Middle East
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Oct- 2019 -25 October
The US is consolidating its Syria role in the Middle Euphrates valley. Here’s why it matters.
Despite withdrawing from northern Syria, the US military will secure oil installations in the east to deter Iran and the regime
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25 October
After years helping others, aid workers are Syria’s latest refugees
Syrians who worked for international NGOs are fleeing to Iraq, fearing conscription into the army, or reprisals from the regime or Turkey-backed rebels
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25 October
Yemen government and southern separatists agree to power-sharing deal
Yemen's southern separatists struck a power-sharing deal with the government to end a conflict simmering within the long-running civil war
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25 October
US to send ‘additional military assets’ to Syria’s oil region amid troop withdrawal
The US said it planned to increase up its presence in eastern Syria in order to protect oil fields from being retaken by ISIS
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25 October
Additional Russian military police arrive in Syria for border patrols
Some 300 Russian military police have arrived in Syria to patrol the flashpoint Syrian-Turkish frontier under a deal with Turkey
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24 October
NATO defense ministers criticize Turkey’s northern Syria incursion
NATO defense ministers slammed Turkey's military operation in Syria but recognized they have few options to sanction the strategic ally
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24 October
Five Turkish soldiers injured in northeast Syria attack
Five Turkish soldiers were wounded after an SDF attack n a northeastern Syrian border town, the defense ministry said
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24 October
Turkey-backed rebels launch ‘large-scale’ assault on 3 Syrian villages, SDF says
Turkey-backed rebels launched an assault on three villages outside the area of Ankara's military operations in northeast Syria, the SDF said
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23 October
Turkey in talks to buy more S-400 missile defense systems from Russia
Turkey is in talks to buy more S-400 missile defense systems from Russia, state arms exporter Rosoboronexport said
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23 October
Yemen government and Houthi rebels establish joint observation posts in Hodeidah
Yemen's government and the Houthi rebels established joint observation posts in the key port city of Hodeidah as part of a UN-brokered deal
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