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Russian troops move into Niger base housing US forces

U.S. officials announced Thursday that Russian soldiers had moved to an air base in Niger where U.S. troops are also stationed. “[The situation] It’s not great, but it’s manageable in the short term,” a senior US defense official said. told Reuters. The Russian military’s entry into the 101st Air Base in Niamey, the capital of […]

Ukrainian troops forced to abandon villages in face of withering Russian assaults

UKRAINIAN TROOPS FALL BACK: While the United States is rushing air defense interceptors, long-range missiles, artillery shells, and small-arms ammunition to Ukraine as part of a $1 billion military aid package, the emergency resupply effort has yet to blunt the Russian advance of on the battlefield. With no defense against Russian “glide bombs,” older one- […]

US says it will return to Chad for talks to keep troops in the country

US troops will return to Chad within a month to discuss changes to the agreement that allows them to remain in the country, a US military commander said on Wednesday. The United States announced last month that it would withdraw most of its roughly 100 troops from Chad after the Chadian government questioned the legality […]

Four Assad Troops Killed in Syria Ambush

An organization that tracks violence in Syria reported on Monday that Islamic State (ISIS) jihadists killed four soldiers of dictator Bashar al-Assad in an attack that deliberately targeted the army, but experts said The latest development that concerns the House is the acceleration of ISIS activities within the country. The incident reportedly occurred in Raqqa […]

As US pulls troops from Niger and Chad, what happens to counterterrorism?

Niger and Chad are two of the poorest countries on the planet. The first is administered by a military junta that deposed the democratically elected president in July and has been keeping the former head of state and his family in confinement ever since. The latter is basically a family-run enterprise, with the current president, Mahamat Idriss […]

Russian troops went on drunken killing spree in occupied Ukraine: reports

According to reports, Russian authorities have arrested two soldiers who committed a drunken murder in the Moscow-occupied region of Kherson. Telegram channel VChK-OGPU reported: “When denied alcohol, they killed residents and burned their homes.” On April 24, Alexander Kaigorodtsev (36) and Alexander Osipov (34) were taken into custody on suspicion of murder. The men, members […]

U.S. Troops Begin Construction of Biden’s Gaza Aid Pier

Construction has begun on a pier that the U.S. military will use to bring humanitarian supplies into the Gaza Strip, the Pentagon confirmed Thursday. “We can confirm that there are U.S. military vessels, including the USNS.” Benavidezhas begun initial construction of a temporary offshore pier and embankment,” said Pentagon spokesman Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder. Said. […]

Israel thought to be preparing to send troops into Rafah | Israel-Gaza war

Israel appears to be preparing to send troops to Rafah, the southernmost city in the Gaza Strip. Rafah is the only place in the Gaza Strip that is not experiencing heavy ground fighting and is home to more than half of the Palestinian territory’s 2.3 million people. The Israeli military announced on Wednesday that two […]