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          Latest news on global and regional military strategies, armed forces and weapons

          Military forces are seen in North Sinai, Egypt, on December 1, 2017. Mohamed Abd El Ghany / Reuters

          Egypt: 3 soldiers killed in campaign against extremists

          February 19, 2018
          Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the 54th Munich Security Conference on February 18, 2018. Ronald Wittek / EPA

          Netanyahu says Israel will act against Iran if needed

          EuropeFebruary 18, 2018
          US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley speak in front of recovered segments of an Iranian rockets during a press briefing at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017, in Washington. Haley says "undeniable" evidence proves Iran is violating international law by funneling missiles to Houthi rebels in Yemen. Cliff Owen / AP

          UN mulls condemning Iran over Yemen's Houthis getting missiles

          February 18, 2018
          The US and UAE consider Hezbollah a terrorist group. Mohammed Zaatari / AP

          US charges three men with exporting drone parts to Hezbollah

          February 17, 2018
          Members of the Syrian Civil Defence Forces, known as the White Helmets, evacuate an air strike victim in the rebel-held enclave of Arbin, Eastern Ghouta, on February 9, 2018. Abdulmonam Eassa / AFP

          Aid convoy enters besieged Eastern Ghouta for first time since November

          February 14, 2018
          US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, left, and Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi shake hands in Amman on February 14, 2018. Raad Adayleh / AP

          US signs 5-year aid package with Jordan

          February 14, 2018
          A handout photo made available by the Turkish Presidential Press Office shows Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan addressing members of the ruling AKP at their meeting at the parliament in Ankara, Turkey, January 13, 2018. EPA

          Erdogan: US funding of YPG to impact Turkey's decisions

          February 13, 2018
          US vice president Mike Pence and Second Lady Karen Pence arrive at Osan airbase in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, on February 8, 2018. Ryu Seung-il / Bloomberg

          Pence raises prospect of US-North Korea talks

          AsiaFebruary 12, 2018
          An Indian army vehicle moves outside a military camp in the city of Jammu on February 11, 2018, following an attack by suspected militants. Mukesh Gupta / Reuters

          Kashmir gun battle rages between Indian soldiers and militants

          AsiaFebruary 11, 2018
          Remnants of an unidentified rocket that did not explode fell outside the home of Sheikh Ismail Amasha in the southern Lebanese town of Hasbaya, near the Lebanese-Israeli-Syrian borders, on February 10, 2018. Zyad Shoufi / EPA

          Israel strikes dozen Iranian and Syrian targets

          February 10, 2018
          Lebanon's energy minister Cesar Abi Khalil explains on the map about the offshore block 9 which Israel claims, during an interview with the Associated Press at his office, in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, February 1, 2018. Hussein Malla / AP

          Lebanon tells Israel its border wall violates sovereignty

          February 06, 2018
          Nasser Al Hariri, head of the Syrian opposition delegation to the UN talks in Vienna, speaks to reporters in the Austrian city on January 24, 2018. He has said the opposition will not attend the upcoming talks in Sochi. Florian Wieser / EPA

          Sochi talks to call for Syrian people to vote on country's future

          January 27, 2018
          A member of the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) militia stands guard in fields outside the Kurdish town of Jandairis, near the Syrian-Turkish border, west of the city of Afrin, on January 26, 2018. AFP

          Turkey says US needs to withdraw from Syria's Manbij area 'immediately'

          January 27, 2018
          President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attending the funeral ceremony of Musa Ozalkan, a Turkish soldier who was killed in cross-border clashes with YPG. Turkish Presidential Press Office / EPA

          Syrian Kurdish leaders call on civilians to take up arms against Turkey

          January 23, 2018
          Turkish soldiers prepare their tanks near the Syria-Turkey border, at Reyhanli district in Hatay. Sedat Suna / EPA

          Turkish special forces and allied militias capture villages in Kurdish enclave

          January 21, 2018

          Two killed in US army helicopter crash in California

          The AmericasJanuary 21, 2018
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