Belgium

US approves Belgium purchase of 4 MQ-9 SkyGuardian drones for $600 million

The US has approved a possible sale to Belgium of four MQ-9B Reaper drones at an estimated cost of $600 million, the DSCA said

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US approves $321 million sale to NATO agency of precision guided bomb kits

The US State Department approved the estimated $320.5 million sale to the NATO Support and Procurement Agency of precision guided munitions kits, the DSCA said

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Defense ministers from 9 countries meet to plan European rapid deployment force

Defense ministers from nine European countries meet to set out plans for the European Intervention Initiative, a joint force that could rapidly be deployed in response to a conflict or natural disaster

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Belgium court strips citizenship of man convicted of recruiting jihadists for Syria

A man found guilty in Belgium of recruiting jihadists for the war in Syria was stripped of his Belgian citizenship

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ISIS terror suspects planned Kosovo bomb attacks, assaults in France, Belgium

Bujar Behrami and other suspected ISIS jihadists have been charged in Pristina on suspicion of planning attacks in Kosovo, France and Belgium

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Iran diplomat extradited to Belgium from Germany over MEK bomb plot in France

An Iranian diplomat linked to an alleged bomb plot against an Iranian opposition rally in France has been extradited to Belgium from Germany, prosecutors said

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Debating direction: Summit split over NATO’s future focus?

Beyond defense spending, this year’s NATO Summit in Brussels will see debate over whether to look east to Russia or south to Africa

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Nine EU states sign off on joint European military intervention force

Nine EU member states agreed to form the European Intervention Initiative, a joint military intervention force designed to rapidly deploy troops around the world

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Paris attacks suspect Abdeslam sentenced to 20 years over Brussels shootout

A Belgian court sentenced the sole surviving suspect in the Paris attacks, Salah Abdeslam, to 20 years in prison over a bloody gun battle with police in Brussels days before his capture in 2016.

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Russia’s Volga-Dniepr to end NATO strategic airlift contract

Russian airline Volga-Dniepr said it will stop providing cargo planes to NATO at the end of 2018, dealing a blow to the transatlantic alliance and France in particular which rely heavily on its aircraft.

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