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EU Proposes Increased Military Aid for Ukraine

par This Is Beirut, 05/03 18:33 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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European Union officials revealed on Tuesday an ambitious plan to significantly increase weapons manufacturing and acquisition within the bloc. This initiative aims to reduce dependence on US arms and comes in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. EU officials unveiled on Tuesday an ambitious proposal to massively boost weapons production and ...

Washington Warns Kyiv of Uncertainty in Aid Timing

par This Is Beirut, 20/03 23:33 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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A senior White House official in Kyiv stated on Wednesday that they were unable to foresee when the US Congress would approve a delayed $60-billion military aid package for Ukraine. A top White House official in Kyiv on Wednesday said he could not predict when the US Congress would pass a stalled $60-billion military aid package for Ukraine. The ...

Egypt Hosts Arab Military Equestrian Championship

par This Is Beirut, 25/04 17:00 - Reading : less than a minute

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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi attended on Wednesday the first edition of the Arab Military Equestrian Championship, held at the Misr Olympic City in the new administrative capital. The championship runs from April 24 to 27, with the participation of 11 Arab countries: Egypt, Libya, Qatar, Algeria, Kuwait, Tunisia, Syria, Iraq, Saudi ...

France Estimates 150,000 Russian Soldiers Were Killed in Ukraine War

par This Is Beirut, 03/05 21:57 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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France estimates that 150,000 Russian soldiers have been killed during Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné said in an interview published on Friday. Speaking to Russian independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta Europe, Séjourné said Paris estimated total Russian casualties, including the wounded, at 500,000 in the war, ...

Russia Threatens UK Military in Ukraine 'and Beyond'

par This Is Beirut, 06/05 18:22 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Moscow said on Monday that it could launch strikes at British military targets inside Ukraine and elsewhere if Kyiv's forces used British-supplied long-range missiles to strike Russia. The statement issued by the Russian Foreign Ministry came after British Foreign Secretary David Cameron said during a visit to Ukraine that Kyiv "absolutely has ...

Russia Seeking to Create a Security Zone in Northeast Ukraine

par This Is Beirut, 17/05 19:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Russian forces pressed ahead on Friday with an offensive into northeast Ukraine, but President Vladimir Putin said that there were no current plans to occupy the key city of Kharkiv. On a trip to China, Putin said that the latest assault was direct retaliation for Ukraine's shelling of Russia's border regions and his country was trying to create ...

US-China to Resume Military-to-Military Dialogue in 'Coming Months'

par This Is Beirut, 31/05 11:26 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The United States and China will resume military-to-military communications "in the coming months", US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Friday, as Beijing hailed the "stabilizing" security relations between the countries. Austin met with his Chinese counterpart Dong Jun on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore in the first ...

Taiwan Detects 41 Chinese Aircraft Around Island

par This Is Beirut, 22/06 10:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Taiwan's defense ministry said Saturday it had detected 41 Chinese military aircraft around the island in a 24-hour window, a day after Beijing said "diehard" advocates of Taiwan's independence could face the death penalty. China claims self-ruled democratic Taiwan as part of its territory and has said it would never renounce the use of force to ...

Syria to Demobilize Tens of Thousands of Reservists

par This Is Beirut, 27/06 18:34 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Syria is planning the phased demobilization of tens of thousands of reservists from next month, a defense ministry official said, as fighting in the civil war has wound down in recent years. "Tens of thousands will be demobilized by the end of the current year, and the same next year, while maintaining combat readiness and acting in the interests ...

Russian Missiles Kill 36, Bombards Children's Hospital Ukraine

par This Is Beirut, 08/07 14:38 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Russia struck cities across Ukraine on Monday with a missile barrage that killed three dozen people and ripped open a children's hospital in Kyiv, an assault condemned as a ruthless attack on civilians. Dozens of volunteers including hospital staff and rescue workers dug through debris from the Okhmatdyt pediatric hospital in a desperate search ...

NATO Begins F-16 Jets Transfer to Ukraine

par This Is Beirut, 10/07 20:21 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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NATO allies announced on Wednesday that they started the long-promised transfer of F-16 jets to Ukraine as leaders meet for a summit in Washington clouded by political uncertainties in the United States. With the pomp of the three-day gathering in the US capital, President Joe Biden is aiming to rally the West and reassure US voters amid intense ...

US Military Completes Withdrawal from Niger

par This Is Beirut, 05/08 16:46 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The United States military has withdrawn its forces from its final base in Niger, the Pentagon said on Monday, more than a year after military coup leaders in the African country told them to leave. The "withdrawal of US forces and assets from Air Base 201 in Agadez is complete," the Pentagon said in a joint statement with Niger's Defense ...

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