US-Led Task Force Fighting ISIS Is Getting A New Name

A US Army 5th Special Forces Group soldier watches as a Jordanian 101st Special Force Brigade soldier moves through a combat marksmanship drill during a Joint Combined Exchange Training in Jordan, November 9, 2021. US Army/Sgt. 1st Class Nina Ramon

Insider: After 7 years, a US-led task force fighting ISIS is getting a new name and taking a new approach to its mission

* The US-led special-operations task force that led the way against ISIS is getting a new name.

* Formed in 2015, Special Operations Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve is now Special Operations Joint Task Force-Levant.

* With the name change comes expanded authority, as the task force broadens its focus on new and old threats.

The special-operations task force that led the way in the war against ISIS has been renamed as major combat operations against the terrorist group wind down.

Since 2015, Special Operations Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve, or SOJTF-OIR, has been the tip of the spear in the multinational coalition that came together to fight ISIS.

After almost seven years, the Pentagon has renamed the unit. Special Operations Joint Task Force-Levant, or SOJTF-Levant, now has expanded authority in the region.

Read more ....

WNU Editor: The name and approach to the mission may change but the focus will continue albeit with an expanded scope.

from War News Updates https://ift.tt/3o6uz9E
via IFTTT

Comments

Is Putin's Inner Circle Already In Discussions On Who Is Going To Replace Him?

Russian President Vladimir Putin leads a meeting on economic issues in Moscow on Monday. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) Daily Beast: Putin’s Own Men Are Already Discussing Who Will Replace Him Three months into Vladimir Putin’s bloody “special operation” in Ukraine, his own men in the Kremlin are reportedly discussing who will replace him. That’s according to new reporting by the independent news outlet Meduza, which cited several sources close to the Russian presidential administration who said officials are increasingly fed up with Putin personally. Some of Putin’s own allies within the Kremlin walls have reportedly floated the idea of Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin becoming his successor, or former President Dmitry Medvedev, who is now the deputy chairman of the Security Council. Sergei Kirienko, the first deputy chief of staff of the presidential administration, was also said to have been discussed as a contender. Read more .... Update: Krem

US And Russian Chiefs Of Staff Discuss Ukraine In Rare Phone Call

U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley (left) and his Russian counterpart Valery Gerasimov (file photo) The Hill: Milley speaks with Russian counterpart for first time since start of war Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley spoke with his Russian counterpart on Thursday, the first such conversation between the two since the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine began in late February, according to the Pentagon. Milley spoke by phone with Valery Gerasimov, chief of the Russian general staff, and they “discussed several security-related issues of concern and agreed to keep the lines of communication open,” Joint Staff spokesperson Col. Dave Butler said in a readout of the conversation. The Pentagon did not provide further information on the conversation. Read more .... WNU Editor: So much for the reports last week that Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia Valery Gerasimov was fired by Putin last week .... Putin rumor

US Secretary Of State Blinken Says China Is A Greater Long Term Threat Than Russia

Daily Mail : 'US does NOT support Taiwan independence': Blinken cleans up Biden's comments in speech saying America doesn't want 'another Cold War' with Beijing and slamming Xi Jinping for cooperating with Putin and being more 'aggressive' abroad * Sec. of State Antony Blinken issued a stark warning Thursday about China's rise * Said Beijing's cooperation with Putin 'raises alarm bells' after Ukraine invasion * Claims Xi Jinping is now 'more repressive at home and more aggressive abroad' * Cleaned up Biden's Taiwan comments by saying US doesn't back independence * Insisted U.S. Taiwan policy has not changed in decades, but he did warn against China trying to undermine the status quo Sec. of State Antony Blinken issued a stark warning Thursday morning that the threat of China will 'test U.S. diplomacy like nothing we've ever seen before' - but insisted America does not want another Cold War and do

MTQ News

Search This Blog