Day: June 18, 2024

France is planning to reduce its military presence in West and Central Africa to around 600 troops in line with President Emmanuel Macron’s plans to limit the French military footprint in the region

Iran, Sweden exchange prisoners in Omani-mediated deal  Al Jazeera English

Belarus Provided Military Aid to Azerbaijan During Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict, Supported by Kremlin: Politico  Armenian News by MassisPost

In January-May, Azerbaijan’s main natural gas pipelines recorded a total transport volume, Azernews reports.

A record 23 of NATO’s 32 member nations are hitting the Western military alliance’s defense spending target this year

Following the Critical and Emerging Technology initiative talks in New Delhi on June 17, India and the US released a joint fact sheet which highlighted the progress on MQ-9B acquisition, and on other defence cooperation sectors between the two nations

The IDF said that its Division 162 has defeated half of Hamas’s battalions in Rafah, including killing at least 550 terrorists, as well as destroyed around 200 tunnel shafts, and eliminated the terror group’s last major rocket inventory

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Two key Democrats in the US Congress have agreed to support a major arms sale to Israel that includes 50 F-15 fighter jets worth more than $18 billion