Tag: Troops

Al-Qaeda's Syria affiliate and its Islamist allies have executed at least 56 regime troops at a military airport they recently seized in the northwest,...

Turkey's military announced Monday that 16 soldiers were killed and six others wounded in a Kurdish rebel attack against troops in southeast Turkey a day earlier.

Dispelling the notion that Pakistan has committed its troops to Saudi Arabia for fighting Houthi rebels in Yemen, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said Tuesday that there was no immediate threat to Saudi Arabia’s territorial integrity and Pakistan is “not in a hurry” to decide on joining the Saudi-led coalition.

Saudi Defence Ministry’s spokesman Brig Gen Ahmed Asiri has said that Pakistan has offered to join the coalition against the Houthis and would be...

Pakistani delegation arrives in Saudia for talks over Yemen crisis as PM Sharif calls for safe evacuation of stranded Pakistanis in Yemen   As Prime Minister...

While the top civil and military leadership reiterates pledge for "supporting the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Saudi Arabia", severe public and media pressure and lack of political support has however compelled the federal government to put off, at least for time being, its previous decision to send military troops to join allied forces against Yemeni rebels.

The Interior Ministry has extended the deployment of army personnel in Islamabad for three more months under Article 245 of the Constitution of Pakistan. On...

Gen Martin Dempsey raises prospect of escalating US involvement, putting himself at odds with White House's promise of no ground troops US ground troops may...

A rocket attack by pro-Russian rebels on a border post on Ukraine's border with Russia on Friday may have killed as many as 30 soldiers and border guards, an Interior Ministry adviser said, promising swift retribution from Kiev

Armed US drones flying over Baghdad to provide protection for military advisers and US diplomats Iraqi troops advanced towards Tikrit on Saturday pounding insurgent positions...

The US military is committed to maintaining its 35,000-strong force in the Gulf region regardless of a nuclear deal with Iran, Pentagon chief Chuck...

Kenyan troops battled into the early hours of Monday as they tried to end a bloody stand-off with Somali militants holding hostages inside a...

Kenyan troops battled into the early hours of Monday as they tried to end a bloody stand-off with Somali militants holding hostages inside a...

    The Pakistani Taliban on Tuesday insisted they were still at war with the government troops because peace talks had yet to start and the...

Afghan forces are now leading the fight in Afghanistan. They managed an air assault last week, for example, and they may be winning the...

Armed men killed three Lebanese soldiers near the Syria border overnight, an official said Tuesday, in the deadliest such attack since the start of...

More army troops have been deployed in far-flung districts of Balochistan to ensure security during the upcoming general elections. According to a Pakistan Army spokesman,...