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COALITION

Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 22, 2017
Turkey sends reinforcements into northern Syria to fight Kurds, rebel allies
Turkey has sent new military reinforcements including troops, vehicles and equipment into northern Syria, a war monitoring group and rebel and Kurdish sources said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 9, 2017
U.S.-backed Kurd, Arab fighters move cautiously into Raqqa as Islamic State ranks fall back to fortifications
At Raqqa's eastern edge, a handful of Syrian fighters cross a river by foot and car, all the while relaying their coordinates to the U.S.-led coalition so they don't fall victim to friendly fire.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 10, 2017
12 killed as Islamic State wages two suicide attacks on U.S.-backed Syrian rebels on Iraq border
Islamic State militants launched two suicide attacks on U.S.-backed Syrian rebels near the border with Iraq, leaving at least 12 dead in the fighting and many wounded, rebel sources said on Sunday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 9, 2016
Iraqi forces press deep, briefly take Mosul hospital before Islamic State 'ghosts' open gates of hell
Iraqi troops who briefly seized a Mosul hospital believed to be used as an Islamic State base were forced to withdraw from the site, but managed to establish a base for army tanks nearby after days of fierce back-and-forth fighting, residents said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 7, 2016
Islamic State takes credit for suicide truck bomb blast deadly to 60 south of Baghdad
A truck bomb at an Iraqi checkpoint south of Baghdad killed at least 60 people and wounded more than 70 on Sunday, medical and security officials said, and Islamic State claimed responsibility for the blast.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 7, 2015
November saw most bombs yet hit Islamic State targets by U.S. group
The U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State last month dropped the most bombs in its 16-month campaign in Iraq and Syria, according to new Air Force data.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 16, 2015
Denmark F-16s to return to fight Islamic State; foreign minister seeks Syria strikes
Denmark's fighter jets, which had been in action in Iraq earlier this year and will return next year, should also have the mandate to bomb Islamic State positions in Syria, the Danish foreign minister was quoted as saying on Sunday following the attacks in Paris.
WORLD
Nov 16, 2015
French fighters bomb Islamic State's Raqqa bastion
French fighter jets launched their biggest raids in Syria to date targeting the Islamic State's stronghold in Raqqa just two days after the group claimed coordinated attacks in Paris that killed more than 130 people, the defense ministry said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 18, 2015
Ruling bloc on verge of enacting security laws
The battle over Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's publicly divisive security bills enters its final phase as the Upper House shrugs off the opposition's latest tricks and prepares to vote.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 31, 2015
A Sunni coalition is a welcome development
The U.S. and Israel should probably welcome the Egyptian president's announcement of an agreement by the Arab League to create a joint military force, as the Islamic State group is unlikely to be defeated by air power alone.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 26, 2015
U.S.-led coalition said planning to carry out Tikrit airstrikes
The U.S.-led coalition is planning to carry out airstrikes in support of Iraqi operations against Islamic State in the city of Tikrit, a U.S. official said on Wednesday, confirming comments by Iraq's president in an interview with Reuters.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 17, 2015
Kurds report more chlorine attacks; Iraq pauses Tikrit offensive
Iraq paused its Tikrit offensive on Monday and officials called for more airstrikes against Islamic State militants, while an officer said Kurdish forces sustained two more chlorine gas attacks by insurgents.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 13, 2015
British girls were helped into Syria by captured spy from U.S.-led coalition: Turkey
A spy who worked for a country in the U.S.-led coalition that is fighting Islamic State had helped three British girls to cross into Syria to join the militants and has been caught, the Turkish foreign minister said on Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 10, 2015
Iraq calls for air power to protect antiquities
Iraq urged a U.S.-led military coalition on Sunday to use air power to protect the country's antiquities from Islamic State fighters looting and destroying some of the world's greatest archaeological treasures.
WORLD
Sep 15, 2014
Latest beheading spurs coalition-building in fight against Islamic State
U.S. allies signaled their readiness to boost efforts to fight Islamic State under a coalition formed by President Barack Obama as the beheading of a British aid worker sparked further outrage.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 30, 2014
Japan on verge of legalizing war as Komeito bends
Japan is set Tuesday to legalize waging war even when not under direct attack. It is a drastic departure from its postwar position that the war-renouncing Constitution prohibits exercising the right to collective self-defense.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 27, 2014
Collective defense deal near
The ruling coalition closes in on three new standards that would let the Japanese military use force in cases other than when Japan is under attack.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 20, 2014
Mine-clearing in combat zones pushed for SDF
An LDP politician argues Japan can join collective-security operations after Prime Minister Abe fudges his stance on mine-sweeping, which is deemed use of force by international law.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 13, 2014
Article 9 ball in New Komeito's court as Abe rushes collective defense talks
Ruling coalition partner New Komeito mulls new defense principles from the Liberal Democratic Party that would let Japan use collective self-defense in nearly any circumstance.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 6, 2014
Abe drops SDF combat mission proposal
Japan's security talks take a twist as Prime Minister Abe's team says the SDF won't take missions in combat zones, after trying earlier to scrap the term 'non-combat zone.'

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