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          Latest news on global and regional military strategies, armed forces and weapons

          US defence secretary Jim Mattis speaks about the National Defence Review on January 19, 2018 in Washington. Jacquelyn Martin / AP

          End of 'War on Terror'? US focus shifts to countering China and Russia

          The AmericasJanuary 20, 2018
          Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan greets people during the Justice and Development Party group meeting at the Grand National Assembly of Turkey on January 16, 2018. Adem Altan / AFP

          Erdogan says Turkish operations against Kurdish militias in Syria will be supported by rebels

          January 16, 2018
          Current options include creating a training hub for Syrian Democratic Forces or embedding trainers from the Islamic coalition with those troops in eastern Syria instead of sending a full force to the country. Reuters

          US-led coalition and Syria militia building 30,000-strong border force

          January 14, 2018
          Iranian president Hassan Rouhani, pictured here at a cabinet meeting in Tehran on December 31, 2017, says the United States has failed to undermine the nuclear accord signed with world powers. Iranian Presidency Office via AP, File

          Rouhani says US has failed to undermine nuclear deal

          January 14, 2018
          South Korea's unification minister Cho Myung-gyun (R) shakes hands with North Korean chief delegate Ri Son-gwon during their meeting at the border truce village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) dividing the two Koreas on January 9, 2018. AFP

          Korean nations to hold talks on January 15

          AsiaJanuary 14, 2018
          Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Washington's new nuclear policy was 'in violation' of the international nuclear non-proliferation treaty (NPT). John Thys / AFP

          Iran says it will retaliate against any new US sanctions

          January 13, 2018
          Turkey remains adamant that they are going ahead with the purchase of Russia's S-400 surface-to-air missile system. AFP

          Russia deploys surface-to-air missiles as tensions rise on Crimean peninsula

          EuropeJanuary 13, 2018
          A man reads a newspaper featuring a photograph of Cho Myoung-gyon, South Korea's unification minister (L), shaking hands with Ri Son Gwon, chairman of North Korea’s Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland, on its front page in Seoul, South Korea, on January 9, 2018. Jean Chung / Bloomberg

          South Korea to consider temporary lifting of sanctions against North

          AsiaJanuary 09, 2018
          US president Donald Trump sits after speaking during the UN General Assembly meeting in New York on September 19, 2017. Caitlin Ochs / Bloomberg

          Trump wants diplomats to play bigger role in arms sales

          The AmericasJanuary 09, 2018
          The UN Security Council met on the situation in Iran on January 5, 2018 at UN headquarters. Mary Altaffer / AP

          UN meeting on Iran protests called by US criticised at Security Council

          January 09, 2018
          A Syria Civil Defence member carries a wounded child in the besieged town of Hamoria, Eastern Ghouta, on January 6, 2018. Bassam Khabieh / Reuters

          Syria government increases pressure on two of opposition's last bastions

          January 08, 2018
          A displaced Iraqi family is seen at the Amriyat al Fallujah camp in Anbar Province, Iraq. Khalid al-Mousily / Reuters

          Displaced Iraqis forcibly returned home, where ISIL booby-traps abound

          January 07, 2018
          A wounded man is carried following an air strike on the rebel-held besieged town of Arbin, in the eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the capital Damascus on January 2, 2018. Abdulmonam Eassa / AFP

          Syrian army prepares assault to end rebel siege of Ghouta

          January 03, 2018
          Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan is scheduled to meet with French president Emmanuel Macron on January 5. In this picture, he waves as he arrives at the Presidential Palace in Carthage, outside Tunis, Tunisia, on December 27, 2017. Hassene Dridi / AP

          Turkey's Erdogan to discuss Syria with Macron in Paris

          WorldDecember 31, 2017
          Russia's deputy permanent representative to the UN Vladimir Safronkov (R) attends the UN Security Council session on imposing new sanctions on North Korea, in New York, on December 22, 2017. Amr Alfiky / Reuters

          Russian tankers fuelled North Korea via transfers at sea

          AsiaDecember 30, 2017
          Men and women from the Red Cross treat a baby in the eastern Ghouta region of Syria in December 2017. Abdulmonam Eassa / AFP

          Medical evacuations from Damascus suburbs pause after four leave

          December 27, 2017
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