Year: 2019

US to send ‘additional military assets’ to Syria’s oil region amid troop withdrawal

The US said it planned to increase up its presence in eastern Syria in order to protect oil fields from being retaken by ISIS

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Additional Russian military police arrive in Syria for border patrols

Some 300 Russian military police have arrived in Syria to patrol the flashpoint Syrian-Turkish frontier under a deal with Turkey

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NATO defense ministers criticize Turkey’s northern Syria incursion

NATO defense ministers slammed Turkey's military operation in Syria but recognized they have few options to sanction the strategic ally

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Five Turkish soldiers injured in northeast Syria attack

Five Turkish soldiers were wounded after an SDF attack n a northeastern Syrian border town, the defense ministry said

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Russia sends S-400 to Serbia for drills as Belgrade confirms Pantsir-S purchase

Serbia has ordered a Pantsir-S air defense system, the president said, as Russia deployed both S-400 and Pantsir-S systems to the Balkan state

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Denmark parliament approves deployments to Barkhane and MINUSMA in the Sahel

Denmark's parliament has approved two separate deployments of a C-130J and EH-101 helicopters to the Sahel region of sub-Saharan Africa

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Turkey-backed rebels launch ‘large-scale’ assault on 3 Syrian villages, SDF says

Turkey-backed rebels launched an assault on three villages outside the area of Ankara's military operations in northeast Syria, the SDF said

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Nigeria signs contract with Russia for 12 Mi-35 helicopter gunships

The government of Nigeria has signed a contract with Russia for the supply of 12 Mi-35 helicopter gunships

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Burkina Faso troops killed in ambushes in Barsalogho, Centre-Nord region

Gunmen killed six Burkina Faso soldiers in ambushes in Guiendbila and Sidogo in the Centre-Nord region

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Iran ‘terrorist’ plot against MEK thwarted, Albania police say

Albanian police said they had thwarted a planned attack by a Tehran-backed "terrorist cell" against opponents of the Iranian government

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