Middle East
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Jan- 2019 -16 January
Syria: US military personnel among dead in Manbij suicide bomb attack
A suicide attack was reported at a busy marketplace in the northern Syrian city of Manbij with an unknown number of casualties
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15 January
New UN envoy for Syria makes first Damascus trip
The new UN envoy to Syria began his first trip to Damascus, facing the daunting task of rekindling peace talks and succeeding where his predecessors failed
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14 January
US presses for deal with Turkey to protect Syrian Kurdish partners
US officials are stepping up diplomatic efforts to reach a settlement with Turkey to protect the Coalition’s partner in the war against ISIS
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14 January
Iran military cargo plane crash kills 15, army says
A military cargo plane crashed near the Iranian capital Tehran, the army said, with at least 13 people on board killed
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13 January
Israel has struck targets in Syria hundreds of times, Netanyahu says
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel had at the weekend carried out an airstrike in Syria, a rare public confirmation of such attacks
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12 January
Syria air defenses shoot down Israeli missiles near Damascus
Syrian air defenses shot down Israeli missiles near Damascus, the official SANA news agency reported, citing a military source
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11 January
The duties of comrades-in-arms
It is the responsibility of the world to repay the Kurdish people and the rest of the peoples of the region for their sacrifice in the fight against ISIS, Polat Can argues
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11 January
US begins Syria withdrawal
The US-led military coalition in Syria has begun pulling out, a spokesperson said without elaborating on locations or timetables
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10 January
Houthi drone kills troops loyal to Yemen government at Al-Anad airbase in Lahij
A Houthi rebel drone attack on Al-Anad, Yemen's largest airbase, killed several loyalist soldiers in Lahij province
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9 January
YPG and SDF capture 13 ISIS foreign fighters in one week
The YPG said it captured eight foreign ISIS fighters during the battle to recapture the Syrian town of Hajin in the eastern Deir Ezzor province from the group
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