Middle East
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Nov- 2019 -10 November
Five Italian special forces personnel injured in IED explosion in northern Iraq
Five Italian special forces personnel were wounded when they were struck by an IED while supporting Kurdish Peshmerga in northern Iraq
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8 November
Estonia parliament approves Mali troop increase for Operation Barkhane
Estonia's parliament agreed to increase to 95 the country's troop deployment to the France-led Operation Barkhane counter-terrorism mission in the Sahel
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7 November
US approves sale to UAE of 10 Boeing CH-47F Chinook helicopters for $830 million
The US approved a possible sale of 10 Boeing CH-47F Chinook heavy lift helicopters to the United Arab Emirates for more than $830 million
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7 November
New US-led coalition launches Operation Sentinel to protect Persian Gulf shipping
The new US-led naval International Maritime Security Construct launched Operation Sentinel to protect shipping in the Persian Gulf
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7 November
Houthi missile strike on Yemen military base kills 6, forces hospital closure
Six people, including four civilians, were killed in an attack by Yemeni rebels on a military base in the Red Sea coastal town of Mokha
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6 November
Trump administration sends mixed signals on Lebanon military aid
A US official pushed back on reports that the Trump administration had suspended aid to Lebanon's Armed Forces, the National reported
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6 November
UAE merges more than 25 defense industry firms into EDGE group
The de facto leader of the United Arab Emirates announced the formation of a government-controlled defense industry conglomerate EDGE
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5 November
Yemen government and southern separatists sign power-sharing deal
Yemen's government signed a power-sharing deal with southern separatists in an initiative to end a conflict within the country's civil war
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5 November
Turkey says it arrested dead ISIS leader Baghdadi’s sister in Azaz
Turkish forces in northern Syria detained a sister of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of ISIS who was killed in a US raid last week
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4 November
Dutch government admits killing Iraqi civilians in anti-ISIS airstrike
The Dutch government admitted that it killed dozens of civilians in an airstrike against Islamic State in Iraqi in 2015
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