DefenceTalkIndian troops violated ceasefire along the Line of Control on Saturday night by resorting to heavy firing and shelling, said a press release issued by the Inter Services Public Relations on Sunday. “Indian troops on the LoC resorted to heavy unprovoked firing and shelling in Neza Pir sector last night,” the ISPR said. However, no […]https://www.defencetalk.com/india-violates-loc-ceasefire-pakistan-protests-67194/

DefenceTalkThe Pentagon will submit proposals to President Barack Obama for strengthening military support to Iraqi forces in the near future, a top US military official said Friday. “We have a series of recommendations that we will discuss with the president in the coming weeks to further enable our support for the Iraqi security forces,” said […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pentagon-to-propose-boosting-us-military-presence-in-iraq-67181/

DefenceTalkSyrian troops entered the ancient city of Palmyra and Iraqi forces launched an offensive against Mosul as pressure mounted on key strongholds of the Islamic State jihadist group. US Secretary of State John Kerry meanwhile held talks with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and agreed to push for a political settlement in the war torn country, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/isis-under-pressure-as-troops-advance-on-palmyra-mosul-67175/

DefenceTalkUS military planes killed dozens of fighters at an Al-Qaeda affiliate’s training camp in a mountainous region of Yemen, the Pentagon said. The raids came almost one year since the Saudi-led Arab coalition launched its bombing campaign against Iran-backed Shiite rebels who challenged the authority of the Yemeni government and seized much of the country. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-strike-kills-dozens-at-qaeda-training-camp-in-yemen-67142/

DefenceTalkThe Islamic State group killed a US marine in a rocket attack in northern Iraq Saturday, the Pentagon said, only the second American combat death in the fight against the militants. “Earlier today a US Marine providing force protection fire support at a recently established coalition fire base near Makhmur in northern Iraq was killed […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-service-member-killed-in-iraq-pentagon-67102/

DefenceTalkUS military personnel involved in a devastating air strike on a hospital run by Doctors Without Borders in Afghanistan have been or will be punished, officials said Thursday. The bombing last October of the MSF hospital in Kunduz — which came as NATO-backed Afghan forces clashed with insurgents for control of the northern provincial capital […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-military-personnel-punished-over-afghan-hospital-attack-67087/

DefenceTalkThe Islamic State group has lost 22 percent of the territory it held at the start of 2015, military analysts IHS Jane’s said Wednesday, as US and Russian air strikes have helped the ISIS’s opponents advance. IS controls swathes of territory in Iraq and Syria but lost 14 percent of it last year and a […]https://www.defencetalk.com/isis-lost-a-fifth-of-its-territory-since-january-2015-analysts-67068/

DefenceTalkVladimir Putin surprised his country and the world on March 14 by ordering the start of a partial withdrawal of Russian forces from Syria, less than six months after the beginning of an air campaign that followed a swift and secretive buildup on the ground. What are the motives and messages behind the announcement? A […]https://www.defencetalk.com/putins-pullout-behind-russias-new-syria-surprise-67063/

DefenceTalkIn a surprise move, President Vladimir Putin has instructed Russia’s armed forces to start pulling out of Syria. Putin told Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on March 14 that Russian military forces had largely fulfilled their objectives in Syria. “I am therefore ordering the defense minister, from tomorrow, to start the withdrawal of the main part […]https://www.defencetalk.com/putin-orders-syrian-withdrawal-saying-goals-achieved-67047/

DefenceTalkAn American air strike on a Shebab training camp in Somalia killed more than 150 fighters planning an imminent attack on forces from the United States and its regional allies, the Pentagon said Monday. While the US military regularly conducts operations targeting the Al-Qaeda-linked fighters in Somalia, Saturday’s raid had a greater toll than all […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-strike-kills-at-least-150-shebab-fighters-in-somalia-66975/