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 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/

DefenceTalkUS Secretary of State John Kerry will visit Russia next week to discuss the Syria crisis, Washington said, after Moscow began withdrawing most of its forces from the country. Kerry said on Tuesday he would hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin to “try to take advantage of this moment,” which he described as the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/kerry-to-visit-moscow-as-russian-pullout-boosts-syria-peace-hopes-67058/

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/

DefenceTalkAfter a series of concluding trials of the David’s Sling aerial defense system, Israel’s Missile Defense Organization (IMDO) at the Ministry of Defense, together with the US Missile Defense Agency (MDA), began delivering major components of the system to the Israeli Air Force (IAF). David’s Sling, which was developed by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/davids-sling-missile-defense-batteries-delivered-to-israeli-air-force-66966/

DefenceTalkThe United States has delivered eight UH-60A Blackhawk helicopters to Jordan to help its coalition partner secure its border from Daesh terrorists, the US Embassy in Jordan announced on Thursday. WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — Photos on the US Embassy’s social media account showed Wells with Jordanian military officials jointly inspecting the Blackhawk helicopters during the handover […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-delivers-uh-60a-blackhawk-helicopters-to-jordan-66937/

DefenceTalkKuwait’s parliament on Tuesday approved a bill allowing the government of the oil-rich Gulf state to spend an additional $500 million on buying Eurofighter “Typhoon” warplanes. The new funding comes on top of $10 billion additional defence spending already approved by parliament in January to upgrade the country’s military. Defence Minister Sheikh Khaled Jarrah Al-Sabah […]https://www.defencetalk.com/kuwait-parliament-approves-extra-500-mln-for-eurofighter-jets-66902/