DefenceTalkAn Israeli soldier was shot dead Tuesday near a settlement in the occupied West Bank in an attack claimed by Palestinian militants, the second deadly assault on armed forces within days. Violence has surged in recent months in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, amid near daily West Bank raids and an uptick in attacks on Israeli troops. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/second-israeli-soldier-shot-dead-within-days-as-violence-surges-79500/

DefenceTalkUN investigators on Tuesday reported mounting evidence of crimes against humanity, including murder, torture and sexual violence, committed in Myanmar since last year’s military coup. The United Nations’ Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar (IIMM) said women and children were particularly being targeted. “There are ample indications that since the military takeover in February 2021, crimes […]https://www.defencetalk.com/mounting-proof-of-crimes-against-humanity-in-myanmar-un-probe-79187/

DefenceTalkIsraeli air strikes near Damascus on Wednesday killed 10 combatants, among them six Syrian soldiers, in the deadliest such raid since the start of 2022, a war monitor said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said an ammunition depot and several positions linked to Iran’s military presence in Syria were among the targets. Government media […]https://www.defencetalk.com/israel-in-deadliest-syria-strikes-this-year-78741/

DefenceTalkChina on Wednesday called reports of civilian deaths in the Ukrainian city of Bucha “deeply disturbing”, as international condemnation grows over what Kyiv has described as “genocide” carried out by Russia. Beijing has throughout refused to condemn Moscow’s invasion, now into its fifth week, as it treads a diplomatic tightrope between backing its close ally […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-calls-bucha-civilian-deaths-deeply-disturbing-78614/

DefenceTalkAt least six pro-government fighters, including Syrian troops, were killed in Israeli air strikes Thursday targeting positions held by Iran-backed groups near the capital Damascus, a war monitor reported. It is the fourth time this month that Israeli strikes have been reported inside Syria, keeping up a campaign against pro-Iranian forces supporting the Damascus government […]https://www.defencetalk.com/israeli-strikes-kill-six-near-damascus-monitor-78082/

DefenceTalkThe UN expert on rights in Myanmar announced Tuesday he is preparing to release a report exposing where the country’s “criminal” ruling junta have been getting their weapons from. Exactly one year on from the February 1, 2021 military coup, Tom Andrews said the junta was inflicting a widespread campaign of terror on the country’s […]https://www.defencetalk.com/un-expert-to-identify-source-of-myanmar-junta-weapons-77817/

DefenceTalkUS Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered Pentagon officials Thursday to undertake reforms to reduce the number of civilian deaths from military strikes after multiple unjustified fatal incidents. “The protection of civilians is fundamentally consistent with the effective, efficient and decisive use of force in pursuit of US national interests,” Austin said in a directive issued […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pentagon-chief-orders-reforms-to-reduce-civilian-deaths-77785/

DefenceTalkFighting between armed groups aligned with government and opposition forces in South Sudan this year subjected civilians to “unimaginable violence” that could amount to war crimes, Amnesty International said Thursday. The rights watchdog documented fighters on all sides indiscriminately murdering and mutilating civilians and razing entire villages during an upsurge in fighting between June and […]https://www.defencetalk.com/south-sudan-violence-could-amount-to-war-crimes-amnesty-77561/

DefenceTalkThe strike by a Hellfire missile in Kabul, August 29, which was launched in an effort to kill ISIS-K planners, instead killed 10 civilians, the commander of U.S. Central Command, Marine Corps Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie, Jr. said. During a briefing today at the Pentagon, McKenzie outlined the findings of an investigation he directed following […]

DefenceTalkIsraeli air strikes in central Syria killed at least 11 government troops and militiamen late Tuesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The strikes were the first carried out by Israel in Syria since 11 days of heavy fighting with the Hamas rulers of Gaza ended with an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire on May 21, the […]