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Oct- 2019 -29 OctoberMiddle East
SDF withdraws from northern Syria border zone ahead of schedule, Russia says
Russia's defense minister said that Kurdish forces in northern Syria had withdrawn from areas along Turkey's border ahead of schedule
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29 OctoberBusiness
US awards Lockheed Martin $7 billion contract for 114 F-35 stealth fighters
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $7 billion contract to procure 114 F-35 joint strike fighter aircraft for domestic and foreign military sales
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29 OctoberAsia Pacific
Suicide bombs and foreign fighters are burgeoning jihadi threats for the Philippines
Failure to take seriously Islamic State's use of suicide bombers and foreign fighters for its East Asia Province poses a threat to the Philippines
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28 OctoberMiddle East
US to keep Deir Ezzor oilfields out of Syrian government hands, Esper says
US deployment to Syria's oilfields is aimed in part at denying them to Russia and the Syrian government, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said
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28 OctoberWar
US-led Coalition against ISIS to meet in Washington on November 14
The Coalition against ISIS will meet in Washington, D.C. on November 14 in a French-initiated meeting as the US pulls troops from Syria
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27 OctoberMiddle East
ISIS spokesman al-Muhajir ‘targeted’ in Turkey-controlled Syria, SDF says
Islamic State spokesman Abu Hussein al-Muhajir was "targeted" in northern Syria following the killing of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, SDF leader Mazlum Abdi said
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27 OctoberCommentary
How will Baghdadi’s death change Islamic State?
ISIS will likely remain resilant after leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's death and its new leader may urge supporters to carry out repriasal attacks in the West
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27 OctoberMiddle East
US kills ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in Syria, Trump says
US forces killed ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in an operation in northwest Syria's Idlib province, Donald Trump announced
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26 OctoberMiddle East
Consequences of the US withdrawal from Syria
The US will have to reckon with the consequences of Trump's greenlighting the Turkish invasion in northeast Syria, Jonathan Ruhe and Ari Cicure argue
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25 OctoberAfrica
UN says will not support ‘foreign forces’ in DR Congo as Great Lakes military chiefs meet
The UN ruled out giving any support to the armed forces of neighboring countries if they intervene militarily in the Democratic Republic of Congo
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