A heavy Sudanese troop presence helped restore calm Tuesday in the Darfur region, after three days of inter-ethnic violence claimed at least 155 lives and displaced tens of thousands. A heavy Sudanese troop presence helped [ More … ]
Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi asked U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo to send officials to Iraq to work out a mechanism for the withdrawal of American troops, according to his office, as the [ More … ]
By the end of the last week, Sudan announced arrangements to confront what it called “potential threats ” from Egypt and Eritrea near its borders with the latter. Meanwhile, Cairo avoided responding immediately to the claim, [ More … ]
The shipment included storm howitzer artillery and M114s that were sent to the Turkish district of Elbeyli on the Turkey-Syria border A military shipment of storm howitzer artillery and M114s were transported to Turkey’s Elbeyli [ More … ]
Turkey can launch new military operations in Syria in case of necessity, Turkish Defense Minister Fikri Isik said in an interview with TRT Haber TV channel July Isik said that Turkey is entitled to neutralize [ More … ]
Russia’s forces positioned in Afrin, where Turkey made extensive preparations to launch a military operation, are leaving the region. It is reported that the Russian army started to quit Afrin and its surrounding villages occupied [ More … ]
Greek media reports of 4-step plan to cut Turkey’s military presence on divided island dismissed by Ankara Greek media claims about an alleged plan to cut Turkish troop numbers in Cyprus by 80 percent were [ More … ]
Turkey’s decision to deploy troops to Qatar aims to ensure Doha’s security after Saudi Arabia and its allies imposed a blockade, the foreign minister said on Saturday. Turkey’s decision to station troops at a base [ More … ]
Pakistan has refuted reports that it was deploying its troops in Qatar in the wake of the oil-rich country’s current standoff with other Gulf countries including Saudi Arabia. A statement issued by the Pakistani Foreign [ More … ]
Thirteen soldiers killed after helicopter hits high-voltage transmission line minutes after take-off. Turkey’s military says 13 soldiers have died in a helicopter crash near the border with Iraq. A military statement said the AS532 Cougar [ More … ]
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) says it sent military recruits for training on Yemen’s Socorta Island where its troops have been stationed. UAE’s state-run WAM news agency on Monday night described the training on Socotra [ More … ]
– State television shows hundreds of military vehicles and soldiers advancing towards Iraq’s western border with Syria – An Iraqi army division has been deployed to the Al-Ratba district near the Syrian border in the [ More … ]
– Iraqi lawmakers mischaracterizing Turkish troops as ‘occupiers’ leads to diplomatic parley ANKARA (AA) – Iraq’s ambassador to Ankara was summoned to the Foreign Ministry on Wednesday after the Iraqi parliament’s characterization of Turkish troops [ More … ]
In an interview with Masr Al-Arabia, the first Egyptian Ambassador to the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Karim stated that the Camp David peace treaty provides the opening of the Rafah crossing 24 hours a day throughout the [ More … ]
Jordanian Border Guards on Thursday arrested an Israeli who attempted to illegally cross the western borders into Jordan, a source from the Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army said, according to Jordan media. No further details were [ More … ]
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