .

Ugochukwu Eso, Gabriel Obinna, Chinedu Ezechukwu, Akubueze Nnadozie and Godwin Balogun reportedly used a hotel in Agege, Lagos State for the crime. Obinna, 18, allegedly used a Magic Voice application on his phone to change his voice to that of a woman, while communicating with the victim on the telephone.

Lagos prophet abducts teenager to deliver her family from a spell - Vanguardngr .

26-year-old Prophet David Ifunaya of the Immaculate Ministry, Satellite Town, Lagos, who allegedly abducted a 16-year-old girl, has revealed that he did it to liberate her family from a spell

The Lagos State Police commissioner, Fatai Owoseni, said: " Ifunaya, abducted her for three weeks after she told him that her father is a herbalist. Throughout her stay in his place, neither did he nor his victim call her parents, who were searching everywhere for her.”

Paul Craig Roberts and Michael Hudson: “Russian government is reconsidering the neoliberal policy”

by Paul Craig Roberts and Michael Hudson

According to various reports, the Russian government is reconsidering the neoliberal policy that has served Russia so badly since the collapse of the Soviet Union.  If Russia had adopted an intelligent economic policy, its economy would be far ahead of where it stands today.  It would have avoided most of the capital flight to the West by relying on self-finance.

Beijing Installs Supersonic Missiles on South China Sea’s Most Lethal Destroyer

The upgraded combat features on board the flagship of the South China Sea fleet impress Western defense analysts, as Beijing threatens to aggressively defend the disputed territories.

'Road of Life to Aleppo': First Report From the Besieged Syrian City

The Syrian army has repelled attacks by terrorist groups in the southwestern outskirts of Aleppo for ten days, and has managed to launch a counterattack in some districts, backed by air forces and artillery.