Canada under fire over Saudi arms sale
Canada's Liberal government refused to back down Wednesday in the face of growing criticism for having greenlit arms sales to ...
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Pentagon wants drones to replace some US troops in Sinai
The Pentagon wants to cut the number of US peacekeeping troops in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, partly because of the growing ...
Fewer Russian jets on ground in Syria but Moscow still key to fighting
HMEIMIM AIR BASE (SYRIA): Around a dozen Russian warplanes stand on the tarmac at the Hmeimim base inside government-held territory ...
Bring back our gear, Israel’s army begs ex-soldiers
Israel's army is searching for hundreds of weapons and tens of thousands of munitions -- from its own former soldiers. ...
Iran says US, not Tehran, damaging the Middle East
Iran's defence minister poured scorn Saturday on US Secretary of State John Kerry's accusations that Tehran is "destabilizing" the Middle ...
Pentagon to propose boosting US military presence in Iraq
The Pentagon will submit proposals to President Barack Obama for strengthening military support to Iraqi forces in the near future, ...
ISIS under pressure as troops advance on Palmyra, Mosul
Syrian troops entered the ancient city of Palmyra and Iraqi forces launched an offensive against Mosul as pressure mounted on ...
US strike kills ‘dozens’ at Qaeda training camp in Yemen
US military planes killed dozens of fighters at an Al-Qaeda affiliate's training camp in a mountainous region of Yemen, the ...
ISIS lost a fifth of its territory since January 2015: analysts
The Islamic State group has lost 22 percent of the territory it held at the start of 2015, military analysts ...
Putin’s Pullout: Behind Russia’s New Syria Surprise
Vladimir Putin surprised his country and the world on March 14 by ordering the start of a partial withdrawal of ...
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