Defence in the Media: 8 August 2016

...conflict. Civilians in eastern Aleppo took to the streets to celebrate the advance by a disparate alliance of rebel groups. They liberated an area that is home to more than...
...conflict. Civilians in eastern Aleppo took to the streets to celebrate the advance by a disparate alliance of rebel groups. They liberated an area that is home to more than...
...Kadiza Sultana, who left her east London home in February 2015 with friends Shamima Begum and Amira Abase, is thought to have died during a Russian airstrike on the terror...
The Battle of the Somme, fought between July and November 1916, was one of the defining events of the First World War. With more than one million casualties on all...
...from an air base in Iran for the first time. The papers suggest this is a strengthening of Moscow’s position in the Middle East. ASRAAM contract There is online coverage...
Today’s defence-related news includes the announcement that the RAF will be sending Typhoons to the Asia-Pacific region for Exercise Eastern Venture. Exercise Eastern Venture News that Britain is sending Typhoon...
...report that the RAF’s Red Arrows display team are to fly at the Zhuhai air show in China as part of a 60-day tour of Asia to promote the “Best...
...the South East, with 85 per cent of the BAE System’s supply chain, for the new submarines are expected to be based in the UK. No-one should be in any...
...significant and complex battle in the Middle East since the American invasion of Iraq 13 years ago, and would see Daesh lose a major stronghold. Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said:...
...train the moderate opposition in Syria. Sky News, BBC News and various online outlets also say at least 58 cadets and guards have been killed after militants attacked a police...
...forces liberating the key towns of Qaraqosh and Bartallah east of Mosul, Royal Air Force aircraft have continued to provide close air support, including to Kurdish forces pressing against Mosul...