military supply convoys

"Even if crude production in Syria ceased, because of the international military operations, there is enough global spare capacity to absorb this loss in .... An Iraqi policeman walks past a burning fuel tanker in the Iraqi southern city of Basra, May 21 2007 after the British military supply convoy was attacked.

Syrian Arab Army's General Command officially announced that Jobar, Zamalka, Arbeen, and Ain Terma are under the control of the Syrian Arab Army, ... Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan ambushed Afghan National Security Forces' supply convoy in Shin Gul Charrahi area of Nad Ali district, destroying an ...

Fergus Davidson started his military career as a cavalryman and moved on to flying Spitfires during the World War II. John Alexander Cruickshank ... He was station manager at RAF Kinloss, and a ubiquitous figure at the base until it was handed over to the Army in July 2012. And he believes the qualities ...

Wali leads a TTP affiliate called Jamaat ul-Ahrar, which has attacked civilians, religious minorities, military and law enforcement officials and killed two local employees of the U.S. ... The group has also attacked NATO supply convoys between Afghanistan and Pakistan's southern port of Karachi, it said.

BEIRUT — In a thunderous assault, the Syrian army all but sliced the rebel-held enclave of Ghouta in two Thursday, pushing the death toll to more than ... leaves Ghouta's residents in a state of "constant tension and fear," said Pawel Krzysiek, a Red Cross spokesman who was aboard the supply convoy.

Mangal Bagh, the department said, leads Lashkar-i-Islam, a TTP ally involved in drug trafficking, smuggling and extorting “taxes” on trade between Pakistan and Afghanistan. The group also has attacked NATO supply convoys plying between Afghanistan and Pakistan's port of Karachi, it said. “Each of these ...

Two weeks before my visit, Bashar's government forces downed an Israeli F-16 fighter which attacked a Hezbollah supply convoy in Syria. ... Some Lebanese politicians warn that the country's army—widely seen as being in cohorts with the Hezbollah—should avoid being drawn into any local clashes with ...

Lieutenant Colonel Wilson Rono said the African Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) troops and Somali National Army forces are trying to reopen the ... Just three weeks ago after an attack on a military checkpoint killed several Somali soldiers, AMISOM and Somali troops cleared vegetation along the road to ...

Lieutenant Colonel Wilson Rono said the African Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) troops and Somali National Army forces are trying to reopen the ... Just three weeks ago after an attack on a military checkpoint killed several Somali soldiers, AMISOM and Somali troops cleared vegetation along the road to ...

Turkey-backed Free Syrian Army, backed by Turkish Air and Land Forces captured nine localities from the Syrian Democratic Forces' YPG in Afrin .... Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan attacked Afghan National Security Forces' supply convoy in Zurmat district, reportedly killing one and wounding two elements.

Holding up a fragment from an Iranian military drone shot down by his air force, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looked out at Iran's foreign ... They've been identifying supply convoys to Hezbollah and, with a mix of air power and special-forces operations, disrupting, intercepting or attacking ...

For the first time in fifty years, U.S. and Russian military forces have engaged in direct combat. Soldiers from the two countries last clashed during the Vietnam War, when Soviet soldiers shot down U.S. warplanes with anti-aircraft weapons. Last week, on February 7th, the two powers met again, when U.S. ...

Reducing fuel use can boost military operations, and spending less on energy frees up resources to meet other defense objectives. ... the human costs are more troubling; one report found that thousands of U.S. troop or contractor casualties were attributable to attacks on vulnerable fuel supply convoys.

Until then, though, I would be in one of the hottest war zones, supporting troops on search-and-destroy missions, as well as supply convoys along the lethal north-south Colonial Route 1. Long before us, the French military had named it the “Street Without Joy.” With reason. In Chu Lai, a Marine air base on ...

According to the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, four soldiers of the Afghan National Army were killed in the encounter, while the remaining elements withdrew from the checkpoint. Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan seized three PK machine guns, an assault rifle and a pistol from the checkpoint. Islamic Emirate ...

The U.S. military said Monday that it is adjusting guidelines for the use of all wireless and technological devices on military facilities amid revelations that fitness trackers can be used to expose the identities of individuals working in sensitive and hazardous locations. The review came after reports in The ...

WASHINGTON: The Army Reserve is preparing 10,000 soldiers for major war with intensive training on machineguns and automatic grenade launchers. ... supply convoys, analyze foreign railroad infrastructure, and conduct other little-noticed and unglamorous logistics without which a modern military ...

Another supply convoy is set to head to Florida to help in the relief efforts from Irma, but with the storm changing course the convoy doesn't know where exactly in Florida it is going to go. Two trailers full of food, water, clothing, cleaning supplies, and other items rolled out from a D.C. Police supply depot just ...

BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:10 P.M.) – The Egyptian Air Force carried out a strategic attack near the Libyan border, Sunday, that targeted a terrorist weapons convoy, the Ministry of Defense reported this afternoon. According to the Ministry, the Egyptian Air Force destroyed at least 15 vehicles that were carrying a ...

Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan ambushed an Afghan National Army's supply convoy in Zurmat district, killing three and wounding two soldiers. Khost Province: Afghan National Security Forces opened fire on the elements of the Pakistan Armed Forces, who reportedly entered Afghanistan, as they were ...

Or, if you're especially unlucky, you'll be forced to flee the charge of that one terrified soldier whose instinctive response to being set ablaze is to stop, drop, and ... Unlike Adelaide, Nick can deal out an impressive amount of damage in a short space of time when called upon, gunning down foot soldiers and ...

To stay secure, the United Nations must be robust not only through its military, police, and civilian personnel in the field, but in its political behaviour as well, actively .... Missions should deploy personnel to solve specific security problems and not to have a national presence, as a national army would.