Middle East
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May- 2018 -18 May
Israel builds ‘missile net’ along eastern border to protect new airport
Israel has built a unique "missile net" to defend a new airport, as part of a newly-completed segment of its eastern border barrier, a military official said
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17 May
Denmark to withdraw special forces from Iraq, but capacity-building contingent will stay
Denmark said that special forces assigned to the U.S.-led Coalition will be withdrawn because they have completed their mission, but other troops in capacity building, and radar operation roles will remain
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16 May
Russian navy to ‘permanently’ patrol the Mediterranean armed with Kalibr missiles, Putin says
Russian naval ships armed with Kalibr cruise missiles will patrol off the coast of Syria on a continuous basis in order to ward off terrorist threats, President Vladimir Putin said
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14 May
Israeli forces kill protesting Palestinians in Gaza as US opens embassy in Jerusalem
Israeli forces shot and killed Palestinian protesters along the frontier with Gaza as mass protests erupted against the inauguration of the US embassy in Jerusalem
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10 May
Israel strikes dozens of ‘Iranian military targets’ in Syria overnight
Israel said it hit dozens of Iranian military targets in Syria overnight, including one where a rocket attack on the Israeli army in the Golan Heights originated.
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8 May
Israel blamed for strikes near Damascus after ordering shelters open in the Golan
Israeli forces struck Syria on Tuesday night, shortly after recalling reserve units and ordered shelters open in the Golan Heights
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8 May
Suicide bomb kills 2 in eastern Libya
A suicide bomber on Tuesday attacked a checkpoint in eastern Libya held by militiamen loyal to General Khalifa Haftar, killing at least two people including a civilian, a senior security official said. The attacker also killed a fighter from Haftar’s self-styled Libyan National Army when the vehicle they were driving exploded at a roadblock 90 kilometres (56 miles) east of Sirte, General Al-Mabruk Sahban told AFP. The attack has not yet been claimed. Sahban added that earlier in the day security services had detonated another car bomb discovered in the area. The attack on the checkpoint comes a day after Haftar announced the start of an offensive to recapture the city of Derna, held by Islamists and jihadists of the Mujahedeen Shura Council. In March, the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for two attacks against LNA checkpoints that killed 10 people. Last week, ISIS claimed a suicide attack in Tripoli against Libya’s electoral commission that killed 14 people. Libya has been wracked by chaos since a 2011 uprising that toppled and killed its long-time dictator Muammar Qaddafi, with two rival authorities vying for control. Haftar supports an administration based in the east of the country. A United Nations-backed unity government based …
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4 May
Did the Kremlin influence Trump’s plan to withdraw from Syria?
In February, Putin and Trump spoke by phone. Around that time, Trump began telling White House personnel he wanted to pull out of Syria. Jared Szuba investigates Russia's role in his decision
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3 May
Russian Su-30 crashes in Syria, both pilots killed,
Both pilots of a Russian Sukhoi-30SM were killed when the fighter jet crashed in Syria shortly after takeoff, the Russian Ministry of Defence said.
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1 May
SDF to restart offensive operations against ISIS in the MERV and on Syria-Iraq border
The Syrian Democratic Forces announced its Operation Jazeera Storm would return to offensive operations against Islamic State in eastern Syria to the border with Iraq
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