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Danish lawmakers approve 20% defense spending increase

Denmark's parliament agreed to increase the defense budget by an additional 20 percent over the next six years

Joanne Stocker

Syria peace talks to begin in Russia despite opposition boycott

Delegates arrived for the first Syria peace talks in Russia, but expectations were low after the main opposition group said…

Staff Writer With AFP

Gunmen attack Kabul military compound, multiple casualties

Gunmen launched a pre-dawn raid on a military compound in Kabul, causing multiple casualties in the third major attack in…

Staff Writer With AFP

Syrian Kurds ask regime to shoot down Turkish jets to save civilians in Efrin

The local administration in Afrin called on the Syrian government to shoot down Turkish jets to protect civilians in the…

Wladimir Van Wilgenburg

14 Malian soldiers killed in attack on Soumpi camp

Fourteen soldiers were killed and 18 wounded on Saturday in an attack on their camp in Mali's restive north, the…

Staff Writer With AFP

Turkey tells US to “immediately withdraw” from Manbij, Syria

Turkey urged the United States to withdraw military personnel from Manbij, Syria after Ankara said the US said it would…

Fergus Kelly

UN Syria envoy De Mistura to attend Sochi congress

The United Nations' Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura will attend a peace conference in Sochi, Russia next week

Staff Writer With AFP

Eight killed after Iraqi forces call in US airstrike on friendly convoy

Eight Iraqis, most of them security personnel, were killed in a US air strike that apparently targeted them by mistake,…

Staff Writer With AFP

Netanyahu and Plenkovic agree to promote Israeli F-16s in Croatia

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Croatian Andrej Plenkovic agreed to promote the sale of F-16D Barak fighter jets to Croatia

Joanne Stocker

Will Turkey attack Manbij?

Experts discuss whether Turkey's Operation Olive Branch incursion into Syria's Afrin will also target Manbij

Fergus Kelly