Defense Ministry

The Turkish navy is conducting a maritime exercise in the Eastern Mediterranean with the participation of 16 NATO countries.

In a display of skill and leadership, Greece's Chief of General Staff, General Dimitrios Houpis, jumped from a CH-47D Chinook helicopter during a static line parachute exercise off the coast of Nea Peramos near Megara in Attica.

After a night of unrest, with street fighting, fires, and clashes between protesters and police in its major cities, Israel is preparing to enter a new era following the firing of Defense Minister Yoav Galad by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Defense Minister Nikos Dendias is preparing to present, within the next few days, a twelve-year defense package designed to strengthen and modernize the country's defense capabilities.  

The plan, based on operational needs identified by armed forces staff, is expected to be presented to the Parliamentary Arms Committee by mid-November for approval.  

Turkish security forces have "neutralized" 37 PKK members in northern Iraq and northern Syria, the Defense Ministry said on Oct. 28, as part of intensified operations in response to a recent terror attack in Ankara.

"We are determined, resolute, capable of eradicating terrorism at its source," the ministry said on X.

Turkish security forces have "neutralized" 15 PKK/YPG members in northern Syria near the Turkish border, the Defense Ministry announced on Oct. 27.

They were targeted in areas under Türkiye's Euphrates Shield and Peace Spring operations in northern Syria, the ministry said on X.

"Our operations will continue until the last terrorist is neutralized," the post read.

The Defense Ministry said late Wednesday that Turkish forces destroyed 47 terrorist targets in an air operation conducted in northern Iraq and Syria, and a significant number of terrorists were "neutralized." 

Last week, Israel submitted a document to the US outlining its terms for a diplomatic solution that would allow for the end of the war in Lebanon and the return of displaced citizens from both sides of the border to their homes, Axios reports, citing two American and two

Turkey has been conducting technical works aimed at accelerating its planned purchase of Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets, a Defense Ministry official said on Thursday.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held security consultations at the Defense Ministry Monday night to discuss the response of Israel to the armed attack by Hezbollah drone strike on Sunday and the retaliation in Iran.