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NATO’s Southeastern Spearhead: Turkey’s Military Aggression in Iraq, Syria, Yemen and Caucasus Signals Proxy Conflict With Iran
The past week has witnessed reports of increased Turkish military activity in Iraq and Syria as well as its intruding itself deeper into the war in Yemen. In all three cases Ankara has pitted itself against forces that are or can be seen to be pro-Iranian: Shiite parties in northern Iraq, the government of Syria and the Houthi-led government in Yemen.
Direct tensions between Turkey and Iran have been increasing since last year over the above three nations as well as the Turkish-directed attack on Nagorno-Karabakh by Azerbaijan (Turkey and Azerbaijan identify themselves as “one nation, two states’) and its aftermath.
NATO Appoints Turkey To Lead Drive Into the Middle East and Asia
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NATO Appoints Turkey To Lead Drive Into the Middle East and Asia
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Ukrainian, NATO land commanders set priorities for cooperation
10.03.2021 17:50
Ukrinform
Improving the quality and intensity of training of Ukrainian servicemen is a priority for cooperation between the Land Forces Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the NATO Allied Land Command.
Commander of the Ukrainian Land Forces, Colonel-General Oleksandr Syrsky said this at a joint press conference with NATO Allied Land Commander, Lieutenant General Roger Cloutier in Kyiv on March 10, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.
Syrsky noted that a system of training military units and subunits of the Armed Forces of Ukraine had been created with the help of Alliance partners.
ARRC certified as NATO s first warfighting corps headquarters since Cold War
by Nicholas Fiorenza
The Gloucester-based Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC) was certified on 17 November as NATO’s first warfighting corps headquarters since the Cold War, the Bundeswehr announced on its website on 27 November. The certification was finalised during exercise ‘Loyal Leda’ on 10–19 November. The Bundeswehr said the ARRC can now conduct territorial defence for NATO with up to five divisions and 120,000 troops.
On 17 November, the ARRC was certified as NATO’s first warfighting corps headquarters since the Cold War. (Crown Copyright)
Computer-assisted exercise ‘Loyal Leda’ involved 1,200 troops from the ARRC and other NATO formations from 21 countries, supported by military units and civilian organisations. The ARRC is capable of operating according to NATO standards with other NATO formations, according to the combat readiness evaluation. Speaking at the handover of the warfig