Middle East
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May- 2019 -14 May
Yemen’s Houthi rebels target Saudi Arabia oil facilities in drone attacks
Yemen's Houthi rebels said they carried drone attacks in Saudi Arabia that halted the pumping of crude oil along a major pipeline in response to "crimes" in Yemen
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10 May
Kazakhstan repatriates 156 children of ISIS fighters from Syria
Kazakhstan said it had evacuated 231 of its citizens, most of them children, from Syria after they traveled or were taken there to join ISIS
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10 May
Qatar cleared for $3 billion purchase of 24 Boeing AH-64E Apache attack helicopters
The US approved the sale of 24 AH-64E Apache attack helicopters to Qatar at an estimated cost of $3 billion, the DSCA said
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8 May
An education in Islamic State extremism
In its proto-state, Islamic State focused on education to indoctrinate children through textbooks that glorified violence
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8 May
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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6 May
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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5 May
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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Apr- 2019 -30 April
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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29 April
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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26 April
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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