Defence in the Media: 22 February 2016

...'safe and sound', and denied that his campaign of barrel bombing cities is responsible for the exodus of millions of refugees. He instead blamed Daesh terrorism and Western sanctions, which...
...'safe and sound', and denied that his campaign of barrel bombing cities is responsible for the exodus of millions of refugees. He instead blamed Daesh terrorism and Western sanctions, which...
Top defence stories today include continued coverage of operations in western Mosul, where the RAF are providing close air support to Iraqi Security Forces; the announcement of an £8million investment...
...yesterday’s Western Morning News report that a junior Royal Marine officer died on Thursday during the 30-mile qualifying training run on Dartmoor. An MOD spokesperson said: This incident is being...
...future of Sheffield Forgemasters and the continuing conflict in Yemen. DAESH The Daily Telegraph. reports that Western allies are planning major assaults to 'collapse' Daesh’s two main centres, Raqqa and...
...that British ground forces may be sent to fight terrorists in Libya. The articles follow comments made by Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond as Western leaders draw up plans to tackle...
...on the BBC News channel, included a report from the first Western correspondent to get into the city of Ramadi, who said that although Iraqi forces are controlling much, if...
...western Mosul to trap Daesh militants inside the shrinking area of the city. The Guardian, Daily Star, The Times, The Daily Telegraph and The Independent report on the deaths of...
...38 tourists at a beachfront resort, Tunisia is grappling with the rising threat of Islamist militancy in its cities, as well as along its western border with Algeria. ISIL The...
...be going to Al Asad airbase in Anbar province, western Iraq, 100 miles west of Baghdad. They include trainers, soldiers to protect the base and personnel to set up a...
...full-scale military assault on the Syrian city of Aleppo as early as this week, according to western intelligence. The paper adds that Moscow's only aircraft carrier, which is travelling to...