Tag: Ramstein air base

Germany Stresses Unity as U.S. Cuts 5,000 Troops

A Boeing C-17 Globemaster III military transport aircraft takes off from the U.S. Air Base in Ramstein, the central air hub for Europe and the Middle East. Following growing tensions between President Donald Trump and Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU), the U.S. government has ordered the partial withdrawal of troops from Germany. About 5,000 of them are to be redeployed over the next six to twelve months | File Photo: Boris Roessler/dpa

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius stressed that the United States and Germany have shared military interests after the announcement of plans to withdraw U.S. 5,000 troops from bases in Germany over the next year. Officials stress cooperation will continue, while Europe may take on greater security responsibility.

German court rejects Yemeni complaint against U.S. air base supporting drone attacks

The Second Senate of the Federal Constitutional Court, (l-r), Thomas Offenloch, Astrid Wallrabenstein, Ulrich Maidowski, Doris König (Chairwoman of the Second Senate), Christine Langenfeld, Rhona Fetzer, Peter Frank, announce the verdict on US drone missions via Ramstein | Photo: Uli Deck/dpa

Germany’s top court on Tuesday rejected a constitutional complaint over the government’s legal responsibility for U.S. drone attacks carried out in Yemen with the assistance of facilities at a U.S. air base in Ramstein. The Constitutional Court, based in the south-western city of Karlsruhe, denied the suit brought by two Yemeni nationals whose relatives were killed in a U.S. drone attack in Yemen in 2012.