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On 16 September, a drone fired from the Turkish border struck a military airport in Arbid, killing three members of Iraq’s counter-terrorism service and wounding three others. [430] On 18 September, the Syrian Democratic Forces carried out an attack on a Turkish-backed opposition group in northern Syria, killing 13 militants. [431]
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On 9 June 2015, India conducted a cross-border strike code name Operation Hot Pursuit against insurgents belonging to NSCN-K. [6] The operation took place in Myanmar and it was in response to ambush of Indian Army convoy of 6 Dogra Regiment in Chandel district of Manipur. [7]
The terrain is tough and the weather is harsh as the soldiers go through counterinsurgency drills and tactical exercises following months of deadly rebel attacks in the disputed region ...
The Council of Europe raised their concerns over the attacks on civilians and the 4 September 2015 blockade of Cizre. [ 250 ] But also the Kurdish rebel fighters did not sit still: a Turkish Governor claimed that Kurdish assailants had fired on a police vehicle in Adana in September 2015, killing two officers, and some unspecified "clash" with ...
Counterinsurgency (COIN, or NATO spelling counter-insurgency [1]) is "the totality of actions aimed at defeating irregular forces". [2] The Oxford English Dictionary defines counterinsurgency as any "military or political action taken against the activities of guerrillas or revolutionaries" [3] and can be considered war by a state against a non-state adversary. [4]
A Washington state congressional candidate takes lessons from Iraq.
Scripps News hears from lawmakers, former Israeli officials and combat experts about the difficulties and costs of fighting an urban war.