In a new report, the Pentagon said it would be slashing the number of UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters it planned to supply to the Afghan Air Force (AAF) by nearly two-thirds. Instead, it plans to supply CH-47 Chinook heavy-lifting choppers in a bid to replace the AAF’s Russian-made helicopters.
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Germany Abandons $2.5 Billion Purchase of US Triton Drones
Berlin’s Federal Ministry of Defense has opted to purchase three Bombardier Global 6000 jets and abandon its plan to buy four US-made MQ-4C Triton aerial surveillance drones.
Read More »Outbreak Death Toll Rises to 132, as China's Xi Vows to Defeat 'Devil' Coronavirus
Chinese President Xi Jingping vowed the country will conquer the fight against a “devil” coronavirus outbreak that has killed 132 people and sickened thousands in China and around the globe.
Read More »Trump Unveils Middle East Peace Plan
Hoping to bring about a “new dawn in the Middle East,” U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled his peace plan for the region on Tuesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu standing at his side.
Read More »Syria | Army Command: Ma’aret al-Nu’aman city, 28 villages and towns in Idlib southern countryside liberated
The General Command of the Syrian Army and Armed Forces announced that the army units operating in Idlib countryside have liberated during the past few days the city of Ma’aret al-Nu’aman and a number of villages and towns in the southern countryside of Idlib from terrorism.
Read More »Ansarallah forces launches new attack on Saudi Aramco facilities
The Ansarallah forces (var. Houthi) announced on Wednesday that their rocket battalion unleashed a new attack on the Saudi Aramco oil facilities in the southern region of Saudi Arabia.
Read More »Lebanon's new government backed by Hezbollah and allies meets for first time
Formed by Hezbollah and its allies, new government faces one of the biggest financial crises in the country’s history.
Read More »No ISIS Surge During Pause in US Operations, General Says
Islamic State fighters did not capitalize on a recent break in U.S. operations to significantly reconstitute their ranks in Iraq, according to a top general.
Read More »Militants set off car bombs, storm army positions in Syria's Idlib: state news agency
Militants in Syria set off car bombs and used heavy gunfire to storm army positions in Idlib on Thursday, state news agency SANA reported.
Read More »How Islamic State Gains From Strife Among Its Enemies
If there is one cause common to the governments of the U.S., Turkey, Iraq and Iran, it’s the continued suppression of Islamic State, the most destructive Islamist militant organization the world has seen. Working together and separately, those nations and their allies by early 2019 managed to subdue the group …
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