Defence in the Media: 12 July 2015

...is on the run in Turkey, according to security sources. The article says he is among a growing number of disillusioned Westerners to have left the terror group in the...
...is on the run in Turkey, according to security sources. The article says he is among a growing number of disillusioned Westerners to have left the terror group in the...
...medical skills. Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Qatar and Jordan have said publicly they will host training. Counter extremism As part of widespread coverage about Prime Minister David Cameron’s speech yesterday, in...
Broadcast news reports that Turkey has bombed ISIL targets in Syria, and how Barack Obama has told the BBC that Britain should stay in the EU. He also again praised...
...significantly enhanced its ability to target ISIL fighters. HMS Gloucester There are various picture stories featuring HMS Gloucester, the Royal Navy’s last Type 42 destroyer, reflecting her final departure from...
...France, Germany, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, UK and USA called on Russia to immediately cease its attacks on the Syrian opposition and civilians, and to focus its efforts on fighting...
Of note for defence news this morning are reports, including on BBC News,that Turkey has again summoned the Russian ambassador after a reported second violation of its airspace by a...
...that they ‘expect more’ of Turkey in the war against the insurgents. Meanwhile, the paper writes that the British government is ‘moving towards’ a parliamentary vote to authorise British military...
...that the cease-fire agreement in Eastern Ukraine is being routinely violated and that NATO foreign ministers are preparing to meeting in Turkey this week. The Independent and Radio 4 Today...
...individual risk assessment. Istanbul There is widespread reporting, including in The Financial Times, The Guardian, Daily Express, The Daily Telegraph and The Times that Turkey has blamed Daesh for the...
...that increasingly intensive Russian airstrikes are pushing tens of thousands of Syrians from the city of Aleppo towards the Turkish border, according to Turkey's PM, Ahmet Davutoglu, who predicts a...