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UK defense officials said Russian Su-35 and Su-27 fighter jets flew within six meters of British reconnaissance aircraft, triggering emergency systems in the most serious encounter in years.

Syria knows that working on ties with Israel will be helpful because the US is very close to Israel and focused on Israeli relations currently.

Trump's administration has repeatedly slammed European allies for not spending enough on their militaries and relying on the US for defense.

Any decision to launch a mission would require the approval of all NATO's 32 members, and several have already signaled opposition.

Belarus said the exercise would test the military's readiness to deploy nuclear weapons in different areas of the country.

“That is not negotiation,” Smart said. “It is surrender language packaged as diplomacy.”

Explosions, US self-defense strikes, and renewed clashes near the Strait of Hormuz show how unresolved maritime leverage, Gulf vulnerability, and political deadlock could push the conflict further.

The pause in the US plan to enable the movement of ships through the Strait illustrates just how complex a task this has become.

Rutte also said "more and more" European nations were pre-positioning assets such as minehunters and minesweepers close to the Gulf to be ready for a "next phase".

Finland joined NATO with the expectation that breaking with its traditional long-standing policy line would grant it a US and European security umbrella. But this framework has not yet been tested.