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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

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…

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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

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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…

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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

The Independent UK

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…

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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.

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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.

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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.

The Independent UK

Japan air force member sues government in sexual harassment

A Japanese air force serviceperson has filed a lawsuit against the government saying it had failed to protect her from verbal sexual harassment from a male colleague and then systematically covered up the problem for more than a decade

Asharq Al-Awsat

ISIS Attacks on Syria Truffle Hunters are Deadliest in a Year

The ISIS group has carried out its deadliest attacks in more than a year, killing dozens of civilians and security officers in the deserts of central Syria, even as people of northern Syria have been digging out of the wreckage from the region’s devastating earthquake. The bloodshed was a reminder…

The Independent UK

IS attacks on Syria truffle hunters are deadliest in a year

In recent days, the Islamic State group has carried out its deadliest attacks in more than year, killing dozens of civilians and security officers in the deserts of central Syria

Al Jazeera

ISIL leader killed, 4 US troops injured in Syria raid: Pentagon

US military says ‘senior’ ISIL official Hamza al-Homsi was killed in helicopter raid in northeastern Syria.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Ruling parties OK policy to down unmanned aircraft

The Self-Defense Forces will be able to use weaponry to down balloons and drones violating Japanese airspace if such objects pose a safety threat to civilian aircraft, according to new criteria approved by the ruling parties.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Criteria to be eased for shooting down balloons

When a foreign balloon or other aerial object intrudes into Japanese airspace, the use of weapons by the Self-Defense Forces to bring down the object will soon be allowed, according to sources.

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