The U.S. Air Force has announced on Saturday that the first boxes with Moderna COVID-19 vaccines have been delivered to Yokota Air Base, Japan. The details were given in a 26 December media release, to announce that after rigorous testing and trials demonstrating the vaccine’s safety and effectiveness, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the use of a COVID-19 vaccine via an Emergency Use Authorization […]
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Western media outlets say Russia has been deploying troops to Central African Republic to support Russian state-sponsored private military contractors, or PMCs, operating there. A number of Ilyushin -76 cargo planes from Russia, an ally of President Faustin-Archange, landed in Central African Republic this weekend, the security source and a source at the airport said. Observers identified over a dozen Russian military trucks with soldiers and two armoured […]
Turkish Soldiers will take part in the large-scale military parade celebrating Azerbaijan’s victory in the Nagorno-Karabakh war victory in the Azerbaijani capital Baku on Thursday. According to a spokesman for the Azerbaijan Defense Ministry, at the invitation of President Heydar Aliyev, the Turkish Soldiers arrived in Baku to take part in a military parade to celebrate its victory in Nagorno-Karabakh. Over 3,000 soldiers will participate in […]
On Monday, the Russian Defense Ministry told journalists that additional 18 military transport Il-76 aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Force with peacekeepers aboard have landed at Yerevan’s airfields. Russian Il-76 and An-124 military transport planes continue airlifting the peacekeepers to the area of the peacekeeping mission. The planes have already made 95 flights since the start of the peacekeeping operation, the Defense Ministry spokesman said. “Another […]
U.S. Forces in northeastern Syria continue to secure oil fields not only from the self-declared Islamic State of Iraq and Syria but also from the Syrian government and Russian forces. Currently, U.S. Soldiers with M2 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicles continue to perform important tasks of defense duties at oil fields. The soldiers are in Syria to support the Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR) mission, […]
Russia is immediately deploying about 1,960 soldiers to the self-declared Nagorno-Karabakh region in Azerbaijan. According to a press release issued Tuesday by Russian Defense Ministry, the first five Ilyushin Il-76MD Candid airlifters with Russian peacekeepers are heading to Nagorno-Karabakh from Ulyanovsk “The first four Il-76 planes, which are redeploying Russian peacekeepers to the area of performing tasks in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone, have taken off from the Ulyanovsk-Vostochny […]
Iranian troops have been moved to the Azerbaijan-Iran border amid conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, multiple news outlets reported. Locals residents have spotted Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps troop movements along the state border between the Islamic Republic of Iran and Azerbaijan. Some Twitter user wrote: “Dozens of tanks and infantry fighting vehicles, together with soldiers, are heading to the north of Iran to the border with Nagorno-Karabakh.” – […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/0b/1080741469_0:270:2730:1806_1200x675_80_0_0_5bad448db7a767dcc66a42f822d3f16c.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202010151080781612-iraq-forms-committee-to-develop-timeline-for-withdrawal-of-us-troops/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Iraqi authorities have formed a committee that will coordinate with the United States to develop the timeline for the withdrawal of US troops from the Middle Eastern country, the Iraqi Foreign Ministry said on Thursday. “The meeting took place at the Foreign Ministry headquarters today, Thursday, October 15, 2020, in which a technical committee emerged […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107121/79/1071217905_0:260:5000:3073_1200x675_80_0_0_fdc634f5f501b34f0c560659ddcb84b9.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Tim Korso. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/asia/202010141080771079-chinese-president-warns-troops-to-be-on-high-alert-and-prepare-for-war-amid-tensions-with-us/ The tensions between Washington and Beijing have been escalating amid the US continuing its military operations in the disputed South China Sea, developing ties with Taiwan and accusing China of allegedly being responsible for the global coronavirus pandemic. Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged People’s Liberation Army servicemen to “maintain a state of high alert” and “put […]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev claimed that the country’s armed forces destroyed two S-300 surface-to-air missile systems belonging to Armenia during the fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh. According to the President, the Armenian Armed Forces received heavy damage. In addition, the President of Azerbaijan said that in the event of an attack on the oil pipelines of Azerbaijan, Yerevan will receive a “heavy response.” – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Radhika Parashar. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/india/202010141080766135-chocolate-soldiers-indian-netizens-suggest-chinese-troops-should-join-circus/ Border tensions between India and China erupted in April this year after the two sides accused each other of crossing the Line of Actual Control (LAC). While troops from both nations are on guard along the LAC in Ladakh, ordinary Indians and Chinese have continuously engaged in a war of words on Twitter. In recent months, China’s […]
According to insider reports, US President Donald Trump has ordered the Pentagon and his senior national security advisers to begin drafting plans for a total withdrawal of US forces from Somalia. The US has between 650 and 800 troops in the war-torn East African nation, where it has waged an undeclared war since 2007. “People familiar with the matter” told Bloomberg on Tuesday that the Pentagon […]
A massive brawl erupted between Israeli troops from two different training companies over who was going to eat first at the canteen. Some 21 soldiers were injured in what the IDF called an “unusual and serious” incident. The confrontation between training companies representing the Bedouin 585th reconnaissance unit and the Shaked Battalion occurred at the Har Keren training base on Sunday. Things became so heated in […]
Amid frequent attacks in the so-called Green Zone’ in Baghdad, several countries, including the United States, have warned Iraq that they may shut down their embassies in the area if shellings on diplomatic missions continue. Iraqi militia groups have agreed to temporarily stop shellings targeting the American military presence in the country, as long as the US-led coalition withdraws its troops from Iraq “in line with a […]
The remaining troops deployed to Afghanistan “should” be “home by Christmas,” declared US President Donald Trump on Wednesday – the 19th anniversary of the US invasion of Afghanistan. Trump took to social media Wednesday evening to announce that despite recent news, the American people should expect a December 25 return of the “small remaining number” of US troops deployed to Afghanistan. We should have the small […]
A video that recently appeared on social media purportedly shows an Armenia has employed one of its Tochka-U tactical missile systems against Azerbaijan’s troops. Videos and pictures on social media from the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh show an Armenia has employed Tochka-U missile systems against Azerbaijan. In a statement presented by the Ministry Of Defence Of Azerbaijan, said that Armenia shells Azerbaijani settlements with Smerch multiple […]
The two Asian giants have been involved in a tense military face-off since April this year as both sides have accused each other of crossing the loosely demarcated Line of Actual Control in the eastern Ladakh region. On 15 June, 20 Indian soldiers were killed in the first violent clash at the border in 40 years. India’s key opposition leader Rahul Gandhi has faced a barrage […]
The Trump administration has been pushing the other three QUAD members — India, Japan, and Australia — to form voluntary groupings in Asia to counter what it sees as the growing power of China. Nevertheless, the US State Department admitted that other countries are not forward-leaning on countering the “threat” posed by China. During a Tuesday media briefing, US State Department officials brought up the recent clashes […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/04/1080663881_0:0:3068:1726_1200x675_80_0_0_c2075339eb0b4195c4df6c3d60a54fd0.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Andrei Dergalin. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/world/202010041080663837-armenian-mod-shares-video-of-enemy-troops-fleeing-azerbaijani-mod-presents-vid-of-a-captured-post/ On 4 October, the city of Stepanakert, the capital of the unrecognized self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, got hit by an artillery strike, with an Armenian MoD representative warning of civilian casualties inflicted during the attack. With the current clashes in the Nagorno-Karabakh region continuing for a week now, the defense ministries of both Armenia and Azerbaijan have presented […]
People at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul watch a news program Friday showing a file image of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, who said he was sorry over the killing of a South Korean fisheries official near the two countries’ disputed sea boundary. Ahn Young-joon/AP hide caption toggle caption Ahn Young-joon/AP People at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul watch a news program Friday […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/105602/74/1056027400_0:183:3500:2151_1200x675_80_0_0_c5cce4fee49aabf150c01cf6a493aaf5.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Radhika Parashar. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/india/202009241080556935-border-chumps-indian-users-mock-video-of-chinese-troops-facing-stern-challenges-in-himalayas/ Five months into the tensions, representatives from Asia’s most populous nations, India and China, have been engaging in talks to resolve border conflicts. Against the backdrop of the continued border tensions, netizens from both the countries have been indulging in a war of words, defending their respective countries on social media. The Global Times, China’s state-run news […]
Donald Trump’s decision to establish a space operations branch has been criticised both internally and externally, with experts saying that the new military service will lead to a global weaponisation of space. The US Space Force has sent a group of 20 servicemen to Qatar’s Al-Udeid Air Base in its first foreign deployment. Colonel Todd Benson, director of Space Force troops at Al-Udeid, said more servicemen […]
The U.S. Department of Defense is deploying a small number of U.S. troops with M2A2 Bradley Fighting Vehicles to North-East Syria, according to U.S. Central Command. U.S. Army Soldiers and M2A2 Bradley fighting vehicles have arrived in northeastern Syria Sep 18, 2020. The Army sent six Bradley vehicles, around 100 troops to North-East Syria to give troops fighter protection in the ongoing mission to defeat Islamic State, […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/05/1080372785_0:0:3097:1742_1200x675_80_0_0_356b4de3e0cfc95bf9231e3196cb142b.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Shweta Sharma. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/world/202009161080470554-china-deploys-10000-additional-troops-along-ladakh-border-indian-govt-sources-claim—video/ Both India and China have been amassing troops in the Himalayan territory of Ladakh, where the two rivals have been engaged in a stand-off for five months. The heavy deployment of artillery and military logistics continues while diplomatic talks are underway to diffuse tensions. As tensions continue to soar between the two nuclear-powered rivals, China has moved […]
The apparent gaffe on the part of Trump’s campaign comes as the president struggles to deal with the scandal caused by an anonymous report suggesting that he had called the First World War’s fallen US soldiers “losers”. If four years of dodging unsubstantiated accusations of colluding with Russia were not enough for President Donald Trump, his campaign managed to add oil to the fire by making […]
Recently, the administration of US President Donald Trump announced that it would reduce the nation’s military presence in Iraq, stating that some 2,000 troops would be withdrawn from the country by the end of September. US Central Command (CENTCOM) chief, Gen. Frank McKenzie, told NBC News that attacks on US troops conducted by “militia groups” in Iraq have increased in the first half of 2020, compared to […]
‘Reducing Troops Not The Same As Ending Wars’ By Brett Wilkins, Commondreams. September 11, 2020 ‘Reducing Troops Not The Same As Ending Wars’2020-09-112020-09-11https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/mosul2.png200px200px Above photo: A billowing smoke cloud rises over a neighborhood in Mosul, Iraq immediately after a U.S. airstrike on July 9, 2017. Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images. Peace Activists Say Trump Drawdown in Iraq Not Nearly Enough. “Trump is trying to convince voters that is now […]
US President Donald Trump is poised to announce the pullout of more American troops from Iraq on Wednesday, and from Afghanistan in the coming days, a US official reportedly told the media on board Air Force One. Senior administration official tells reporters on Air Force One to expect an announcement tomorrow on further US troop withdrawals from #Iraq and another announcement in the coming days about […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/08/1080402142_0:-1:1200:675_1200x675_80_0_0_b282ccd0d28dc764e725ea43863f12af.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Rishikesh Kumar. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/world/202009081080400480-knife-edge-situation-as-images-show-dozens-of-chinese-troops-with-spears-near-indian-post/ India and China were involved in the first outbreak of gunfire at the Line of Actual Control in 40 years on Monday. The two sides have accused each other of violating the border agreement and urged each other to exercise restraint. Images of dozens of People’s Liberation Army troops armed with spears, machetes and automatic rifles emerged […]
On 25 August, the US forces in Somalia carried out an airstrike against a senior leader of the Islamist militant group al-Shabaab, five days after another airstrike targeting another member of the terrorist group alleged to have been making explosives to be placed by roads. US Africa Command (AFRICOM) announced on Monday that a US service member was injured during an attack conducted by al-Shabaab* militants […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/india/202009071080393532-chinas-western-theatre-command-claims-retaliation-after-indian-troops-use-bullets-on-patrol-team/ According to a People’s Liberation Army spokesperson, Chinese border defence troops were forced to take countermeasures following what he described as Indian army illegally crossing the line. Source link
After The Atlantic reported on Thursday that Donald Trump had privately trashed American war dead as “suckers” and “losers,” the White House, the president’s 2020 campaign, and a broad array of Trump loyalists activated to aggressively denounce the report as fictitious and absurd. In The Daily Beast’s interviews with eleven senior administration officials, Trump aides, Republican operatives, and former and current friends of the president, several […]
The Indian Army chief is on a visit to the frontier areas in eastern Ladakh, which had witnessed one of the worst face-off between the armies of both countries in mid-June, and a subsequent alleged transgression bid by Chinese troops on the night of 29-30 August. Indian Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane has said the situation along the India-China border in Ladakh is delicate, but […]