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OE Watch Issue 10 2024

By Kevin O'Connell | 03/11/2025 |

China Concludes Military Drills Near Taiwan Russia To Launch Two Satellites for Iran Terrorist Attack in Togo Reveals Turkish Counterterrorism…

Turkey as a Drone Superpower

By Kevin O'Connell | 03/11/2025 |

Turkey has emerged as a drone superpower on the world stage. In just the past few years, Turkey has become…

Terrorist Attack in Togo Reveals Turkish Counter-Terrorism Role

By Kevin O'Connell | 01/22/2025 | Comments Off on Terrorist Attack in Togo Reveals Turkish Counter-Terrorism Role

Togo’s Savanes Region is JNIM’s latest area of expansion, but it remains unclear whether Turkish PMCs can support the Togolese…

Turkey Deploying Syrian Private Security Contractors to Niger

By Kevin O'Connell | 10/14/2024 | Comments Off on Turkey Deploying Syrian Private Security Contractors to Niger

Turkey and Niger have increased their military cooperation since 2020, including through using Libya as a gateway. “The defense component…

Russia Withdraws Its Forces from Nagorno-Karabakh

By Kevin O'Connell | 09/11/2024 | Comments Off on Russia Withdraws Its Forces from Nagorno-Karabakh

Map of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war. “Let us note that a few days ago, the press secretary of the Russian…

Turkey Conducts Counterterrorism Operations Against the Islamic State

By Kevin O'Connell | 07/19/2024 | Comments Off on Turkey Conducts Counterterrorism Operations Against the Islamic State

Turkish Army vehicles in south-eastern Turkey. In light of recent regional attacks by the Islamic State, Turkey is ramping up…

Fears of Gaza Violence Prompt Egypt To Reinforce the Sinai Border

By Dianne McIntosh | 02/29/2024 | Comments Off on Fears of Gaza Violence Prompt Egypt To Reinforce the Sinai Border

Map of Egypt showing major cities as well as parts of surrounding countries and the Mediterranean and Red Seas. “Threats…

Azerbaijan’s Joint Exercise With Turkey Sends Familiar Warning Message to Armenia

By Dianne McIntosh | 02/29/2024 | Comments Off on Azerbaijan’s Joint Exercise With Turkey Sends Familiar Warning Message to Armenia

Turkish Armed Forces at the Victory Parade 2020 in Baku “The exercises are still another warning to Armenia to refrain…

Iran Demands Disarmament Of Kurdish Dissidents In Iraq

By Dianne McIntosh | 01/03/2024 | Comments Off on Iran Demands Disarmament Of Kurdish Dissidents In Iraq

Mohammad Bagheri, chief-of-staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, speaks by phone with Türkiye’s Minister of Defense YaÅŸar Güler with regard…

Russia Uses Diplomacy To Increase Military Influence In Libya

By Dianne McIntosh | 01/03/2024 | Comments Off on Russia Uses Diplomacy To Increase Military Influence In Libya

Russian military assets in Al Khadim airfield, Libya, 2020 “Libya offers at least two advantages to Russia: its ports are…