Middle East
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Jan- 2020 -23 January
US to push European allies for new sanctions on Syria after Russia limits aid
US officials will meet with European counterparts in Brussels next week to discuss upping economic sanctions on Syria's Assad regime
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23 January
Intelligence ‘ambiguity’ raises questions over ISIS capability in Iraq and Syria, US-led Coalition says
ISIS's failure to exploit Iraq's protests raises doubts as to group's capabilities, a senior Coalition commander said
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21 January
US cyber war against ISIS faced bureaucratic hurdles, newly declassified documents reveal
US Cyber Command's operation against Islamic State faced a number of problems, including difficulties with interagency coordination
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21 January
Iran confirms 2 missiles fired at downed Ukraine airliner
Iran confirmed two missiles were fired at a Ukrainian airliner brought down this month, in a catastrophic error that killed all 176 people on board and sparked angry protests
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20 January
8 European states back naval force to patrol Strait of Hormuz
Eight EU nations gave their support for a naval patrol to help avoid conflicts in the Strait of Hormuz, the strategically critical entry to the Persian Gulf
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20 January
Iran will ‘consider’ nuclear weapons treaty withdrawal if Europe pushes UN dispute
Iran said it will consider withdrawing from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons if a dispute over its atomic program goes before the UN Security Council
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18 January
US sanctions Iran IRGC general, alleging he ordered protest crackdown
The US sanctioned Iran IRGC Brigadier General Hassan Shahvarpour for overseeing a massacre of protestors in November
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17 January
Car bomb kills Turkish soldiers, Syrian fighters in contested northeast
Three Turkish soldiers and at least four Syrian fighters were killed in the latest car bombing near the town of Tal Abyad in northeast Syria
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16 January
Syria’s Al Hol camp sees more than 500 deaths in 2019
At least 517 people, mostly children, died in 2019 in Syria's Al Hol housing displaced people and relatives of ISIS fighters, the Kurdish Red Crescent said
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15 January
Pilot killed in Egypt Air Force fighter jet crash during ‘training activity’ in North Sinai
An Egyptian Air Force pilot was killed when his fighter jet crashed during a "training activity," the Egyptian military said
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