Military and Police Aid
Wednesday, June 10, 2015 - 12:58
President Barack Obama has asked the military for recommendations on how to make the effort to train and equip Iraqi security forces more effective, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said here today.
Wednesday, June 10, 2015 - 07:05
In a major shift of focus in the battle against the Islamic State, the Obama administration is planning to establish a new military base in Anbar Province, Iraq, and to send up to 450 more American military trainers to help Iraqi forces retake the city of Ramadi.
Wednesday, June 10, 2015 - 06:32
President Barack Obama is poised to send hundreds more American military advisers to a new base in a strategic Iraqi region to help devise a counterattack against marauding Islamic State militants, U.S. officials said Tuesday, a shift that underscores American concern over recent battlefield losses.
Tuesday, June 9, 2015 - 06:47
Not all the members of the Ukrainian ultranationalist militias the U.S. is training have SS tattoos, and not all espouse fascism. But enough do to be worrisome.
Tuesday, June 9, 2015 - 06:27
The connection between curbing Cairo’s abuses and U.S. interests in the region is not so much hidden as ignored.
Tuesday, June 9, 2015 - 06:24
The president said in a press conference from the G-7 meeting Monday that the Pentagon is still waiting on 'commitments' from the Iraqi government.
Monday, June 8, 2015 - 06:45
The United Kingdom will send an additional 125 military trainers to Iraq to counter the rising threat from the Islamic State, Prime Minister David Cameron said Sunday at the G-7 summit.
Monday, June 8, 2015 - 06:32
Both the Democratic Alliance (DA) and the Freedom Front Plus (FF+) have made it clear South Africa’s military needs to be properly funded if the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) is to act effectively.
Monday, June 8, 2015 - 05:49
Security in Central Asia largely depends on concerted action by the armed forces of Russia and Tajikistan, Russian Defence Minister Sergey Shoigu said on Thursday.
Thursday, June 4, 2015 - 12:02
“These boats are an addition to defeat crime and drug trafficking in Colombia. That is our principal objective with our ally the United States,” said Colombian Defense Minister Juan Carlos Pinzon when receiving the vessels from the US’ Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs.