Sourced: Defense News By: Gillian Wong, The Associated Press China’s navy held live-fire exercises near Taiwan on Wednesday in a warning to the democratic, self-ruled island against what Beijing describes as “dangerous” remarks on independence. Few details about the drills in the Taiwan Strait have been released by the Chinese government. State broadcaster China Central… Continue reading CHINA SENDS WARNING TO TAIWAN WITH NAVAL DRILLS NEAR ISLAND
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ANKARA SAYS IMIA ISLETS IS TURKISH TERRITORY RESPONDING TO EU PROGRESS REPORT
Sourced: Ekathimerini Turkey has attacked the European Commission’s progress report, accusing the European Union of being “unwilling to understand the difficulties” the country is facing. A statement issued by the country’s Foreign Ministry said that “the Kardak Rocks and their territorial waters and airspace above them are exclusive under Turkish sovereignty,” in reference to Greece’s… Continue reading ANKARA SAYS IMIA ISLETS IS TURKISH TERRITORY RESPONDING TO EU PROGRESS REPORT
A STRIKE TO STRENGTHEN ASSAD
Sourced: Middle East Monitor By Iyad Al-Dulaimi After heated tweets and large deployments with his Western allies, the American President, Donald Trump, along with Britain and France attacked targets and sites associated with Bashar Al-Assad’s regime. This was the long-awaited response to Al-Assad’s attack on Douma with chemical weapons, killing more than 70, including women… Continue reading A STRIKE TO STRENGTHEN ASSAD
HOW ANKARA’S ACTIONS CONTRADICT ITS CLAIMS OF OPPOSING ISIS
Sourced: Rand By Ahmet S. Yayla and Colin P. Clarke The decline of the Islamic State, nearly four years after its emergence, was the result of an aggressive military campaign to combat the group spearheaded primarily by the United States. That has not stopped Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlut Cavusoglu from writing an article… Continue reading HOW ANKARA’S ACTIONS CONTRADICT ITS CLAIMS OF OPPOSING ISIS
$2-BILLION IAF BASE PROTECTOR GUN CONTEST BEGINS NEXT MONTH
Sourced: Live Fist Defence By Shiv Aroor A $2 billion contest to purchase close-in weapon systems for the protection of Indian Air Force bases across the country is expected to begin May 15. Livefist can confirm that the Indian MoD is all set to issue requests for proposal (RFP) next month to a handful of… Continue reading $2-BILLION IAF BASE PROTECTOR GUN CONTEST BEGINS NEXT MONTH
ERDOGAN ANNOUNCES DATE FOR SNAP ELECTIONS
Sourced: Daily Sabah President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday announced that Turkey will have snap parliamentary and presidential elections on June 24, 2018, after a meeting with opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) chairman Devlet Bahçeli at the presidential complex, a day after the latter called for snap elections to be held in August. The meeting,… Continue reading ERDOGAN ANNOUNCES DATE FOR SNAP ELECTIONS
GREECE AND TURKEY ARE INCHING TOWARD WAR
Sourced: Foreign Policy By Yiannis Baboulias The relationship between Greece and Turkey has never been easy. The neighboring countries have been at war with each other several times in the 20th century and were close to military conflict over the Greek islet Imia in 1996, before the United States stepped in to avert disaster. The… Continue reading GREECE AND TURKEY ARE INCHING TOWARD WAR
TURKEY SEEKS PEACE, MACRON IN SEARCH OF HEROISM IN SYRIA
Sourced: Daily Sabah By Mehmet Celik Turkey and France have different agendas regarding Syria, as President Emmanuel Macron is in search of a heroic story abroad to counter the challenges he faces in domestic politics while Ankara has been utilizing diplomatic and military energy to establish peace in the war-torn country. On Sunday, 40-year-old Macron,… Continue reading TURKEY SEEKS PEACE, MACRON IN SEARCH OF HEROISM IN SYRIA
SAUDI ARABIA HOSTS MULTI-NATION MILITARY DRILLS
Sourced: Shephard Media Saudi Arabia concluded a month-long military exercise involving more than 24 nations on 16 April, a day after hosting an Arab summit that slammed what it called Iran’s growing interference in the region. The exercise on Saudi Arabia’s east coast, dubbed Gulf Shield-1, involved combat search and rescue drills as well as… Continue reading SAUDI ARABIA HOSTS MULTI-NATION MILITARY DRILLS
TRUMP’S SYRIA STRATEGY ACTUALLY MAKES SENSE
Sourced: Defence One By Kori Schake The Trump administration is coming in for an avalanche of complaints that it conducted military operations against Syria without having a strategy for Syria. This is inaccurate. President Obama had grandiose goals that he omitted to attain. He wanted Bashar al-Assad to go. He wanted the Russians to leave… Continue reading TRUMP’S SYRIA STRATEGY ACTUALLY MAKES SENSE