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Missile defense prep ordered over N. Korea launch notice

As North Korea's possible upcoming military reconnaissance satellite launch poses a risk of falling into Japan's territory, Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada ordered the Self-Defense Forces to prepare missile intercept operations on Saturday, and the SDF began establishing the necessary readiness to intercept a missile.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

New GSDF 8th Division chief vows to investigate helicopter crash

The new head of the Ground Self-Defense Force's 8th Division on Saturday said it is vital to investigate the cause of a recent GSDF helicopter accident and explain it to the public.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

ASDF sends aircraft to Djibouti, prepares for possible evacuations from Sudan

An Air Self-Defense Force aircraft departed for Djibouti on Friday to possibly evacuate Japanese nationals from Sudan, where fighting has intensified.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

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ASDF fighter jets scrambled 778 times in fiscal 2022

Air Self-Defense Force fighter jets scrambled 778 times in fiscal 2022 against foreign military aircraft and objects that could have violated Japan's airspace, according to the Defense Ministry. This is 226 fewer scrambles than in the previous fiscal year.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

SDF prepares for saturation dive in recovery of lost helicopter

The Self-Defense Forces began preparations Saturday to resume a saturation dive to recover the remains of a Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter and the 10 personnel aboard that were lost 10 days ago off Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

SDF Commander Killed in Turkish Drone Attack

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that a commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) was killed, and his escort was injured in an attack by a Turkish drone near Nusaybeen crossing on the border with Türkiye in al-Qamishli. The Observatory pointed out that the attack came a week…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Missing GSDF copter appears to have been found on seabed / Bodies believed to be inside sunken wreck

The Self-Defense Forces have found what appears to be the fuselage of a missing SDF helicopter on the seabed about 100 meters below the ocean surface north of Irabu Island, Okinawa Prefecture.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

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Including SDF as part of Article 9 stirs debate

A legal basis for the existence of the Self-Defense Forces was the subject of much debate on revising the Constitution on Thursday.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Türkiye Asserts it Would Continue its Operations in Sulaymaniyah, Northern Iraq, Syria

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu confirmed that his country would continue its operations in Sulaymaniyah, under the control of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), in the first official response to the drone attack against Sulaymaniyah International Airport last Friday. In this regard, Cavusoglu said Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), Talabani's…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Helmet, possible fuel tank from missing GSDF chopper recovered

The Japan Coast Guard on Sunday recovered an object believed to be a fuel tank attached to the outer fuselage of a missing Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter in the waters near Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

No 'rescue signal' from missing GSDF helicopter

Authorities have been unable to detect a "rescue signal" from the emergency locator transmitter (ELT) on board the Ground Self-Defense Forces helicopter that disappeared in Okinawa Prefecture on Thursday, defense ministry sources said.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

SDF Commander Reportedly Targeted in Blast Near Iraq’s Sulaymaniyah Airport

An explosion struck next to the Sulaymaniyah International Airport in northern Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region Friday, local officials said. The blast came days after Türkiye closed its airspace to flights to and from the airport, citing an alleged increase in Kurdish militant activity threatening flight safety. Türkiye has spent years…

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GSDF searches for missing copter, crew / Uninflated life raft, parts from aircraft found

An uninflated life raft found in waters off Miyako Island in Okinawa Prefecture had been aboard a Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter that disappeared from radar on Thursday with 10 people aboard, the GSDF announced Friday.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Türkiye Closes Airspace to Flights Using North Iraqi Airport

Türkiye has closed its airspace to flights to and from an airport in Kurdish-administered northern Iraq, a top Turkish official announced Wednesday, citing an alleged increase in Kurdish militant activity threatening flight safety. The airspace was closed Tuesday to flights taking off from and landing at Sulaymaniyah International Airport, in…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Moscow hosts talks aimed at Syria-Turkey rapprochement

Senior diplomats from Russia, Turkey, Syria and Iran have wrapped up two days of talks in Moscow

The Independent UK

A look at the US military mission in Syria and its dangers

The Iranian drone attack that struck a U.S. base in northeastern Syria, killing a contractor and wounding several U.S. troops, is just the latest in a growing number of attacks on American forces in Syria

Asharq Al-Awsat

Turkish Forces Shell SDF Positions in Northeast Hasakah

Turkish forces shelled an SDF position in Sarmasakh village in Al-Malkiya countryside north east Hasakah, causing material damages, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said. Tuesday’s shelling comes in light of the alarming calm that has prevailed for weeks in SDF-held areas in northern and eastern Syria. On February…

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Turkish Intelligence Eliminates PKK Official in Aleppo

Turkish intelligence has eliminated a figure from the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), the biggest component of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), in an operation in northern Syria. Mehmet Yildirim, a senior figure of the PKK group's Syrian wing YPG, was killed in Syria in an operation run by the National…

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Syrian Kurdish Force Says It Lost 9 Fighters in Iraq Crash

The main US-backed and Kurdish-led force in northeastern Syria said Friday it lost nine fighters, including a commander, when two helicopters crashed this week in neighboring Iraq. The Syrian Democratic Forces said the helicopters crashed during bad weather while en route to the northern Iraqi city of Sulaymaniyah on Wednesday…

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Putin Hosts Assad, Expected to Focus on Rebuilding Syria

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday hosted Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad in the Kremlin for talks expected to focus on rebuilding Syria after a devastating civil war and mending Damascus' ties with Türkiye. Welcoming Assad at the start of the meeting that comes on the anniversary of Syria’s 12-year uprising-turned-civil…

Al Jazeera

Twelve years on from the beginning of Syria’s war

Millions still displaced and hundreds of thousands have died in 12 years of fighting, but al-Assad remains in power.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Türkiye to Continue Normalization Talks with Assad Regime within Days

Türkiye confirmed its intention to continue the normalization talks with the Syrian regime in the coming period, expressing its hope that Damascus would understand its concerns about the presence of the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) near its borders. Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar asserted that Ankara will continue the…

Tribune News Service

House votes down effort to pull troops from Syria

The House rejected an effort Wednesday to effectively force President Joe Biden to remove roughly 900 U.S. troops from Syria.

Roll Call

House votes down effort to pull troops from Syria - Roll Call

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., pushed a House bill to require the United States to withdraw the roughly 900 troops it has in Syria.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

SDF, U.S. forces hold joint drills in Kagoshima

A joint exercise by the Self-Defense Forces and the U.S. Marine Corps was shown to the press in Kagoshima Prefecture on Friday, amid efforts to strengthen the defense of the Nansei island chain.

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