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WASHINGTON The dire humanitarian conditions at a northern Syrian detention facility used to house families of Daesh/ISIS fighters are so dire they risk

'We are not a party to Yemen's civil war,' CENTCOM commander says

Advertisement The outbreak on the ship led to the death of a sailor, the firing of the Roosevelt’s commanding officer and, indirectly, to the resignation of the Navy’s acting secretary. About two months after the Theodore Roosevelt left San Diego in January 2020, the ship visited Da Nang, Vietnam. Two weeks after that visit, sailors on board began testing positive for COVID-19. The ship diverted to Guam, where the majority of the crew sequestered at local hotels as the virus spread. Chief ...

Photo: FILE Colombian Foreign Minister Claudia Blum received first-hand information from Cuba’s Ambassador in Bogotá José Luis Ponce of a possible terror attack by the National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrilla against a military or civilian target. In an official memorandum from the Embassy, the “alleged attack would be perpetrated by the ELN’s Eastern War Front,” and claims that the guerrilla’s senior commanders and former peace negotiators, who have been granted asylum in Cuba ...

“These are prudent military planning measures that allow for temporary or conditional access of facilities in the event of a contingency, and are not provocative in any way, nor are they an expansion of the U.S. footprint in the region, in general, or in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, in particular,” Urban wrote. U.S. Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie, the head of U.S. Central Command, visited Yanbu on Monday. Defense One and the Wall Street Journal, which traveled with McKenzie to Yanbu, first repo...

Tuesday, 9 February, 2021 - 07:45 An Iraqi soldier walks at the Qayyarah air base, where US-led troops in 2017 had helped Iraqis plan out the fight against ISIS in Mosul in northern Iraq, before a planned US pullout on March 26, 2020. (AFP) Baghdad – Asharq Al-Awsat The US-led Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS is expanding the scope of its cooperation with Iraq in various fields, undeterred by the various terrorist attacks against...

By Reuters Staff 3 Min Read (Reuters) - Several passengers on an Iranian airline were injured on Thursday over Syria after the pilot changed altitude to avoid collision with a U.S. fighter jet, according to Iranian media, but the U.S. military said its F-15 was at a safe distance. The Iranian plane, belonging to Mahan Air, was heading from Tehran to Beirut when the pilot staged a safety maneuver, in an incident that Iran’s Foreign Ministry said would be investigated. Tensions have spiked betw...

After reshuffling, Israel could create ‘opportunities’ for regional military cooperation February 8 An Israeli F-35 fighter jet performs during an air show at the graduation ceremony of Israeli pilots. (Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images) WASHINGTON — The Trump administration’s decision to move military responsibility for Israel from U.S. European Command to U.S. Central Command will help work toward a collective approach to security in a region where America’s main allies have tradi...

Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Monday visited Kharian garrison and commended innovativeness of Miliitary planners to cope up with the mounting challenges and ensure impregnability of countrys defence. The COAS attended the ongoing War Game of the Central Command, said an In ..

A leaked missive by ELN's peace negotiators orders front commanders to break with drug trafficking or face 'severe consequences."