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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 29 North American and European countries. The organization implements the North Atlantic Treaty that was signed on 4 April 1949. NATO constitutes a system of collective defence whereby its independent member states agree to mutual defence in response to an attack by any external party. NATO's Headquarters are located in Evere, Brussels, Belgium, while the headquarters of Allied Command Operations is near Mons, Belgium.

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Spain's coronavirus death toll surpasses that of China Spain registered an overnight jump of over 730 deaths from coronavirus on Wednesday, pushing the death toll above that of China, where the disease originated, for the first time, as the country.. Credit: Reuters Studio Duration: 01:15Published 6 days ago

Spain seeks urgent help from NATO Spain seeks urgent help from NATO Credit: Al Jazeera STUDIO Duration: 01:30Published 6 days ago

Erdogan demands 'concrete support' from EU, NATO over Syria Turkish president in Brussels for talks with EU and NATO leaders after tensions at Greek border over fate of refugees. Credit: Al Jazeera STUDIO Duration: 02:44Published 3 weeks ago


U.S. promises Turkey ammunition for Syria's Idlib battle The United States is willing to give NATO ally Turkey ammunition alongside humanitarian assistance in northwestern Syria where Ankara is in a deepening standoff with Russia, the U.S. special.. Credit: Reuters Studio Duration: 01:52Published on March 3, 2020

NATO urges Russia, Turkey to halt Idlib attacks NATO has held an emergency meeting to discuss the crisis in Idlib. Credit: Al Jazeera STUDIO Duration: 02:38Published on February 28, 2020

Turkey pushes migrants into EU after Syria losses The killing of 33 Turkish soldiers in Syria has moved the NATO ally ever closer to direct conflict with Russia. As the two sides consider their next moves, Turkey is also pressuring its own allies by.. Credit: Reuters Studio Duration: 01:51Published on February 28, 2020

U.S., Taliban reach truce that could lead to troop withdrawal The United States has reached an agreement with the Taliban on a week-long reduction of violence that could lead to U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, a senior administration official said on.. Credit: Reuters - Politics Duration: 01:22Published on February 14, 2020

Ben Wallace keen to serve ahead ofCabinet reshuffle Defence Secretary Ben Wallace, another minister reportedly under threat, said reshuffles could be "brutal" but said he hoped his military experience and the fact he is a northern MP would help keep him.. Credit: PA - Press Association STUDIO Duration: 00:36Published on February 12, 2020

Trump sending 20,000 troops to train with Europeans on Russian border It's the biggest US deployment of soldiers to Europe in more than 25 years. But NATO insists its not about Russia. View on euronews Credit: euronews (in English) Duration: 02:37Published on February 4, 2020

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Spain asks NATO for coronavirus testing kits, ventilators, protective gear The Spanish army has asked its NATO partners for coronavirus testing kits, ventilators and protective gear as part of the alliance's international assistance arrangements, Spanish armed forces chief.. Reuters - Published 1 week ago
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Four NATO service members arriving in Afghanistan test positive for coronavirus Four NATO service members in Afghanistan tested positive for coronavirus shortly after entering the country, the first confirmed cases in the mission, NATO said in a statement on Tuesday. Reuters - Published 1 week ago

NATO scales down exercises due to coronavirus NATO is scaling down military exercises in Europe to curb the spread of the coronavirus, but alliance missions are continuing, including the drawdown of the U.S.-led force in Afghanistan following a.. Reuters - Published 2 weeks ago
Former NATO chief Javier Solana has coronavirus: source Former NATO secretary general Javier Solana was admitted to hospital after testing positive for coronavirus, a source told Reuters, adding that his health was evolving positively and that he had been.. Reuters - Published 3 weeks ago
U.S. says in talks with NATO allies to provide Turkey military aid The U.S. is discussing with its NATO allies what they can offer Turkey in terms of military assistance in Idlib and discussing measures that may be taken if Russia and the Syrian government breaks a.. Reuters - Published 3 weeks ago

Erdogan to seek more EU help for refugees stuck in Turkey Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will seek European financial, political and military support in talks on Monday with EU and NATO leaders but will be told he must first stop encouraging migrants to.. Reuters - Published 3 weeks ago
RAF fighter jets scrambled to intercept Russian aircraft near Scotland, MoD says Nato forces move to head off an unknown number of bombers near British airspace Independent - Published 3 weeks ago
U.S. to withdraw troops from Afghanistan in 14 months if Taliban conditions met The United States and NATO would withdraw all troops in Afghanistan within 14 months if the Taliban upheld its commitments, according to a joint statement released by the U.S. and Afghan governments on.. Reuters - Published on February 29, 2020
NATO calls on Russia, Syria to halt Idlib offensive NATO's secretary-general called on Russia and Syria on Friday to halt the offensive in Idlib and said, after a meeting of the alliance's ambassadors, that NATO stood in solidarity with Turkey. Reuters - Published on February 28, 2020

NATO envoys to meet to discuss Syria at Turkey's request NATO ambassadors will meet in Brussels at Turkey's request on Friday to hold consultations about developments in Syria, the alliance said after the killing of 33 Turkish soldiers in a Syrian air strike.. Reuters - Published on February 28, 2020
U.S. says it stands by Turkey after attack on Turkish soldiers in Syria The United States is very concerned about a reported attack on Turkish soldiers in Syria's Idlib region and it stands by its NATO ally Turkey, the U.S. State Department said on Thursday. Reuters - Published on February 28, 2020
Climate activist Thunberg heads growing field of Nobel Peace Prize candidates Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg, pro-democracy campaigners in Hong Kong and the NATO military alliance are among those tipped for the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize, following nominations by.. Reuters - Published on February 26, 2020	NATO to expand Iraq training mission in response to Trump NATO defense ministers agreed on Wednesday to expand the Western alliance's training mission in Iraq, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said, responding to a demand by U.S. President Donald Trump.. Reuters - Published on February 12, 2020
NATO agrees to expand Iraq training mission, Stoltenberg says NATO defense ministers agreed on Wednesday to expand the Western alliance's training mission in Iraq, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said, responding to a demand by U.S. President Donald Trump.. Reuters - Published on February 12, 2020	NATO's image worsens sharply in France, United States, study shows NATO's public image in the United States and France worsened sharply last year, according to a Pew Research Center study, after U.S. President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron.. Reuters - Published on February 10, 2020
North Macedonia hopes for NATO accession ratification in March North Macedonia's President Stevo Pendarovski said on Tuesday that he expects the procedure of ratification country's membership in North Atlantic Treaty organization to be completed next month. Reuters - Published on February 4, 2020	Turkish foreign minister calls for enlarged NATO, Georgia membership Turkey's foreign minister called on Thursday for the enlargement of NATO and the addition of Georgia to the organization. Reuters - Published on January 23, 2020
Turkish foreign minister says Russian S-400 air defense no threat to NATO Turkish foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Thursday that Russia's S-400 air defense system was compatible with NATO, which needed to set up a working group to study it. Reuters - Published on January 23, 2020	Global Hawk drones: A look at Nato's new spy tool The Global Hawk, which is unmanned, can travel halfway around the world on one tank of fuel. BBC News - Published on January 18, 2020
Two U.S. service members killed in Afghanistan: NATO Two U.S. service members were killed and two others wounded when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb in Afghanistan's southern province of Kandahar, the NATO-led Resolute Support Mission said in a.. Reuters - Published on January 11, 2020	Washington spurns Iraqi call to remove troops Washington on Friday spurned an Iraqi request to prepare to pull out its troops, amid heightened U.S.-Iranian tensions after the U.S. killing of an Iranian commander in Baghdad, and said it was.. Reuters - Published on January 11, 2020
Bomb hits foreign troops in Afghan south, no word on casualties A roadside bomb hit a convoy of U.S. troops on Saturday in Afghanistan's southern province of Kandahar, a NATO spokesman and an Afghan official said, but there were no immediate details of casualties.. Reuters - Published on January 11, 2020	Pompeo discussed expanded NATO force in Iraq with Canadian formin: statement U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discussed the possibility of an expanded NATO presence in Iraq in a call with his Canadian counterpart, Foreign Minister François‑Philippe Champagne, the State.. Reuters - Published on January 10, 2020
Iran may have shot down Ukrainian passenger plane: NATO chief Iran's air defense may have shot down the Ukrainian passenger plane that crashed near Teheran on Wednesday, killing all 176 people on board, the head of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO).. Reuters - Published on January 10, 2020	Trump floats expanding NATO to add Middle East U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said he supported expanding the North American Treaty Organization to include Middle Eastern nations, as the United States seeks to limit its troop footprint.. Reuters - Published on January 9, 2020
Trump, NATO chief discuss situation in Middle East: White House U.S. President Donald Trump discussed the situation in the Middle East with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday and "emphasized the value of NATO increasing its role in preventing.. Reuters - Published on January 8, 2020	NATO moving some personnel out of Iraq due to safety concerns NATO is moving some of its trainers out of Iraq, a NATO official said on Tuesday, following fears of a regional conflagration in the wake of a U.S. drone strike on Iran's top military commander last.. Reuters - Published on January 7, 2020
U.S. briefs NATO over Iran strike, avoids European criticism All members of the Atlantic alliance stood behind the United States in the Middle East after it briefed NATO on its drone strike that killed Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani, NATO.. Reuters - Published on January 6, 2020	NATO to hold urgent meeting on Monday over Iraq-Iran crisis NATO ambassadors will gather on Monday in Brussels for an urgent meeting convened by the head of the military alliance to discuss the situation in the Middle East after a U.S. drone strike in Baghdad.. Reuters - Published on January 5, 2020
NATO suspends Iraq training mission after Soleimani killing NATO has suspended training of Iraqi forces to ensure the safety of several hundred mission members amid fears for regional stability after a U.S. air strike in Baghdad killed a top Iranian general, an.. Reuters - Published on January 4, 2020	Secret documents from 1990s reveal 'farcical' plans to allow Russia to join Nato 'Integrating Russia into European and western family of nations in realistic and sensitive way the most difficult problem we face' Independent - Published on December 31, 2019
Johnson serves Christmas lunch to British troops Boris Johnson stresses the UK commitment to Nato on a visit to the alliance's mission in Estonia. BBC News - Published on December 21, 2019