Ministry of Defence

Prime Minister David Cameron wants Britain to do more to help the United States destroy Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Syria, he said in an interview broadcast on July 19. 

Britain conducts regular strikes against ISIL militants in Iraq but has so far limited its Syrian involvement to flying surveillance missions to gather intelligence. 

Britain is preparing to expand its military training mission in Iraq and increase the number of personnel helping ready the moderate Syrian opposition in Turkey, a British source familiar with the plan said on May 31. 

The collaboration between Romanian and American armed forces in military exercises is an example for both countries, Charge d'affaires ad interim Dean Thompson of the US Embassy in Romania asserted on Tuesday, at the firing range of the Romanian Marines Battalion of Babadag. He was there on the Distinguished Visitors Day of the Platinum Eagle 15 multinational training module.

The bilateral drill "Falcon Defence 2015," in which Romanian and Portuguese troops are participating, is being held May 4 to June 30, at the "General Emanoil Ionescu" 71st Airbase in Campia Turzii.

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All four Romanian servicemen who were wounded on Thursday in a booby-trap attack in Afghanistan are recovering well and are out of danger; two of them will be transferred to a hospital in Germany for further investigations, the Ministry of National Defence announced on Saturday.

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BELGRADE - The Serbian Armed Forces (SAF) Chief of Staff, General Ljubisa Dikovic, has met with Major-General Luciano Portolano, the commander of the UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon, to discuss the engagement of Serbian blue helmets in the multinational operation.

BANGUI/BELGRADE - Serbian Armed Forces troops have taken part in a military parade staged at the M'Poko International Airport in Bangui, Central African Republic (CAR), to mark the declaration of full operational capabilities of the UN peacekeeping mission in the country.

BELGRADE - Chief-of-staff of the Serbian Armed Forces Ljubisa Dikovic has visited the members of the Serbian army engaged in the UN peacekeeping mission in Cyprus.

During his visit to Cyprus on Monday, Dikovic said that the Serbian army members are performing all tasks within this UN multinational operation in a highly professional way.

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic denied on Tuesday that the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has sent a message to the president recommending that the military parade in Moscow should be attended by the Second World War veterans, instead of members of the Serbian Guard.

French team Bourg la Reine defeated Romanian CSA Steaua to win the women's foil European Cup in Bucharest on Sunday evening, the Romanian Fencing Federation informed.

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