NATO must avoid any retrenchment along the flanks of the military bloc to maintain credible deterrence against Russian aggression at the time when the US is focused on the war in the Middle East, according to the Norwegian defense minister.

NATO forces wrapped up Exercise Cold Response 26 on Thursday following 10 days of arctic warfare drills across Norway and Finland. The exercise was the first NATO activity in the High North under Arctic Sentry,

President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the United States had been informed by most of its NATO allies that they did not want to get involved with the

President Trump tore into NATO allies on Tuesday over reluctance from “most” of them to get involved in the U.S.-Israeli military operation in Iran. “The United States has been informed by most of our NATO ‘Allies’ that they don’t want to get involved with our Military Operation against the Terrorist Regime of Iran,