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Armenia joins Moscow International Army Games

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The second International Army Games taking place in Russia’s capital, Moscow, have attracted a 1,238 military personnel from 22 countries, including Armenia, Lenta.ru reports, citing the Russian Ministry of Defense.

This year’s annual event is set to take place from July 29 until August 12. Some 22 polygons of Russia, Belarus, Azerbaijan and China have been selected as training sites.

The participant countries’ teams (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Egypt, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, China, Serbia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, South-African Republic) have been moved to the playgrounds for field competitions (Tank Biathlon, Reconnaissance, Military Medical Relay Race etc).

 

The second International Army Games were held between June 30 and August 13, 2016.

The Syrian army takes control of a rebel district of Aleppo

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syrian-armyThe Syrian army took control Tuesday of a rebellious neighborhood near the citadel in the center of Aleppo, said a military source.

“The army has taken full control of Farafira district, northwest of Aleppo Citadel, after controlling for several terrorist and engineer units are in the process of clearing the area,” the source added to AFP.

In the phraseology of the regime, the terrorist word applies to all those who took up arms against the authorities, be they rebels or jihadists. Farafira the neighborhood had been taken by the rebels in 2012, when they had conquered half of the former economic capital.

“This operation is part of the military operations that were announced (Thursday) that includes an air component and a component on the ground with use of artillery,” the official added. It follows several days of intense bombing by the air forces of the regime and Russia over the rebel area.

Tuesday, September 27, 2016,
Stéphane © armenews.com

Karabakh army: If needed, we will force adversary to recognize Artsakh independence

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karabakh comandorWe were prepared for matters of another nature, during the war in April.

The Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR/Artsakh) Minister of Defense and Defense Army Commander, Levon Mnatsakanyan, noted the abovementioned during an interview in an Armenian TV program.

“Being a subject of international policy, also a conflicting party, supporting a pacific resolution of the [Karabakh] issue, [and] considering the reality that the NKR Defense Army carried out the tasks that were set before it [during the four-day war which Azerbaijan had unleashed against Artsakh, in early April], we gave our consent to the establishment of this [post-April-war] ceasefire,” added Mnatsakanyan. “[But] if needed, we will re-establish all [of our lost military] positions; we have this capability.

“We follow what weapons the Azerbaijan armed forces are acquiring (…). Accordingly, we are taking measures, carrying out certain changes in the readiness of the troops.

“As the [NKR] Defense Army commander, I am called to defend those liberated territories that have been obtained at the expense of the blood of the hundreds of our freedom fighters, hundreds of friends. The [NKR Defense Army] officers, all military servicemen stand ready to defend the security of their homeland (…). We will do everything to protect our borders. [And] if needed,

we will force the adversary to recognize Nagorno-Karabakh’s independence.”

Davutoglu Islamic Armey of Turkey, Saudi Arabia to hold joint drills

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turkey_saudi_arabia.thumbTurkey and Saudi Arabia will hold joint military drills as part of a decision to strategically cooperate against common threats, sources have told daily Hürriyet.
Turkish Chief of General Staff Hulusi Akar’s visit to Saudi Arabia in late January, which had coincided with Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu’s official visit to the country, brought about a decision to hold joint military exercises with the participation of the two countries’ armies.
Sources speaking on condition of anonymity said a decision for “the strategic cooperation against common threats” had been made during the meeting in Riyadh.
The visit was not to discuss the coalition against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’s (ISIL) facilities in Syria but rather conducted to strengthen mutual ties between the two states and armies, according to the sources.
The “Islam army,” which Saudi Arabia had announced to be formed on Dec. 15, 2015, consisting of 34 Sunni Islam states, to fight terrorism amid a continuing war on jihadists in the Middle East and elsewhere, was not on the agenda of the meetings in Riyadh.
The visit coming right before Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates declaring they were ready to send troops and special forces to Syria under the U.S.-led anti-ISIL coalition was also a coincidence, the sources said, adding Turkey was distancing itself from both of the issues.
“The togetherness that is being mentioned [by Saudi Arabia] cannot actually be called an ‘Islam army.’ Even if there is such an initiative, Turkey will not be a part of its military branch,” said a senior Turkish official.