Defense News
Tuesday, June 17, 2014 - 06:36
The Pentagon has deployed about 100 troops — including more than 50 Marines attached to a Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team to the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad, Iraq, to help protect diplomatic personnel and property.
Friday, June 13, 2014 - 08:10
President Barack Obama needs to take military action in Iraq, before things get worse in the region, said one of the top former United States military commanders of the war.
Thursday, June 12, 2014 - 07:42
NATO members need to increase defense spending and shoulder more of the security burden across Europe, Susan Rice, US President Barack Obama’s national security adviser, said Wednesday.
Monday, June 9, 2014 - 06:43
Israeli military officers are urging the government not to curtail security coordination with Fatah-commanded forces in the West Bank, despite Israel's rejection of the new Hamas-backed Palestinian government.
Friday, June 6, 2014 - 05:48
The Iraqi government took ownership of the first of 36 F-16s fighters that will be delivered between September and the fall of 2017 to Balad, a former U.S. military base. The fighters will allow Iraq to secure its border with Syria, attack al-Qadia bases in western Iraq
Wednesday, June 4, 2014 - 08:57
U.S. military training and simulation providers are looking to the Middle East as a new market as several countries in the region are looking to rapidly modernize their armed forces.
Wednesday, June 4, 2014 - 08:52
Arab officials have been briefed in Moscow on the new emerging Russian national security doctrine at the 3rd annual Moscow Conference on International Security.
Wednesday, June 4, 2014 - 06:20
The Senate will take up the 2015 Pentagon appropriations bill in early July, while the House will take up its version of the bill next week.
Tuesday, June 3, 2014 - 14:15
Turkey wants the US Defense Department to appoint a special ombudsman who could oversee technology transfer between Washington and Ankara, a senior Turkish defense official said Monday.
Monday, June 2, 2014 - 07:03
Rather, it is restricting exports to less advanced technologies and systems, primarily for purposes of counterterrorism and homeland security.