There are at least two Turkish Navy submarines in the area where guided missile cruiser “Moskva” is providing cover for the Russian airbase “Hmeymim” in the Syrian city of Latakia, – Istanbul media reported.

According to the Turkish General staff, currently the submarines in the Eastern Mediterranean are “Dolunay” and “Burakreis”. “Dolunay” departed for patrol duty on November 11, “Burakreis” on 7th.

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The Russian missile ship Moskva was ordered to move closer to the coast of Syria so as to use its "Fort" missile system to protect ongoing Russian air operations over Syria.  Today, it is reported by the Russian news agency INTERFAX, that the Turkish Submarines "Dolunaj" and "Burakreis" are shadowing the Moskva.  Russia has thus warned publicly that "any threat to Russian armed forces will be destroyed."

Over the weekend, it appears that Turkey has begun a defacto naval blockade solely of Russian Naval Military Vessels between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea.  In order to travel from one sea to the other, vessels must transit the Strait of Istanbul which has two components: The Dardanelles and the Bosporus.   The Dardanelles is a narrow waterway between the Mediterranean and the Sea of Marmora.  The Bosporus is another narrow waterway between the Sea of Marmora and the Black Sea.

The only time that Turkey is permitted to block the transit of other nations' military vessels is if Turkey is "threatened with aggression" or "at war."  Despite this Treaty restriction, over the weekend Turkish newspapers began publicly discussing the possibility that Turkey would "Close the throat" of Russian naval access to the Dardanelles and to the Bosporus. (They used those words!)  Russian media responded by pointing out this cannot be legally done since Turkey is not "threatened with aggression" or "at war."  Yet Turkey seems to have halted the transit of Russian warships through the Dardanelles anyway.  This is a developing story with frightening implications, since a "blockade" would be Casus Beli for war.

Today's revelation that Turkey has sent two navy submarines to shadow the Russian missile cruise Moskva raises these questions:

1)  Since the Moskva is there to protect Russian air operations over Syria, why is Turkey positioning military assets to potentially stop the Moskva from doing so?

2) Does Turkey plan to shoot down additional Russian military jets over Syria as it did last week?

3) Are the two Turkish submarines going to attack the Moskva if it defends Russian planes over Syria?

http://www.infowars.com/russia-syrian-army-plan-to-block-turkish-border/

Earlier this month the German newspaper Deutsche Welle published a report documenting the transfer of supplies across the Turkish border to areas controlled by the Islamic State.

The Turkish newspaper Cumhuriyet also published reports revealing thetransfer of weapons to Syria by Turkey’s intelligence agency. The Turkish government responded to the reports by arresting journalists.

Operation Total Destruction

On Saturday the Egyptian news website al-Youm al-Sabe’ posted a report indicating Russia will soon launch a massive operation dubbed “Total Destruction,” according to Iran’s FARS news agency.

http://www.hindustantimes.com/analysis/turkish-president-wants-to-drag-nato-into-a-war-against-russia/story-vQdgvQi159szE9M8acZARM.html

http://southfront.org/russias-su-34-jets-launch-first-mission-with-air-to-air-missiles/“Today, for the first time Russian Su-34 fighter-bomber aircraft went on a mission carrying not only aerial bombs OFAB-500 and guided aerial bombs KAB-500, but with but with short and medium range air-to-air missiles,” the Russian Aerospace Forces spokesman, Col. Igor Klimov said.

The planes aer equipped with missiles for protection.

According to Klimov, the missiles “are equipped with homing devices and are capable of hitting aerial targets at a distance of 60 kilometers(37.2 miles).”

The UAE has secretly dispatched hundreds of Colombian mercenaries to Yemen. This foreign army was quietly built in the desert over the past five years, initially trained by Blackwater. The arrival of 450 troops – some even from Panama, Salvador and Chili – adds to the diversity of government armies, armed tribes, terrorist networks and Yemeni militias currently.

A Houthi alliance spokesman said that the army and popular forces are advancing deep inside Saudi Arabia and capturing more military bases in the Southern parts of the kingdom. He added: “The Yemeni forces have managed to inflict heavy losses on the Saudi enemy inside Saudi Arabia.”

Russians Open Two New Air Bases in Syria, Turkey Staggered

By GPD on December 7, 2015

S400 System will cover all of Syria and Iraq or even Turkey should those nations ask for aid