DefenceTalkBeirut (AFP) – US-led coalition forces parachuted in ammunition to rebels in Syria, stepping up their support for groups battling jihadists as regime troops fought their fiercest clashes in weeks, aided by Russian air strikes. Moscow entered Syria’s multi-faceted civil war last month, when it began air strikes against Islamic State jihadists and other “terrorists” […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-drops-ammo-to-anti-is-rebels-as-syria-regime-advances-65617/

DefenceTalkThe fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant is a “long and arduous” process, Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook reiterated today in a statement announcing that the Pentagon has shifted its focus in Syria and paused its program to train and equip moderate Syrian forces. Defense Secretary Ash Carter directed the department […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pentagon-pauses-moderate-syrian-train-and-equip-mission-65614/

DefenceTalkHuman Rights Watch on Sunday accused Russia of being behind the use of new advanced cluster munitions in Syria, by dropping them from its warplanes or supplying them to the Damascus regime. The New York-based group said that photographs it obtained showed that the cluster munitions were dropped on Kafr Halab, a village southwest of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-accused-over-use-of-new-cluster-bombs-in-syria-65595/

DefenceTalkThis night Russian aircraft carried out 22 sorties from the Hmeymim airbase. Su-34, Su-24M and Su-25 crews engaged 27 terrorist facilities on the territory of Syria. The ISIS groups, which showed particular severity towards civilians, were subjected to massive bombing. Su-24M and Su-34 bombers attacked 8 militants’ strong points in Homs province. The engagement resulted […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russian-mod-details-syrian-air-strikes-65587/

DefenceTalkRussian Navy launched cruise missiles against ISIS infrastructural facilities in Syria. Russian Navy consisting of the Dagestan missile ship, the small-sized missile ships Grad Sviyazhsk, Uglich, Veliky Ustyug launched cruise missiles against ISIS infrastructural facilities in Syria from the assigned district of the Caspian Sea. The firing was conducted by high-precision ship missile systems Kalibr […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russian-navy-launched-cruise-missiles-against-isis-in-syria-65579/

DefenceTalkMoscow: Russian jets struck five more Islamic State targets in Syria on Thursday, the defence ministry said, as the country continued its air strikes against the extremist group. “Russian Sukhoi Su-24M and Sukhoi Su-25M conducted eight flights to strike five IS targets,” defence ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov was quoted by RIA Novosti state news agency […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russian-jets-strike-five-more-isis-targets-govt-65527/

DefenceTalkUnited Nations: France carried out its first air strikes against the Islamic State group in Syria on Sunday, launching a military operation as Russia and Western powers sought the upper hand in shaping the future of the war-torn country. President Francois Hollande said six French warplanes hit an IS training camp near the eastern city […]https://www.defencetalk.com/france-carries-out-first-air-strikes-on-is-in-syria-65482/

DefenceTalkDamascus: The Syrian military for the first time on Wednesday deployed drones supplied by Russia for its fight against jihadists, a security source in Damascus said. “For the first time, the army today used drones received from Moscow in operations against extremists in the north and east of the country,” the source said, without elaborating […]https://www.defencetalk.com/syria-deploys-russian-drones-for-first-time-65476/

DefenceTalkAustralian aircraft have completed their first operation in Syria, defence officials said Saturday, just days after Canberra extended the mission from Iraq to better fight Islamic State jihadists. “The Australian Air Task Group completed its first operational mission in Syria overnight, returning to base in the Middle East without incident,” the defence department said in […]https://www.defencetalk.com/australian-aircraft-complete-first-mission-in-syria-65383/

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/