Jan 26, 2024. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
Damascus, Syria.
Russian
Special Envoy for Syria, Alexander Lavrentiev, said on Friday that the
withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq will “undoubtedly” be followed by a similar
step in Syria.
Damascus, Syria.
Russian
Special Envoy for Syria, Alexander Lavrentiev, said on Friday that the
withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq will “undoubtedly” be followed by a similar
step in Syria.
Jan 25, 2024. Posted by Balkan
Periscope - Hellas
Baghdad.
Washington
and Baghdad will begin discussions expected to lead to a timeline to reduce the
presence of troops from the US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group,
Iraq said Thursday.
The White
House is worried that the conflict in Gaza could expand to other parts of the
Middle East and is drawing up plans for a possible US response if that happens,
Politico has reported, citing informed officials.
Iraqi officials on Thursday accused the U.S. of escalating tensions in Iraq
after a U.S. airstrike in Baghdad killed the militia leader of an
Iranian-backed group.
A US
airstrike on pro-Iran targets in Iraq killed several militiamen in retaliation
to a missile strike on American personnel that injured eight, the US Central
Command (CENTCOM) told on Tuesday.
Nov 20,
2023. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
US has to carry out more strikes against Iranian-backed militias and proxy forces in Syria and Iraq to prevent any escalation in the region following sets of tit-for-tat attacks on US bases, former US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said.
On the
evening of November 10, a U.S. military aircraft conducting training operations
in the eastern Mediterranean suffered a mishap and went down.
The Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Armenia, First Deputy Minister of Defense Lieutenant General Edward Asryan visited the U․S․ European Command Center in Stuttgart.
Oct 8,
2023. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
The United States is sending the USS Gerald R Ford aircraft carrier strike
group to the Eastern Mediterranean, US Defence Secretary Lloyd James Austin
said.
U.S.
Central Command forces conducted a successful helicopter raid in northern Syria
on September 28, 2023, capturing Mamduh Ibrahim al-haji Shaykh, an ISIS
Facilitator.