DefenceTalkFighting between rival Iraqi forces raged for a second day Tuesday with rocket fire echoing from Baghdad’s Green Zone where 23 supporters of powerful Shiite leader Moqtada Sadr have been shot dead, medics said. Tensions have soared in Iraq amid a political crisis that has left the country without a new government, prime minister or […]https://www.defencetalk.com/fighting-in-iraqi-capital-leaves-23-dead-79256/

DefenceTalkPro-Russian rebels on Wednesday shot down two Ukrainian fighter jets in eastern Ukraine just days after the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, a Ukrainian military spokesman told AFP. “Two Sukhoi Ukrainian fighter jets have been shot down. The fate of the pilots is not known,” spokesman Oleksiy Dmytrashkivsky said, adding the planes were brought […]https://www.defencetalk.com/ukraine-rebels-shoot-down-two-fighter-jets-60241/

DefenceTalkThe White House said Monday that the United States will remain strongly committed to Iraq as it fights al-Qaida affiliated groups, but it said, again, that American troops will not return to Iraq. The surge in fighting between Iraqi government forces and al-Qaida-linked militants is a concern to the United States, which is accelerating the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-to-accelerate-iraq-weapons-drone-deliveries-50036/