Middle East
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Jan- 2019 -29 January
Seven killed in Yemen market bombing blamed on Houthi rebels
A bomb attack in a market killed seven Yemeni civilians including a photographer for a UAE television channel in the town of Mokha
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28 January
Syria will cooperate on Adana counter-terror agreement if Turkey withdraws forces
Syria declared its readiness to cooperate on an agreement that requires it to crack down on the PKK on the condition that Turkey remove its proxies and troops
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28 January
ISIS ‘caliphate’ in Syria cut to 4 square km, SDF commander says
ISIS's once-sprawling "caliphate" has been reduced to a four-square-kilometer pocket of territory in eastern Syria, an SDF commander said
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28 January
Yemen truce and prisoner exchange timelines pushed back, UN envoy says
The UN envoy for Yemen said the timeline for a truce in the port city of Hodeidah and a prisoner swap between warring parties had been pushed back
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25 January
SDF’s ‘special status’ should be preserved in Syria political settlement, commander says
Mazloum Kobane, commander of the SDF spearheading the battle against ISIS, said the force's "special status" should be preserved in talks with the Damascus government
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25 January
Coalition investigates possible civilian casualties in Syria’s Middle Euphrates River Valley
The US-led Coalition against Islamic State said it was investigating possible civilian casualties in Syria's Middle Euphrates River Valley
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24 January
SDF closes on last ISIS redoubt in Syria as YPG set for Damascus talks “within days”
The US-led Coalition-backed SDF closes in on the last pocket of ISIS territory in eastern Syria, as the YPG commander says talks with the regime on northern Syria are imminent
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23 January
Russia calls on Israel to stop ‘arbitrary’ Syria airstrikes
Russia's foreign ministry called for an end to Israeli airstrikes in Syria, saying they were "arbitrary" and must be "ruled out"
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22 January
Israel and US test Arrow 3 ballistic missile interceptors
The Israeli and US defense ministries they had successfully tested Arrow 3 ballistic missile interceptors deployed at Israeli airbases
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21 January
ISIS targets Coalition-SDF convoy in Hasakah suicide attack
US-led Coalition and SDF personnel were reported to be killed and injured in a suicide attack on a convoy in northeastern Syria's Hasakah governorate
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