Podcast: Stopping Canada’s Peacekeeping Exit
12 August 2026 DefenceReport’s editor Stewart Webb joined Professor Walter Dorn about the latest news of the further withdrawal of Canada’s commitment to peacekeeping. Currently, it stands at 26 personnel.…
Wires Brief: DNA match in Leipzig/Halle drone incident; Dissident Taliban commander calls for his fighters to fight the Taliban
12 August 2026 Iran War President Trump claimed that Iran’s negotiators are devious…again something that has been said before by the president. Trump stated that he has two options in…
Wires Brief: Russian missile output exceeds targets; Drone attack destroys Iraqi tank ammo storage
11 August 2026 Iran War As Iran demands war reparations for the damage the United States has done in Iran, President Trump now demands that Iran must pay compensation to…
Wires Brief: Russia aims to recruit 409,000 in 2026; Houthi rebels fire at Yemen & Saudi Arabia
10 August 2026 Yemen The Houthi rebels launched missiles and drones on the al-Mokha port on Yemen’s west coast. Although 11 drones were shot down, four soldiers and three civilians…
Wires Brief: Lithuania warns of Russian false flag operation; Türkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan form defence pact
7 August 2026 Iran War There are reports that President Trump clashed with Secretary of War Pete Hegseth after he felt misled about munition availability for the Iran war. It…
Wires Brief: Trump-class battleships to cost more than $275 billion; Espionage and drones in Germany
6 August 2026 Iran War Iran and Oman are close to an agreement on a route for ships to transit the Strait of Hormuz. Iranian officials have also stated that…
Podcast: Ceuta & Beyond: Escalating Threat to Europe
5 August 2026 Stewart Webb and Chris Murray sit down and discuss what occurred at the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, which saw the storming of 49,000 to 60,000 illegal migrants…
Wires Brief: North Korea to deploy missile unit to Russia; Kurdish Women’s Protection Units (YPJ) to join Syria as a counter-terrorism force
5 August 2026 Iran War The Iranian-backed Iraqi militia group, Kataib Hezbollah, stated that they will increase efforts to expand their arsenal and not disarm by the end of September.…
Wires Brief: US Army stockpile of ground-to-ground missiles depleted; Further cuts to Canadian peacekeeping contributions
4 August 2026 Iran War President Trump demonstrated his frustration with Iran after Iranian officials denied claims that new negotiations were taking place. Trump stated that the Iranians were duplicitous…
Wires Brief: US CENTCOM asking for Iran ideas; Nigeria busts Mexican cartel meth lab
3 August 2026 Iran War As the Iran War enters its sixth month, President Trump claims that new negotiations with Iran will begin today after he decided to call off…
