The first of four installments of NATO troops on the Eastern front of Europe has been sent to support Lithuanian forces on its eastern front. The deployment and arrival of the troops comes in the wake of the news that a Russian cruise missile has been deemed operational, which has […]
Two high ranking military officials resigned from the army in South Sudan last week; Brigadier General Henry Oyay Nyago, former judge advocate of the army, and Colonel Khalid Ono Loki, former head of the military courts. Each man’s resignation letter accused President Salva Kiir of corruption and ethnic bias. This […]
As Iraqi forces continue their advance towards key ISIS-defended districts in west Mosul, attention is now turning to what northern Iraq will look like once the jihadi group is defeated. Ministers from the Kurdistan regional government (KRG) believe that one option might be offering the Iraqi government the land that their peshmerga forces […]
Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister, Adel Al-Jubeir, recently met with his Iraqi counterpart, Ibrahim Al-Jaafari, and Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi, during a surprise visit to Baghdad. This is the first visit to Iraq by a Saudi Foreign Minister since 1990, and the first visit by a senior Saudi minister since the […]
A United Nations Security Council Report on Children and Armed Conflict, published in January 2017, revealed that 6,200 children were recruited over a six-year period as child soldiers in Somalia. Children as young as nine years of age are taught how to use weapons and sent to the frontline to use […]
On Monday, February 13, Michael Flynn resigned as President Trump’s National Security Adviser. His abrupt departure occurred seven hours after counselor to the President, Kellyanne Conway said on MSNBC that Mr. Trump had “full confidence” in Mr. Flynn. His withdrawal happened less than a month into his position and made […]
