Gen. Mark Milley’s trip to Israel – his second in eight months – comes as the US and Israel heighten collaboration against Iran and its proxies.
By Arie EgoziA Russian fighter reportedly shadowed an Israeli strike plane attacking Iranian-linked targets.
By Arie Egozi”As we look at the lethality, precision and mobility requirements as examples, we absolutely have to develop them so that they can compete and win with Russia and China,” SOCOM commander Gen. Richard Clarke says.
By Paul McLearyThe United States and the United Arab Emirates held a large exercise, Native Fury, on Monday with troops from both countries operating side by side at Al Hamra Military Base. They practiced clearing and taking a Middle East city with 4,000 U.S. troops from the Army, Marines and Navy.
By Arie Egozi and Colin ClarkIntended as a prudent reprioritization, the dramatic shift in demand for more “great power gurus” threatens to shelve the experience and institutional knowledge accumulated over the last two decades.
By Alexandra Evans and Alexandra StarkAlliances, including forward-stationing of US forces abroad, make the United States safer, its allies more secure, and all more prosperous.
By John Schaus“The US is going out of this region, and that is creating a new, very critical situation,” an Israeli source said.
By Arie EgoziA senior Israeli defense source who spoke on condition of anonymity said: “Washington has not realized that the Hezbollah is Iran’s very strong proxy and that supplying weapons to such an organization that actually is calling the shots in Lebanon is sheer stupidity.”
By Arie EgoziDefense Secretary Mark Esper spoke to reporters amidst a flurry of conflicting signals from the administration.
By Paul McLearyWhile the US is standing fast on its removal of Turkey from the F-35 program, DoD Acquisition czar Ellen Lord says there no decision has been made yet about FMS sales.
By Theresa HitchensThe SecDef will tell allies in Brussels next week they must take a hard line on Turkey as the body count in Syria continues to rise. The question is, does this emperil Turkey’s NATO membership?
By Paul McLearyNorway suspended new applications for military export licenses to Turkey today. Norway is also reviewing all current licenses for Turkey for military and multi-use military export licenses.
By Paul McLearyThe Pentagon and State Department spent much of Monday scrambling to respond to the White House’s Sunday night announcement. Three days earlier Defense Secretary Mark Esper told reporters he and the Turkish Defense Minister had reached an agreement on joint US/Turkish patrols in northern Syria.
By Paul McLeary
US-Turkish relations seem to be trending in a more positive direction because Turkey has been forced to seek help from NATO and Washington against its Syrian and Russian foes in the fighting around Idlib. Diplomatic tensions between the United States and Turkey reached a high point last year when Ankara launched a military invasion into…
By Charles Wald