Middle East
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Mar- 2020 -5 March
Syria: Russia and Turkey agree to ceasefire in battered Idlib
Erdogan and Putin announce plans for a joint buffer zone to halt Syria's offensive against Idlib province, ceasefire to begin at midnight
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5 March
US and Israel cancel Juniper Cobra exercise over coronavirus travel restrictions
The US and Israel have scrapped the remainder of their joint military exercise Juniper Cobra 20 over the coronavirus outbreak
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5 March
US approves $2.4 billion sale to Israel of 8 Boeing KC-46 tanker aircraft
The US State Department approved a $2.4 billion sale of up to eight Boeing KC-46 aerial refueling and strategic transport aircraft to Israel
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4 March
US military linguist in Iraq charged with leaking informant identities to Hezbollah
A US military translator who was based in Iraq was charged with passing the names of US informants to people linked to Lebanon's Hezbollah
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3 March
Turkey shoots down 3rd Syrian warplane over Idlib, defense ministry says
Turkish fighters shot down a Syrian warplane over the northwest Idlib province, the third such downing in three days
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2 March
US to begin Afghanistan drawdown as Kabul, Taliban deadlock ahead of peace talks
Afghanistan's government and the Taliban are deadlocked on a prisoner swap ahead of peace talks, but the US will start pulling out troops anyway
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2 March
Syria’s regime re-enters key Idlib town ahead of Russia-Turkey talks
Syrian pro-regime troops re-entered the Idlib province town of Saraqeb amid a blitz of Turkish strikes against Bashar al-Assad's forces
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Feb- 2020 -28 February
NATO urges de-escalation in Syria after airstrike kills dozens of Turkish soldiers in Idlib
NATO called on Syria and Russia to return to a ceasefire in Idlib after an airstrike killed dozens of Turkish soldiers
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27 February
France declares Strait of Hormuz military mission fully operational
France declared the military component to its EMASOH maritime patrol mission in the strategic Strait of Hormuz fully operational
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27 February
Airstrike kills 3 Turkish soldiers in Syria’s Idlib offensive
Three Turkish soldiers were killed Thursday in an airstrike in Syria's Idlib province, where Ankara backs rebels against the Assad regime
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