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Wednesday, October 8, 2014 - 08:56
Israel’s arms sales to Africa more than doubled from 2012 to 2013, continuing a multi-year upward trend, an Israeli daily reported Wednesday. The country’s total military exports were down in 2013, but the trend over the past decade continues to be positive, according to a Haaretz report.
Wednesday, October 8, 2014 - 08:36
Egypt will train Libyan forces to fight terrorism and help secure a shared border, the prime ministers of the two states announced in Cairo on Wednesday, stepping up efforts against Islamist insurgents in both countries.
Wednesday, October 8, 2014 - 08:17
The US-backed Harakat Hazm, or Hazm Movement, has joined several groups, including Jaish al Muhajireen wal Ansar, a Chechen-led jihadist group, and the Islamist Jaish Mujahideen (Army of Mujahideen) in fighting the Assad regime in the Handarat District of Aleppo. In the video posted above, one can clearly see Hazm fighters use a US-supplied BGM-71 TOW anti-tank missile to destroy a regime tank. Hazm has also posted a video on its YouTube account showing the destruction of a regime BMP in Handarat.
Wednesday, October 8, 2014 - 07:51
Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Nikolay Bordyuzha visited the Armenian military positions at the border with Azerbaijan accompanied by Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan and Deputy Defense Minister David Tonoyan.
Wednesday, October 8, 2014 - 07:25
Central America needs a campaign plan to combat the power of transnational criminal syndicates, reinstitute the rule of law, and regain sovereignty over their own territories, the commander of U.S. Southern Command said here yesterday.
Wednesday, October 8, 2014 - 07:12
Exercise Anakonda 2014 in Poland ended on 3 October after multiple live-fire demonstrations that highlighted the readiness and responsiveness of 12,500 Polish and 750 multinational forces from Canada, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Wednesday, October 8, 2014 - 07:09
The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Estonia for Javelin missiles and associated equipment, parts, training and logistical support for an estimated cost of $55 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale on October 6, 2014.
Wednesday, October 8, 2014 - 07:07
The Chief of the Colombian government delegation to the Havana peace talks, Humberto de la Calle, was informed by ten members of Spanish parliament that the entire administration backs the efforts made in the on-going negotiations with the guerilla group Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
Wednesday, October 8, 2014 - 07:03
The NATO Allied Command Transformation Military Committee will meet here this week to solidify decisions that will ensure training and operations alignment for future effectiveness among its 28 partner nations, senior officials said in a press conference yesterday.
Wednesday, October 8, 2014 - 06:58
During the summer of 2014, massive flows of Central American migrants – many unaccompanied children – flooded the southwestern border of the United States. While tens of thousands of migrants have been fleeing violence and poverty in search of new opportunities in the U.S., other migrants from Africa and Asia have been traveling alongside their Central American counterparts for decades.