Armenia in political crisis over PM s comments on Russian missiles
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan finds himself in trouble, with military leaders calling for his resignation. He, in turn, has claimed they are trying to oust him in a coup.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan s star has been falling for months, and calls for his resignation have only grown
It has been three months since Armenia s defeat to Azerbaijan in the conflict over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh enclave. The country remains politically unstable, and now high-ranking military figures such as Onik Gasparyan, chief of the armed forces general staff, are calling for Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to resign.
Egyptian army chief of staff, top US general discuss military cooperation, joint exercise
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Egypt s Armed Forces Chief of Staff Mohamed Farid (R) receives head of the US military’s Central Command Kenneth McKenzie (L) in Cairo – Military spox CAIRO – 22 February 2021: Egypt s Armed Forces Chief of Staff Mohamed Farid and head of the US military’s Central Command Kenneth McKenzie discussed in Cairo military cooperation issues and joint exercise between the two countries. McKenzie and an accompanying delegation have made an official visit to Egypt on Monday. The top US general also met with President Abdel Fattah El Sisi.
Defense officials mum on Duterte s latest claims against US
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, February 16) Defense and security officials shun the media in an event at the Philippine Army headquarters on Tuesday, several hours after President Duterte cited military reports to make a controversial claim that the United States government is converting Subic (Bay) into an American base.
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana and Armed Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Cirilito Sobejana turned down requests for comments from journalists covering the assumption of the new Army commanding general, Lt. Gen. Jose Faustino, Jr.
Lorenzana presided over the event, while Sobejana was the outgoing Army chief.
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The most senior officer in the 1990 Major Gideon Orkah military coup, Col. Tony Nyiam (rtd), has urged President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Assembly to deploy necessary political will to rejig the nation’s military formation and strategy, otherwise the appointment of new security chiefs will not yield expected results.
Nyiam, who spoke on the backdrop of the appointment of new security chiefs by President Buhari after pressure on him to drop the former service chiefs said: “Lack of a combined or unified command or joint command under the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), or better put, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is the cause of the Armed Forces Chiefs’ rivalry and duplication of their war efforts and consequent National Security failures and unnecessary waste of public funds, which were major bane to effectiveness of the immediate past chiefs.”
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Iran warns US ‘our fingers are on the trigger’ as it tests swarm of Kamikaze bomb drones to blitz ships
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IRAN has warned the US “our fingers are on the trigger” in the latest round of sabre-rattling as it carries out tests on a swarm of kamikaze bomb drones.
Iran’s armed forces have started two-day exercises in the central Semnan province to try out combat drones used as bombers, interceptors and reconnaissance missions, according to the semi-official Fars news agency.
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Donald Trump s administration has been building up its military presence in the Persian Gulf in recent weeksCredit: Reuters