ISIS is not defeated in Syria. It controls territory, retains significant fighting forces and is reconstituting those forces. ISW’s assessment of the #ISIS footprint in #Syria/#Iraq as of last month (update to follow): pic.twitter.com/m5APjB13PF— ISW (@TheStudyofWar) December 19, 2018
Kyle Rempfer, Military Times: Here’s what may be driving a US troop withdrawal from Syria
Reports of a total and immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria come amid heightening tensions — and growing risk of military confrontation — between the U.S. and Turkey.
Turkish forces want to push their troops into Syria. The U.S.-backed Syrian Kurds want to keep the Turkish forces out. And the U.S. has struggled for months to keep both players happy.
A confrontation between the U.S and Turkey, officially NATO allies, would create a geopolitical crisis at the heart of the world’s most powerful military alliance.
Read more ....
Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- December 20, 2018
US announces it is pulling all troops out of Syria -- DW
United States begins withdrawal of troops from Syria as Donald Trump declares victory over Islamic State -- ABC News Online
Media: US military trucks loaded with arms heading from Syria to Iraq -- TASS
US Also Ends Air Campaign Against Daesh Under Trump Withdrawal Order - Report -- Sputnik
Joint Chiefs chairman was in the dark about Trump Syria pullout: report -- The Hill
Trump’s Syria withdrawal flies in the face of statements from top military and national security leaders -- Defense News
Germany, France, UK: 'Islamic State' not defeated in Syria -- DW
A look at US involvement in Syria’s civil war -- Military Times/AP
State Department approves $3.5B Patriot missile sales to Turkey amid tensions -- The Hill
New Homeland Defense Radar for missile defense to be placed in Hawaii -- UPI
Laser Weapons Are Future for Missile Defense, Space, Expert Says -- Defense Tech
Why DARPA thinks air assets will be the last to get laser weapons -- Aaron Mehta, C4IRSNet
US Military Hit by Computer Network Outage in South Korea -- Military.com/Stars and Stripes
Mysterious Light Appears In The Sky After Rocket Launch Canceled At Vandenberg Air Force Base -- CBS Sacramento
Navy To Begin Arming Subs With Ship-Killer Missile -- Breaking Defense
USS Freedom Gets Underway After Two Years of Repairs -- USNI News
USNS Comfort returns to port from 11-week medical support mission -- UPI
Civilians Are Cheaper Than Contractors for Most Defense Jobs, Internal Report Finds -- Defense One
Two US Airmen, HIV-Positive, Sue Military For Firing Them -- NDTV/Washington Post
Ex-Blackwater guard convicted of murder in Iraq shooting spree -- Al Jazeera
How Special Ops Can Step It Up -- Jonathan Schroden, War on the Rocks
How the CIA Watched Soviet Parades for New Military Tech -- Popular Mechanics
Putin Boosts Private Military Groups Outlawed in Russia -- Bloomberg
Russian Military Reveals New Tank Capable of Firing Depleted Uranium Rounds -- Sputnik
Ukraine plans another naval foray into Sea of Azov -- AP
Hungary signs deal to buy dozens of tanks, howitzers from Germany’s KMW -- Defense News
France launches military imaging satellite. Who’s involved, and what it can do? -- Defense News
Canadian Military Claims Their Planes Were Harassed by Chinese off North Korea -- Sputnik
S Korean President Urges Further Enhancement of Country's Defenсe Capabilities -- Sputnik
Japan seeks drones, subs, F-35 jets as part of $243 billion defense-spending plan -- Defense News
South China Sea and Taiwan among flashpoints for armed conflict in 2019, survey warns US policymakers -- SCMP
No comments:
Post a Comment