Middle East & North Africa
UK and Oman pledge closer defence and maritime cooperation as Sultan Haitham makes State Visit
London says Oman is a vital partner for security and the free flow of trade through the Strait of Hormuz,…
Newsroom
Ioannis M.
Ioannis is the founder and owner of NEMESIS HD, the independent Greek news outlet on defence and geopolitics that he started in 2014, and the publisher of Geopolitiki.com, its English-language edition. He writes about Greek and Cypriot defence, Greek-Turkish relations and the Eastern Mediterranean.
Middle East & North Africa
UN First Committee welcomes Syria chemical weapons progress as Russia, Iran and Sudan face new allegations
Delegates at the UN First Committee on 20 October welcomed verified destruction of Syrian chemical munitions, while the US, Lithuania…
Land Forces
U.S. Army tests future artillery and air-defence force designs against a 2040 threat at Fort Sill
The Army’s Fires Experimentation Division simulated three advanced force designs against a 2040 threat to inform decisions on artillery, air…
VideoGreece
PULS: the 36 launchers with a 300 km reach that change Greek artillery against Turkey
Under intergovernmental agreement 009A/26, Greece is buying 36 Elbit PULS launchers for €690 million with the full munitions family, from…
Cyprus
Palestinian President Abbas to visit Cyprus at the end of October – Turkish media bristle as Nicosia keeps ties with both sides
Palestinian ambassador Abdalla Attari says President Mahmoud Abbas will make an official visit to Cyprus at the end of October,…
Drones
UN disarmament institute chief warns AI is on track to crowd out human decision-making in warfare
UNIDIR director Robin Geiss says AI is already widely used in military operations and shortens the time between spotting and…
Asia-Pacific
U.S. Army activates 3rd Battalion, 43rd Air Defense Artillery on Guam, replacing Task Force Talon
The U.S. Army has activated a permanent air defense battalion at Andersen Air Force Base, replacing the THAAD task force…
Greek-Turkish Relations
Libyan MP: the Turkish–Libyan memorandum “may cause tension with Greece”, but Libya’s interests come first – a “bargaining chip” against the major powers
Tarek al-Jarousi, a member of the Libyan House of Representatives’ defence committee, said approving the memorandum may cause tension with…
Greek-Turkish Relations
Turkish Foreign Ministry “welcomes” the Libyan House’s decision on the Turkish–Libyan memorandum, citing “equity” in place of UNCLOS
Turkey’s Foreign Ministry welcomed the Libyan House’s approval of the 2019 memorandum, saying it is based on international law and…
Middle East & North Africa
Iran: Revolutionary Guards captain killed in the Qandil mountains as operations against PJAK escalate
An IRGC captain, Sina Ahmadi, was killed on October 17 in the Qandil range on the Iran–Iraq border, as Iranian…
Middle East & North Africa
Netanyahu: “Turkey wants a clash with us” – he accuses Erdogan of seeking to rule Jerusalem and return to the Ottoman Empire, and points to Israel’s F-35s and F-16s
In an interview with Channel 14’s English-language service, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Turkish President Erdogan of wanting to…
Opinion Greek-Turkish Relations
Opinion: Sanctions on Libya – Athens must make the Turkish–Libyan memorandum costly for Benghazi and Tripoli
After Libya’s House of Representatives approved the Turkish–Libyan memorandum, an opinion piece argues Athens must impose national measures at once…