Middle East
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Apr- 2019 -17 April
Israel’s defense exports top $7 billion in 2018
Israel's defense exports exceeded $7.5 billion in 2018, with the bulk going to Asia and the Pacific region, the government said
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15 April
Yemen government and Houthi rebels agree to Hodeidah plan, UN envoy says
Yemen's government and Houthi rebels have accepted a plan for a much-delayed pullback from the flashpoint city of Hodeidah, the UN envoy said
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15 April
Saudi Arabia and UAE use French weapons in Yemen, report reveals
French weapons are being used by the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia in Yemen, according to a classified note revealed by French media
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15 April
France, UK and US navies hold Artemis Trident counter-mine exercise off Bahrain coast
The US, French and British navies launched 'Artemis Trident' anti-mine exercises off Bahrain in support of the free movement in Gulf waters
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14 April
ISIS brands global attacks as ‘Vengeance for Sham’
Robert Postings looks at the first few days of Islamic State’s ‘Vengeance for Sham’ global campaign
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13 April
Climate change: an increasingly dangerous recruiting sergeant for insurgent groups
Extreme weather conditions from climate change are enabling insurgents to more-easily recruit and exert control on populations
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10 April
Iraq offers to try ISIS adherents if Coalition pays millions in court costs
Iraq has offered the US-led Coalition to put hundreds of accused Islamic State members on trial in Baghdad in exchange for millions of dollars
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9 April
Double car bomb in Syria’s Raqqa kills at least 8, mostly civilians
A double bomb attack in the northern Syrian city of Raqqa, a former ISIS bastion, killed at least eight people, mostly civilians
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9 April
German ISIS woman on trial for war crimes accused of letting Yazidi slave girl die of thirst
A German woman who joined ISIS went on trial accused of the war crime of letting a five-year-old Yazidi slave girl die of thirst in the sun
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9 April
The US-Israel ‘special relationship’ subsidizes American military industry and Israeli colonialism
The US military industry profiting from the colonization of Palestinian land is a long-term structuring element of the US-Israel special relationship, Anna Badillo argues
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