Italy

NATO begins Dynamic Manta submarine drills in Mediterranean Sea

Submarines, ships and aircraft from 10 NATO countries launched Dynamic Manta 2019 off the coast of Italy, beginning underwater and surface warfare training

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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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France and Italy’s warship builders Naval Group and Fincantieri sign joint venture

France and Italy's state-controlled naval companies signed a joint venture agreement, moving closer to a bilateral defense industrial alliance.

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Italy deports Albanian woman convicted of recruiting for ISIS

Italy has deported an Albanian woman who was convicted of recruiting women for ISIS as part of a cell operating in southern Tuscany

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Italy police search home, seize passport of suspected YPG foreign fighter

Police carried out searches targeting three Italians on Sardinia and seized the passport of one subject in an investigation into suspected involvement with the Syrian YPG

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Alleged Italian ISIS member captured in Syria may match known foreign fighter profile

Kurdish fighters in northern Syria detained an alleged Italian member of Islamic State as he was trying to flee across the border to Turkey with his wife and children

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There are no Italian troops in Syria, defense ministry says

Italian troops are not in Syria, a spokesperson for the Italian Ministry of Defense said, refuting Turkish media reports that Italian forces were deployed to Deir Ezzor province

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Leonardo SW-4 Solo helicopter flies for 45 minutes with no pilot aboard

Leonardo announced the maiden flight of its SW-4 Solo single-engine optionally piloted helicopter with no safety pilot on board

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Italy’s Leonardo outlook sends shares into tailspin

Shares in Italy's defense giant Leonardo went into free fall after it presented a recovery plan that analysts said was too vague

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Italy foreign minister to visit Ukraine and Russia as OSCE chair to “intensify” negotiations to end conflict

Italy's foreign minister said he will visit Ukraine and Russia as OSCE chair to "intensify" efforts to end the conflict in eastern Ukraine

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