Middle East
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Dec- 2018 -31 December
Iraq sentenced more than 600 foreigners for links to ISIS in 2018
Iraq sentenced more than 600 foreigners, including many women and dozens of minors, in 2018 for belonging to Islamic State, the judiciary said
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30 December
Children of Russian ISIS fighters flown home from Iraq
Thirty Russian children whose mothers are in Iraqi prison for belonging to Islamic State left Iraq to return home
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29 December
Yemen’s Houthi rebels begin withdrawal from Hodeidah under UN agreement
Yemen's Houthi rebels have begun to withdraw from the port of Hodeidah, the country's key aid lifeline, under an agreement reached earlier this month
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24 December
Order signed to withdraw US troops from Syria
The order to withdraw US troops from Syria has been signed, the military said after President Donald Trump and his Turkish counterpart agreed to prevent a power vacuum
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23 December
“What can we tell them?”: US general pressed for reassurance for SDF after Syria withdrawal decision
After Trump’s decision to withdraw US troops from Syria, a CJTF-OIR commander sought direction on what to tell their SDF partners
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23 December
Yemen: Head of UN monitor team arrives in rebel-held capital Sana’a
The head of the UN team tasked with monitoring a fragile ceasefire in Yemen's port city of Hodeidah arrived in the rebel-held capital of Sana'a
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21 December
US should back military operation against ISIS led by NATO-ally Turkey
Sanctioning a Turkish military campaign in northeast Syria will have a revitalizing effect on US-Turkey and Turkey-Coalition ties and prevent an ISIS resurgence
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21 December
Turkey postpones Syria military operation against YPG pending US withdrawal
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said a military operation in northern Syria against the YPG had been postponed, but warned the 'waiting period' was not open-ended
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21 December
‘We need time’: Incredulous US officials hustled to alert ‘shocked’ allies about Trump’s Syria withdrawal
US State and Defense departments hurried to rework plans in the wake of Trump’s shock decision to pull troops from Syria
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20 December
Syrian Democratic Council leaders set for Paris talks on US withdrawal
Two top leaders of the SDC, the political arm of the SDF alliance that is battling ISIS, are to visit France for talks on the U.S. military withdrawal from Syria
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