Middle East • Page 222 of 286 • The Defense Post

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22 February

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Around 200 US “peacekeeping” troops will stay in Syria

The US military will keep around 200 "peacekeeping" troops in Syria, the White House said, weeks after President Trump announced US forces would withdraw

22 February

Staff Writer With AFP

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Family of UK ISIS member Shamima Begum says they will fight move to strip her citizenship

The family of London teenager Shamima Begum, who joined ISIS in Syria, said they would challenge the UK's decision to revoke her citizenship

21 February

Peshmerga soldiers practice urban room clearing during training at Bneslawa, Iraq

Jared Szuba

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Iraqi army and Peshmerga survey disputed territories ahead of joint operations

The KRG Peshmerga and Iraqi Army began surveying areas of Iraq’s disputed territories in preparation for joint operations more than a year after relations broke down

21 February

Staff Writer With AFP

French ISIS fighter Fabien Clain targeted in overnight airstrike in Syria

A French ISIS fighter who became notorious after claiming responsibility for the November Paris 2015 attacks was killed in an airstrike

21 February

Staff Writer With AFP

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Raqqa civil defense uncovers ISIS mass grave of 3,500 people

Below a plot of farmland outside the Syrian city of Raqqa lies a large and deadly legacy of ISIS: a mass grave holding an estimated 3,500 people

20 February

SDF fighters prepare to advance on the last pocket of ISIS territory in Syria near Baghuz

Staff Writer With AFP

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Women and children from last ISIS pocket in Syria evacuated

A convoy of trucks evacuated dozens of people including women and children from ISIS's last Syria territory, bringing the SDF closer to retaking the last of the "caliphate"

18 February

Jared Szuba

Alliance between SDF and Syrian regime is “very far away,” senior Kurdish official Salih Muslim says

Senior Kurdish politician Salih Muslim said a military partnership between the SDF and the Assad government is “very far away” and will depend on a negotiated political solution

18 February