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The Governor of Jazan Prince Muhammad bin Nasser bin Abdulaziz during his visit to injured members of the military forces (SPA)

Brigadier Asiri to Asharq Al-Awsat: Military Operations in Taiz are Ongoing and Regular, There Will be no Delay

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 1, 2015 | Middle East

Saudi-led coalition forces fighting for the legitimacy of Yemen announced that military operations in the city of Taiz are progressing according to plan and gradually, and this is so that population density is taken into consideration. Both the national army of Yemen...

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Pakistan’s newly appointed army chief General Raheel Sharif attends the change of command ceremony at the army headquarters in Rawalpindi on November 29, 2013. (Reuters/Mian Khursheed)

Pakistan Army Chief Raheel Sharif: A Key Strategist?

by Umar Farouq | Dec 29, 2013 | Profiles

Islamabad, Asharq Al-Awsat—On December 9, 2013, the US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel began his visit to Pakistan by calling on the country’s newly appointed Chief of Army Staff, General Raheel Sharif, in his office at the Army headquarters in Rawalpindi. The message...

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A courtroom sketch of Major Nidal Hasan as a military jury finds Hasan guilty of 13 counts of murder and 32 counts of attempted murder in the attack he committed on 05 November 2009 against fellow soldiers in Fort Hood, Texas, USA, 23 August 2013. (EPA/Brigitte Woosley)

US soldier guilty of murder for Fort Hood rampage

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 24, 2013 | World

Fort Hood, AP—A military jury convicted a US Army psychiatrist in the deadly 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, making him eligible for the death penalty in the shocking assault against American troops by one of their own on home soil. There was never any doubt that...

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File picture of Egyptian military helicopters trailing national flags circling over Tahrir Square during a protest demanding that Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi resign in Cairo. (REUTERS)

Opinion: Stilettos are not the only dangerous footwear

by Diana Moukalled | Aug 7, 2013 | Opinion

What pushed a simple Egyptian man to tie a military boot to his head and participate in protests in support of the country’s army? And what’s the idea behind these giant billboards in Lebanon showing a gigantic photo of a military boot and bearing the slogan...

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Turkey’s Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan checks his watch as he attends a wreath-laying ceremony with Chief of Staff General Necdet Ozel at the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of modern Turkey, in Ankara August 1, 2013. (Reuters/Umit Bektas)

Turkey appoints new military commanders as government asserts control

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 3, 2013 | World

Istanbul, Reuters—Turkey appointed new military commanders on Saturday in an overhaul of its top ranks that underlined the government’s control over armed forces which once dominated political life. NATO’s second largest army is facing multiple challenges...