Middle East

France will send new arms shipment to Saudi Arabia, Parly says

French defense minister Parly confirmed that a new shipment of weapons will go to Saudi Arabia, despite claims Riyadh is using the arms in the Yemen war

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Pro-regime and Iran-backed militias sweep Syria-Iraq border for ISIS cells

The National Defense Forces, Syrian Arab Army troops, Lebanese Hezbollah and Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units are sweeping the border for ISIS cells

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Netanyahu orders Israel military to continue ‘massive’ strikes in response to Gaza rockets

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he ordered the military to launch further strikes on Gaza Strip militants in response to rocket fire from the territory

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Coalition and Iraqi forces attack ISIS sleeper cells in Hamrin mountains

CJTF-OIR and Iraqi forces attacked ISIS sleeper cells in northern Iraq, destroying tunnel systems, buildings, caves, and command positions

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ISIS leader al-Baghdadi appears in first video since declaring caliphate in 2014

The elusive chief of ISIS Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has appeared for the first time in five years in a propaganda video released by the jihadist organization

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Iraqi police officer killed by Coalition ‘friendly fire’ near Kirkuk

An Iraqi federal police officer was killed and two others wounded by US-led Coalition aircraft fire near Kirkuk

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ISIS steps up attacks on pro-Assad troops in Syria’s Badia desert

ISIS claims deadly attacks against Syrian government and pro-regime forces west of the Euphrates

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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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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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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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