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Mar- 2018 -2 MarchAfrica
Four aid workers killed in Boko Haram attack in Nigeria
Four aid workers were killed in a Boko Haram attack in Rann, in northeast Nigeria, the United Nations said on Friday, in the latest violence to hit the remote town.
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1 MarchCommentary
What’s behind the military shake-up in Saudi Arabia?
LSE's Courtney Freer says that Mohammed bin Salman has for years expressed his desire to advance Saudi Arabia's military, lamenting that high military spending has not led to correspondingly high military performance
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1 MarchTechnology
Russia’s new Su-57 stealth fighter flew in combat trials in Syria, Defense Minister Shoygu confirms
Russian defense minister Sergey Shoygu confirmed that two of Russia's new Su-57 stealth fighters were recently in Syria, where they completed a program of trials.
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1 MarchDigest
The Defense Post Digest #2
A collection of The Defense Post's recent favorites from around the site and around the web.
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1 MarchBusiness
Rheinmetall Defense posts 3% sales growth for 2017
Rheinmetall Defence saw three percent growth in 2017, an increase of €90 million ($109.7 million) in sales compared to the previous year's figures, the company said in preliminary earnings figures
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1 MarchAsia Pacific
German citizen arrested with Taliban in Afghanistan
A German national has been arrested with the Taliban in Afghanistan's insurgency-racked Helmand province, a rare example of a European among the insurgents
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Feb- 2018 -28 FebruaryMiddle East
Turkey is using refugees to justify attacks on Efrin, Syrian Kurds say
Syrian Kurdish officials, including those opposed to the PYD, say Turkey is using refugees to justify its attacks on the enclave of Afrin and wants to use Operation Olive Branch to change the demographics of the region
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28 FebruaryCommentary
Red Army in the grey zone: Russia’s greatest threat to the US is ‘less-than-war’
Crispin Burke argues that a credible US military deterrent may encourage Russia to use less-than-war measures, including military contractors and cyber power – designed to create plausible deniability and preclude the US from striking back
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28 FebruaryBusiness
US Air Force orders 570 Small Diameter Bomb II glide bombs from Raytheon
Raytheon has been awarded a $77,392,758 contract to produce 570 Small Diameter Bomb II glide bombs and associated equipment for the U.S. Air Force
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28 FebruaryAsia Pacific
Afghan President Ghani lays out plans for peace talks with Taliban
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani unveiled plans for a possible peace settlement with the Taliban that are hoped to end decades of violence.
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