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Turkey slams “unacceptable” Coalition plan to build Syrian Border Security Force

Turkish presidential spokesperson Ibrahim Kalin heavily criticised the United States and the Coalition, saying that the Syrian Border Security Force…

Fergus Kelly

Coalition retraining 15,000 veteran SDF fighters to serve as Syrian border force

The US-led Coalition against ISIS and Syrian Democratic Forces are training a 30,000-strong Syrian border security force made of Kurds…

Joanne Stocker

Syria: Erdogan warns of Turkey military operation in Efrin and Manbij ‘in about a week’

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan strongly signalled an imminent military operation against Manbij and Efrin in northern Syria

Fergus Kelly

Russia destroys drone factory and kills militants its says shelled Hmeimim air base

The Russian military destroyed a drone assembly facility and killed militants it said attacked its Hmeimim air base in Syria…

Fergus Kelly

Pakistan will continue counter-terror operations without US funds, Army chief tells CENTCOM commander

Pakistan will continue counter-terror operations despite the US suspending security aid, Army Chief of Staff Bajwa told CENTCOM chief Votel

Joanne Stocker

Boko Haram kills 20 loggers in Nigeria, local militia and residents say

Boko Haram fighters have killed at least 20 loggers near Maiduguri in Borno state, the latest attack against civilians in…

Staff Writer With AFP

Saudi Arabia to buy 17 Sikorsky Black Hawk helicopters for $194 million

Lockheed subsidiary Sikorsky has been awarded a $194 million contract for 17 UH-60M Black Hawk utility helicopters for Saudi Arabia

Fergus Kelly

UN Security Council considers trip to Afghanistan

The United Nations Security Council is considering a visit to Afghanistan to help develop a new strategy, Kazakhstan's UN ambassador…

Staff Writer With AFP

Mali to deploy army patrols against al-Qaeda linked groups in restive center

Mali is to deploy army patrols in an effort to fight al-Qaeda-linked groups as government concerns grow over instability

Fergus Kelly

Japan plans ‘engage on remote’ AEGIS missile intercept system

Japan is planning a new intercept system to allow destroyers to share targets in the event of a barrage of North…

Joanne Stocker