Islamabad has denied being a part of the 34-nation Islamic military alliance against terrorism announced by the Saudi Crown Prince and Defence Minister Mohammed bin Salman. The Saudi Arabian news agency has mentioned Pakistan together with Malaysia, UAE and Qatar being in the Saudi-led alliance which will establish a control center in Riyadh to coordinate operations against terrorist groups in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan among others
Saudi Arabia today announced a 34-state Islamic military coalition to combat terrorism with a joint operations center based in Riyadh. According to an official statement published by the Saudi news agency,"the countries here mentioned have decided on the formation of a military alliance led by Saudi Arabia to fight terrorism
Iraq has requested Germany to assist further in the fight against Islamic State (IS). Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi had in particular asked the German government to provide help with troop training
Poorly regulated arms flow and careless handling on the ground in Iraq for decades has led to Islamic State (IS) to get weapons, ammunition and equipment that were looted from the Iraqi army. In a report by Amnesty International that draws expert analysis of thousands of videos and images, ‘Taking Stock: The arming of the IS catalogues how IS fighters are using arms, mainly looted from Iraqi military stocks, which were manufactured and designed in more than two dozen countries, including Russia, China the USA and EU states
Lockheed Martin has won a support contract worth $318 million to provide Hellfire II missile hardware and component production requirements for the US Army and the Air Force. The contract awarded by the US Department of Defense will also see Lockheed Martin offering support to the foreign customers of Hellfire II missile – Korea, Egypt, Pakistan, Iraq, India, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, and Indonesia, the DoD statement said
The UKs Royal Air Force has dismantled four Typhoon fighter jets so as to use their spare parts to ensure optimum aircraft availability. The spare parts will be moved between aircraft within the RAF typhoon fleet
Iraq has called on Turkey to withdraw forces that include tanks and artillery immediately. Turkey has deployed its troops in Iraqs north without Baghdads consent, Iraqi premiers office was quoted as saying AFP agency Saturday
Barely two days before Germany goes to vote in favour of military action against the Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria, German defense ministry report said that only 29 of 66 Tornado fighter aircraft are airworthy. German media quoted German Armys Chief of Staff Gen Volker Wieker saying that the German flying systems are unworthy
British Typhoon and Tornado fighter jets armed with Brimstone missiles will be joining the fight against the Islamic State as the British House of Commons voted in favor of the fight. The British lawmakers on Wednesday voted 397-223 backing airstrikes against ISIL in Syria
The German cabinet has approved plans to join military campaign against Islamic State in Syria will ruled out any cooperation with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. A German official quoted by Reuters said that, German Defense Minister Ursula Von der Leyen ruled out any cooperation between German forces due to take part in the military campaign and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad or his troops in their fight against Islamic State