As many as 300 family members of the Islamic State (IS) militants fled a northern Syrian city following the recent military progress made by the Syrian army and a newly-formed rebel group called Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a monitor group reported on Monday.
The Syrian Democratic Force (SDF), a new Western-backed rebel alliance, continued its progress against the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria's al-Hasakah province near the Iraqi borders on Sunday, a monitor group reported.
As Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sets about fulfilling his legacy of normalizing Japan's military and reversing decades of time-honored pacifism, revelations of institutionalized bullying and harassment within the ranks of the Self-Defense Force (SDF), as well as a resistance to Abe's plans for a more proactive military, are raising questions of the SDF's preparedness for such a shift.
Japan is mulling the idea of allowing its Self-Defense Forces (SDF) to be deployed to assist international missions of European Union troops, local media reported on Wednesday, citing an unnamed government source.
Japan's ruling coalition parties discussed on Friday whether the Self-Defense Forces (SDF) should be allowed to play an expanded role in overseas operations and even without a UN mandate in certain scenarios.
Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its small ruling partner the New Komeito Party are at odds on a government proposal issued Tuesday that seeks to allow the Self-Defense Forces (SDF) to support Japan's allies in combat zone.
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