Year: 2019
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Dec- 2019 -16 DecemberEurope
NATO facing most ‘complex’ security environment in its history, Stoltenberg says
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said the powerful Western military alliance was facing the most "complex security" environment in its history amid rising tensions
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16 DecemberEurope
Turkey delivers Bayraktar TB2 drone to northern Cyprus
A Turkish Bayraktar TB2 military drone was delivered to northern Cyprus amid growing tensions over Turkey's deal with Libya
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13 DecemberBusiness
US SOCOM awards Lightforce USA $54 million contract for P-VPS rifle scopes
US Defense Department awarded Lightforce USA, Inc., a $53,735,930 contract for Precision-Variable Power Scopes (P-VPS) for Special Operations
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13 DecemberAsia Pacific
Afghanistan: Roadside bomb in Ghazni kills 10 civilians
Ten civilians, including four women and a child, were killed when their vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan
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13 DecemberEurope
Fire on Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov extinguished
Emergency workers have extinguished the fire that broke out on the Russian navy's only aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov
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12 DecemberMiddle East
Iraq suicide bomber kills 7 Saraya al-Salam fighters
Seven Iraqi fighters were killed when a suicide bomber attacked a base of Saraya al-Salam near Samarra
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12 DecemberMiddle East
Fearing conscription into Assad’s army, Syrian Kurds flee to Iraq
Syrian Kurdish men in Iraq say they fled not only Turkey's military offensive but the possibility of conscription into Assad's army
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12 DecemberAfrica
Al-Shabaab attacks Somali army base in Hilweyne, killing 5
Four civilians and a Somali Army soldier were killed when al-Shabaab attacked an army base in Hilweyne, north of the capital
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12 DecemberMiddle East
Rockets fired at Baghdad base housing US troops in new attack
Two rockets were fired at a military base near Baghdad airport housing US troops, the 10th such attack since late October, the Iraqi army said
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12 DecemberEurope
Russia’s only aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov catches fire in Arctic shipyard
A fire broke out on Russia's only aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov, as it underwent repairs in an Artic shipyard
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