Djibouti, the former French territory in the Horn of Africa across from the Arabian Peninsula, is the site of the last significant French military base on the continent and, in fact, the largest ...

Russian plans for a naval base in Sudan to secure a foreign port are alarming the U.S. and risking new tensions with Moscow ...

Navy commander Shen Jinlong “read an order on constructing the base in Djibouti”, but agency Xinhua did not say when the base would begin operations. Ships carrying personnel for China's first ...

Though each crisis is driven by different, home-grown causes, “the question of who controls the Red Sea and who will ...

YAKIMA TRAINING CENTER, Wash. – "Claymore, Claymore, Claymore!" The warning echoes across the demolition range seconds before a deafening "whoomp" ...

At least seven China-backed ports have design features that make them able to berth naval facilities, even though they wasn't ...

The Chinese Navy plays catch-up to the United States' overseas presence from a new pier in Cambodia that can accommodate far ...

The United States has the widest network of military bases in the Asian region as part of its "forward deployment" strategy.

The Horn of Africa country ... from leases of bases by the government to foreign militaries. Djibouti's location makes it a strategically important country, hosting military bases for the United ...

This explosive training represents just one facet of Operation Djibouti Dawn ... back to what they joined the Army to do," Skiles said. "It was about using your [military occupational specialty ...