...Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, speaking at the ceremony, has renewed his commitment to a nuclear weapons free Japan. There are also a wide range of Defence related stories covered in...
...of the restriction of women serving in close combat roles. Our position is below. An MOD spokesperson said: The Prime Minister and Defence Secretary have both said they are united...
It’s reported on broadcast outlets today that Amnesty International has accused Kurdish fighters in Iraq of crimes relating to the alleged displacement of Arab citizens and the demolition of homes....
...Davis said on Friday that a “very small number” of military personnel has in recent weeks been working with Yemeni and Arab Coalition forces to push al-Qaida in the Arabian...
Items of relevance to defence in the media today include reports that an ‘alliance’ of Syrian Kurdish and Arab fighters has begun a campaign to drive Daesh militants from land...
...allowance. SYRIA The Guardian (p17) reports that the Daesh stronghold of Manbij, in northern Syria, has fallen to allied Arab and Kurdish fighters, who freed more than 2,000 hostages held...
...Jordan, a key Arab member of the US-led coalition against ISIL. Comments made in a short televised address by Jordan’s King Abdullah II in which he called Kasasbeh’s killing an...
...initial operation to retake Raqqa from Daesh after a US-backed Kurdish and Arab force said it has begun an operation to capture the city, billed as Daesh’s "capital" in Syria....
...is close to being hemmed in by US-backed Kurdish militias and allied Arab forces that have seized large areas of territory in recent weeks. The paper reports that the town...
...of a wider international strategy, involving a coalition of more than 60 countries, including the US, Arab and European nations. The UK government is also providing £59.5 million in humanitarian...
