Year: 2019

US suspends F-35 deliveries to Turkey over S-400 purchase from Russia

The US is halting deliveries to Turkey related to the F-35 stealth fighter jet program after the NATO ally bought Russia's S-400 air and missile defense system

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Nigeria: Troops kill 16 ‘Boko Haram terrorists’ in Lake Chad area, MNJTF says

Troops from the regional Multinational Joint Task Force 'neutralised' 16 'Boko Haram terrorists' in the Lake Chad area of Nigeria's Borno state

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Nigerian Air Force receives Paramount Group’s Marauder MRAPs

The Nigerian Air Force has received Marauder mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicles from South Africa's Paramount Group, the company said

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Israel’s Rafael posts record $2.6 billion in sales for 2018

Israeli defense contractor Rafael posted record sales of nearly $2.6 billion in fiscal year 2018, up from around $2.2 billion the year before

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From Caliphate to International Criminal Tribunal? ISIS detainees raise complicated questions under international law

Delivering justice to ISIS victims is a challenging task that must account for international human rights law and political realities

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ISIS’s ‘caliphate’ was crushed. Now Syria’s Kurd-led alliance faces bigger battles

Reporting from Syria in the dying days of the ISIS caliphate, Jared Szuba talks to Kurds and Arabs about the fight for their shared future

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Germany extends ban on arms exports to Saudi Arabia by a further six months

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition government extended an embargo on weapons exports to Saudi Arabia until the end of September

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US Marine Corps General McKenzie replaces retiring Votel as CENTCOM Commander

Newly promoted General Kenneth F. McKenzie took over the leadership of US Central Command, which oversees military operations in the Middle East

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Nigeria: 2 killed in Boko Haram attack on Miringa military base

Boko Haram militants raided a military base in Miringa in northeast Nigeria's Borno state, killing a police officer and a local resident

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Four Burkina Faso gendarmes killed in attack on base in Barani near Mali border

Four Burkina Faso gendarmes were killed in an attack on a base in the Boucle du Mahoun region near the Mali border

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