Tag: US military presence

Categories Middle East

US-Led Coalition Downsizes Program That Spent $5 Bn to Equip ‘Security Partners in Iraq and Syria’

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The US will attempt to maintain equipment and other supplies for local fighters battling pockets of remaining fighters of the Daesh* terror group in Syria and Iraq while scaling back aid that totaled more than $5 billion since 2014, Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve said in a press release on Thursday. … Read More >US-Led Coalition Downsizes Program That Spent $5 Bn to Equip ‘Security Partners in Iraq and Syria’

Categories Russia

Moscow brands US war games in Estonia ‘extremely dangerous,’ denies NATO claims Russian fighter jet violated Danish border

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Russia has accused the US of “escalating tensions in Europe” by holding live-fire exercises “in the immediate vicinity” of its borders. The Defense Ministry also denied a NATO accusation that a Russian jet entered Danish airspace. … Read More >Moscow brands US war games in Estonia ‘extremely dangerous,’ denies NATO claims Russian fighter jet violated Danish border

Categories Asia & Pacific

4 South Koreans killed, US soldier injured after car crashes into US Army armored vehicle near Seoul

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Four locals have been killed and an American soldier suffered minor injuries after a passenger car with two couples on board collided with a US armored vehicle heading to a military base not far from Seoul. … Read More >4 South Koreans killed, US soldier injured after car crashes into US Army armored vehicle near Seoul

Categories Middle East

US troops operating (illegally) in Syria tried to block Russian patrol despite being warned, Moscow says, after vehicles collide

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The Russian Defense Ministry has said that US troops involved in a dangerous incident in Syria were informed beforehand of a military convoy moving into the area – but deliberately blocked its path, prompting a Russian response. … Read More >US troops operating (illegally) in Syria tried to block Russian patrol despite being warned, Moscow says, after vehicles collide

Categories Middle East

US Benefits From Terrorist Efforts to Disrupt Syria’s Reconstruction, Russian MoD Says

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The Russian military has repeatedly accused the Pentagon of training ‘former’ terrorist militants to continue the fight against Damascus at the at-Tanf base in southern Syria, and has cited intelligence reports on US forces’ evacuation of Daesh (ISIS)* commanders from the country. Washington has strongly denied the allegations. … Read More >US Benefits From Terrorist Efforts to Disrupt Syria’s Reconstruction, Russian MoD Says

Categories Middle East

Popular Uprising Against US-led Intervention in Northeast Syria Will Escalate, Analyst Foresees

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Trouble is brewing for the US-led coalition forces, with unidentified groups sporadically attacking American outposts, convoys and bases over the past several months in northeastern Syria. Ghassan Kadi, a political analyst of Syrian descent, shed light on the emerging popular resistance against US-backed militants within the country. … Read More >Popular Uprising Against US-led Intervention in Northeast Syria Will Escalate, Analyst Foresees