DefenceTalkUS warplanes Wednesday carried out their first air strikes on Islamic State (IS) targets in Syria after taking off from a Turkish base, kicking off a key new phase in the campaign against the jihadists. A US drone had last week executed a single lethal air strike against an IS target in Syria but this […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-jets-launch-first-anti-is-syria-strikes-from-turkey-64992/

DefenceTalkThe United States for the first time Sunday deployed half a dozen F-16 warplanes to Turkey to help operations against the Islamic State group, US officials said. The deployment marks the first time since an international coalition began bombing IS targets in Iraq and Syria a year ago that US jets will launch strikes from […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-deploys-f-16s-to-turkey-for-is-fight-64960/

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/

DefenceTalkTel Aviv: The Iran nuclear deal does not mean military action is off the table when it comes to stopping Tehran from obtaining an atomic bomb, US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter said Sunday ahead of a visit to Israel. “One of the reasons why this deal is a good one is that it does nothing […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pentagon-chief-says-iran-nuclear-deal-does-not-prevent-military-option-64909/

DefenceTalkThe Egyptian affiliate of the Islamic State says it has carried out a missile strike on an Egyptian navy vessel off North Sinai, the SITE intelligence group reports Thursday. Pictures posted online appear to show the frigate being hit by a rocket. The authenticity of the images could not be confirmed. Egyptian officials had said […]https://www.defencetalk.com/is-claims-missile-strike-on-egyptian-navy-vessel-64904/

DefenceTalkVienna: Major powers and Iran struck a historic deal Tuesday aimed at ensuring Tehran does not acquire a nuclear bomb, in return for sanctions relief, a diplomat close to the talks said. The breakthrough came on the 18th day of marathon talks between Tehran and the so-called P5+1 — the United States, Russia, China, Britain, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/iran-major-powers-strike-nuclear-deal-diplomat-64888/

DefenceTalkA top US Republican said a potential historic nuclear deal with Iran would be a “hard sell” in Congress, as talks neared their final hour in Vienna on Sunday. “It appears as if the administration’s approach to this was to reach whatever agreement the Iranians are willing to enter into,” US Senate Majority Leader Mitch […]https://www.defencetalk.com/nuclear-agreement-a-hard-sell-to-us-congress-64885/

DefenceTalkVienna: The broad outlines of an unprecedented deal between Iran and global powers to put a nuclear bomb out of Tehran’s reach are known. But the devil is in the details. Here are some of the thorniest sticking points which top negotiators still have to nail down to reach a comprehensive accord, as Tuesday’s deadline […]https://www.defencetalk.com/main-sticking-points-in-iran-nuclear-talks-64722/

DefenceTalkIran and the US admitted during tense talks Sunday they are highly likely to miss a looming deadline to nail down a historic nuclear deal as they struggled to overcome major differences. Officials in Vienna said however that Tuesday’s target date would only be missed by a few days, with Iran saying there was “no […]https://www.defencetalk.com/deadline-in-doubt-in-tense-iran-nuclear-talks-64720/

DefenceTalkWarplanes from the Saudi-led Arab coalition have launched heavy raids against rebel positions in seven Yemeni provinces, witnesses and military sources said Wednesday. The attacks that began overnight and continued Wednesday were the most intensive since the beginning of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan last week, witnesses said. Positions were targeted in the northern […]https://www.defencetalk.com/saudi-led-warplanes-bomb-rebels-across-yemen-64706/