DefenceTalkSanaa: Saudi-led air raids on rebels in Yemen killed at least 31 people on Tuesday, officials said, as the coalition intensified its attacks in the wake of a deadly missile strike. At least 10 people were killed in Sanaa, where coalition warplanes targeted the police academy and the headquarters of the security services, both in […]https://www.defencetalk.com/31-dead-as-intense-coalition-raids-pound-yemen-rebels-65301/

DefenceTalkISLAMABAD: The United States has taken Pakistan into confidence over a new US military alliance to fight the growing global presence of the self-styled Islamic State (IS), sources told DawnNews on Friday. The new alliance, called ‘Sahel to South Asia’ is expected to be announced soon by the White House. “Pakistan has been consulted by […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-takes-pakistan-into-confidence-over-anti-is-alliance-65278/

DefenceTalkPakistan’s military on Wednesday said it had killed at least 31 militants in air strikes in northwest Pakistan, near the Afghan border. It said in a brief statement that militant hideouts were targeted in the Kyber and Shawal tribal districts, with 14 “terrorists” killed in Khyber and 17 killed in Shawal. The death toll could […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistan-air-strikes-kill-31-militants-in-tribal-areas-military-65272/

DefenceTalkNATO on Tuesday activated command units in six central and eastern European members to boost defence amid regional tensions over Russia’s actions in Ukraine, Lithuania’s defence ministry said. “NATO today officially activated NATO force integration units in Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Poland, Bulgaria and Romania,” ministry spokeswoman Asta Galdikaite told AFP. The Baltic nation’s foreign minister […]https://www.defencetalk.com/nato-activates-command-units-eastern-russia-65248/

DefenceTalkAnkara: Turkish warplanes have for the first time joined raids by the US-led coalition against Islamic State positions in Syria, the foreign ministry said Saturday, after Washington urged Ankara to play a full role in the battle against the jihadists. “Our fighter planes … along with planes from the coalition yesterday (Friday) evening began joint […]https://www.defencetalk.com/turkish-planes-join-anti-is-coalition-in-syria-raid-for-first-time-65207/

DefenceTalkNorth and South Korea wrapped up marathon talks Tuesday with an agreement on a series of measures to defuse a crisis that had pushed the two rivals to the brink of armed conflict. The measures detailed in a joint statement included what amounted to an extremely rare public apology from North Korea, which “expressed regret” […]https://www.defencetalk.com/koreas-agree-to-defuse-crisis-after-marathon-talks-65149/

DefenceTalkAt least 50 militants were killed and their ammunition dump destroyed Monday in air strikes on hideouts in northwest Pakistan near the Afghan border, the military said. The strikes targeted hideouts in the Gharlamai and Shawal areas of the lawless North Waziristan tribal region, where the army has been waging an offensive against Taliban militants […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistan-air-strikes-kill-50-militants-in-tribal-area-military-65035/

DefenceTalkThe United States launched its first airstrike from Turkey on an Islamic State target in Syria, as Ankara vowed it was ready to step up its own fight against militants. “A US drone today carried out one airstrike in Syria near Raqa,” a Turkish official told AFP, referring to the town in northern Syria that […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-bombs-is-syria-target-from-turkey-for-first-time-64955/

DefenceTalkBetween March and October 2011, a coalition of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) member states and several partner nations waged a war against Muammar Qaddafi’s Libyan regime that stemmed and then reversed the tide of Libya’s civil war, preventing Qaddafi from crushing the nascent rebel movement seeking to overthrow his dictatorship and going on to […]https://www.defencetalk.com/precision-and-purpose-airpower-in-the-libyan-civil-war-64864/

DefenceTalkPakistani air strikes on Sunday killed 23 militants including foreigners in the country’s restive tribal regions near the Afghan border, the military said, part of a major ongoing operation against the Taliban. The attacks took place in areas close to the border with Afghanistan in Khyber and North Waziristan tribal districts. “(A) huge ammunition dump […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistan-military-says-23-militants-killed-in-air-strikes-64732/