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  • KTCC Sulaymaniyah base training
    Middle East

    Coalition drives to build Iraqi Kurdistan’s Peshmerga into a self-sustaining force

    Joanne Stocker November 27, 2019
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  • Children in Al Hol camp, Syria
    November 25, 2019
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    Contempt and violence spiral in al-Hol camp, where ISIS women dread regime’s return

  • Lirim Sulejmani
    November 19, 2019
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    US citizen ISIS member wants to know why he can’t go home

  • Syriac Military Council (MFS) patch
    November 14, 2019
    0

    “The sky is against us” – Syrian Christian fighters struggle to hold their lines in Tel Tamer

  • Estonia troops in Mali
    November 13, 2019
    1

    Estonia special forces to join France-led Takuba mission in Mali, defense ministry says

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  • ISIS London Bridge attack
    Elena Pokalova December 6, 2019
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    The threat from ISIS is closer to home than ever

    The London Bridge attack shows that while ISIS has been weakened on the ground in Syria and Iraq, its capacity to launch terrorist attacks in the West is stronger than ever

  • December 6, 2019

    Esper says US pullback from parts of northeast Syria complete

  • hook-iran-yemen-missile
    December 6, 2019

    US claims capture of Iranian missile parts off Yemen coast

  • Israeli Navy Dolphin-class submarine INS Rahav
    December 5, 2019

    Netanyahu lawyer to be charged with money-laundering in German submarine deal

  • SDF watch Coalition airstrike in Deir Ezzor province
    December 5, 2019

    Germany plans to deport ‘criminals’ to war-torn Syria and Afghanistan

  • SM-3 interceptor variants
    December 5, 2019

    Raytheon awarded missile systems maintenance contract modification for US and Spain

  • Laser warning symbol
    December 5, 2019

    L3 Technologies awarded $37.5 million contract for US Special Operations aiming lasers

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  • Children in Al Hol camp, Syria
    Joanne Stocker November 25, 2019
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    Contempt and violence spiral in al-Hol camp, where ISIS women dread regime’s return

    With winter approaching and tensions in Syria's al-Hol camp at a boiling point, some ISIS-affiliated women said they intend to escape

Lirim Sulejmani
November 19, 2019
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US citizen ISIS member wants to know why he can’t go home

Syriac Military Council (MFS) patch
November 14, 2019
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“The sky is against us” – Syrian Christian fighters struggle to hold their lines in Tel Tamer

Estonia troops in Mali
November 13, 2019
1 0

Estonia special forces to join France-led Takuba mission in Mali, defense ministry says

ISIS prisoners in Hasakah, Syria
November 13, 2019
2 0

SDF secures ‘ticking time-bomb’ ISIS prisoners in Syria against alarming odds

EUTM-Mali trains FAMa personnel
November 13, 2019
2 0

EU to ‘increase presence and improve support’ for Sahel partners fighting terrorism

Mark Esper and James Jeffrey
November 1, 2019
4 0

It took almost a year, but a simple shift in US stance led to Turkey’s assault against Syria’s Kurds

Ground Zero after the Battle of Marawi in the Philippines
October 29, 2019
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Suicide bombs and foreign fighters are burgeoning jihadi threats for the Philippines

IDPs in Tel Tamer, Syria
October 25, 2019
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After years helping others, aid workers are Syria’s latest refugees

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  • ISIS London Bridge attack
    Elena Pokalova December 6, 2019
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    The threat from ISIS is closer to home than ever

    The London Bridge attack shows that while ISIS has been weakened on the ground in Syria and Iraq, its capacity to launch terrorist attacks in the West is stronger than ever

    Read More »
  • December 6, 2019

    Esper says US pullback from parts of northeast Syria complete

  • hook-iran-yemen-missile
    December 6, 2019

    US claims capture of Iranian missile parts off Yemen coast

  • US Afghanistan envoy Zalmay Khalizad
    December 4, 2019

    US Afghanistan envoy Khalilzad to restart talks with the Taliban in Doha

  • The Defense Post
    December 4, 2019

    5 Afghans and Japanese aid worker killed in Jalalabad attack

  • Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President of Turkey
    December 3, 2019

    Erdogan threatens to block NATO’s Baltic defense plan

  • Mali soldiers
    December 3, 2019

    Mali soldiers killed by roadside bomb in Mopti near Burkina Faso

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    Morocco and Spain arrest 4 suspected ISIS supporters in joint raids

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    US Afghanistan envoy Khalilzad to restart talks with the Taliban in Doha

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  • ISIS London Bridge attack

    The threat from ISIS is closer to home than ever

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    ISIS London Bridge attack
    December 6, 2019
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    The threat from ISIS is closer to home than ever

    The F-35I 'Adir' fighter jet on its first flight in Israel
    November 11, 2019
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    A familiar adversary emerges in Israel’s proxy war with Iran

    Ground-based Midcourse Defense test
    October 31, 2019
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    The relevance of ground-based midcourse missile defense

    Baghdadi reads reports on ISIS provinces
    October 27, 2019
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    How will Baghdadi’s death change Islamic State?

    Syrian President Bashar Assad and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi, Russia
    October 26, 2019
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    Consequences of the US withdrawal from Syria

    SDF watch Coalition airstrike in Deir Ezzor province
    October 25, 2019
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    The US is consolidating its Syria role in the Middle Euphrates valley. Here’s why it matters.

    Iraq protest
    October 7, 2019
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    Amid Iraqi protests, Kurdish region balances Iran’s IRGC

    IRGC Persian Gulf exercise
    September 30, 2019
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    Quds Force: A center of gravity for Iranian insurgency

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    • SM-3 interceptor variants
      Staff Writer December 5, 2019
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      Raytheon awarded missile systems maintenance contract modification for US and Spain

      The Pentagon awarded Raytheon Missile Systems a $28,881,512 contract modification to maintain missiles of the US Navy and Spanish government

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    • Laser warning symbol
      December 5, 2019

      L3 Technologies awarded $37.5 million contract for US Special Operations aiming lasers

    • December 4, 2019

      Lockheed Martin awarded $998 million hypersonic ARRW missile contract

    • Indian Navy INS Kolkata
      November 21, 2019

      US approves $1 billion sale of MK-45 naval guns to India

    • US Army AH-64E Apache helicopter in Afghanistan
      November 21, 2019

      US approves $4 billion sale of 36 AH-64E Apache helicopters to Morocco

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      Jared Szuba December 6, 2019
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      US claims capture of Iranian missile parts off Yemen coast

      The US State Department released images of what it claims are Iranian-made missile components captured off Yemen's coast last month

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    • SM-3 interceptor variants
      December 5, 2019

      Raytheon awarded missile systems maintenance contract modification for US and Spain

    • Laser warning symbol
      December 5, 2019

      L3 Technologies awarded $37.5 million contract for US Special Operations aiming lasers

    • December 4, 2019

      Lockheed Martin awarded $998 million hypersonic ARRW missile contract

    • Russian S-400 in Crimea
      November 25, 2019

      Turkey tests Russian S-400 air defense missile system

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      Israeli Navy Dolphin-class submarine INS Rahav
      December 5, 2019
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      Netanyahu lawyer to be charged with money-laundering in German submarine deal

      SDF watch Coalition airstrike in Deir Ezzor province
      December 5, 2019
      0 0

      Germany plans to deport ‘criminals’ to war-torn Syria and Afghanistan

      December 4, 2019
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      Turkey agrees to NATO Baltic defense plan after Syria rift

      NATO London summit
      December 4, 2019
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      NATO members adopt joint declaration in London despite summit tensions

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        Dozens injured as multiple explosions hit Qamishli in northeast Syria

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