Military Cooperation
Wednesday, June 1, 2016 - 06:52
The Peruvian and Bolivian Navies conducted joint exercises on Lake Titicaca to improve their skills in search and rescue missions, contamination containment, and the fight against organized crime. The joint exercises will allow cooperation in the fight against mutual threats and problems, like drug trafficking, money laundering, smuggling, human trafficking.
Wednesday, June 1, 2016 - 06:15
Ankara is offering to begin joint counterterrorism operations with American forces to clear a key pocket of Islamic State territory along the Turkish-Syrian border, but with one catch: Kurdish forces cannot be part of the deal.
Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - 07:48
The United States and its closest partner in Syria, the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD), have worked closely together to take territory from the Islamic State. The PYD’s militia—the People’s Protection Units (YPG)—is the most dominant group in the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). This partnership relies on a small number of American special operations forces (SOF) to embed with the SDF to leverage the benefits of airpower to take territory. This approach is based on the United States’ recent experiences in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya, where a small number of ground forces allowed for local militias to rapidly take territory.
Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - 06:28
Niger has begun using drones with the assistance of the French military to combat the threat of Islamic extremism and various other security issues.
Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - 06:24
Turkey's foreign minister suggested his country could carry out joint military operations with the United States to oust the Islamic State group from Syria. Speaking in Antalya late Sunday, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that operation could "easily advance to Raqqa," the main IS bastion in Syria.
Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - 06:22
The Armies of Brazil and Colombia are expanding their bilateral actions to boost surveillance and information sharing in the fight against transnational crime. Initiatives include deploying more Military platoons along the border, holding language classes to improve communication, and sharing information systems, technology, fuel, and airstrips.
Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - 06:19
U.S. Special Forces in Syria may be working with female Kurdish fighters in the fight against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. Recently published photos of U.S. special operations forces in Syria, taken by an Agence France Press photographer, showed one of the U.S. soldiers wearing a "YPJ" patch — which stands for Yekîneyên Parastina Jin, or the Kurdish Women’s Defense Units.
Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - 06:14
Uganda has agreed to cut all military and police ties with North Korea, depriving the North of a crucial base for arms and other exports in Africa, the office of President Park Geun-hye of South Korea said on Monday.
Friday, May 27, 2016 - 06:43
Representatives of the US armed forces visited Armenia on Monday to discuss enhancing military cooperation between the two countries, US Department of Defense spokesperson Peter Cook said in a briefing on Thursday.
Friday, May 27, 2016 - 06:40
Azerbaijan and the United States have many fields for cooperation, Ben Hodgers, commanding general of the US Army to Europe, told journalists on May 26 during his visit to Baku.