9/1/18

* Russia and China team up for massive 300,000 troop war games Last year, Russia’s held a massive series of war games they refer to as “Zapad,” or “West.” The exercises, which usually happen along Europe’s eastern flank every four years, always draw NATO’s attention, in large part because Russia has long been openly dishonest about the size and scope of the drills.

* Evangelical Christians See Trump As 'Man Of God' Major evangelical leaders such as Franklin Graham and Jerry Falwell Jr. defend Trump and see him as an ally in the culture wars.

* Iran launches anti-US-Israel front – from W. Iraq, with Tel Aviv in missile range, builds base facing Golan Russia, Iran, Syria and Hamas have launched six steps to counter the US-Israeli plan to hit Iranian military targets in Syria, which National Security Adviser John Bolton finalized in Jerusalem two weeks ago.

* At Vilnius synagogue, Netanyahu warns Jews are still under threat PM tells Lithuanian Jewish community that 75 years after the Holocaust, Iran, Hamas and others 'still seek to destroy us'.

* Welcome back to Brexitland After a long summer vacation, Britain's politicians return next week for the final lap.

* Russia’s sending a fleet of warships to Syria to help secure a propaganda victory Russia has reportedly deployed ten warships with three more joining en route to the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Syria, making for the single largest Russian flotilla to reach Syrian shores since the Kremlin began providing direct military support to embattled President Bashar al Assad, and is among the largest demonstrations of Russian naval power since the end of the Cold War.

* Iran Increases Missile Threat To Israel, Linking Syria And Iraq Missile facilities and launchers are reportedly located near Russian and US-led Coalition forces and run by Iranian proxies.

* Exclusive: Iran moves missiles to Iraq in warning to enemies Iran has given ballistic missiles to Shi’ite proxies in Iraq and is developing the capacity to build more there to deter attacks on its interests in the Middle East and to give it the means to hit regional foes, Iranian, Iraqi and Western sources said.

* IDF Closely Watching Israeli-Lebanese Border Since the end of the Second Lebanon War, Israel’s northern border has remained mostly quiet. 

* International competition in Arctic could lead to military conflict – Russian DM Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu has said that resource-rich Arctic regions have become attractive to many nations and warned that the situation could lead to a military confrontation, for which Moscow must be prepared.

* Israeli Warships Get Missile Defense Boost A warning to the Jewish state's enemies.