Military history by country

Russia urges UN-mandated pause in Yemen air strikes

Russia called on the UN Security Council April 4 to push for a pause in the air war in Yemen, as a Saudi-led coalition pounded rebels in the country for a 10th day.
      
Yemen's main southern city, a last foothold of supporters of self-exiled President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi, has been shaken by more than a week of clashes between Shiite Huthi rebels and loyalist militia.

UK police arrest six at port on Syria-related offences

British police said on April 4 they had arrested six people at the southern English port of Dover on suspicion of terrorism offences related to the ongoing conflict in Syria.

The five men and one woman, all aged in their 20s, were detained on April 3 morning in the departure zone of the port, West Midlands police said.

Turkish man denies terror charge in landmark ISIL case

A Turkish man who is accused of joining the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has told court in a landmark case that he went to Syria not to fight, but "to live in a place governed under Sharia law."

The Chief Public Prosecutor's Office filed a court case in Ankara April 4 against Musa Gökta? for allegedly joining a terrorist group in Syria, according to Anadolu Agency.

False rumors about Yemen

We are surrounded by false rumors about the operation in Yemen.

First of all, Iran?s role in Yemen is being exaggerated. Second, it is speculated that the United States is taking on Iran through this operation.

Turkey evacuates 55 citizens from Yemen

Turkey evacuated 55 of its nationals from the Yemeni city of Aden on April 3 with a military boat amid fighting and a bombing campaign from regional Sunni powers, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavu?o?lu said.

The boat will take the Turkish nationals to Djibouti, where they will take a Turkish Airlines (THY) flight to return home, Çavu?o?lu wrote on his Twitter account.

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