Middle East
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Aug- 2018 -30 August
UN Syria envoy de Mistura offers to travel to Idlib to ensure civilian evacuations
UN Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura offered to personally travel to Idlib to help ensure civilians can leave amid fears of full-scale military operations
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29 August
Iraq court clears German-Turkish woman of ISIS ties
An Iraqi judge on Wednesday cleared a German-Turkish woman of having ties to Islamic State, more than a year after she was detained
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29 August
Suicide car bomber attacks western Iraq town of Qaim
A suicide bomber blew up a vehicle in the town of Al-Qaim in western Iraq, killing at least 11 people, five of them security personnel
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28 August
UN plans second Syria constitution meeting for September
The UN envoy for Syria will host senior officials from a range of countries for talks on drafting a new constitution in September
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28 August
UN investigates possible war crimes in Yemen conflict
All sides in Yemen's conflict may have committed war crimes, UN investigators said, highlighting air strikes, child soldiers, and sexual violence
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26 August
Iran air force pilot killed in F-5 fighter jet crash
An Iranian F-5 fighter jet crashed in southern Iran, killing its pilot and injuring the co-pilot, state media reported
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24 August
Slowly rising from the rubble, Raqqa rebuilds in the face of funding uncertainty
Raqqa faces obstacles to rebuild, Sirwan Kajjo reports from Syria, as Saudi Arabia pledges to fill the gap left by Trump’s stabilization funding cut
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22 August
Canadian Major-General Fortin named head of NATO training mission in Iraq
Canadian Armed Forces Major-General Dany Fortin will lead the new NATO training and capacity-building mission in Iraq
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21 August
Iran’s first indigenously developed fighter jet looks a lot like the American F-5
Iran unveiled the "Kowsar," it's first domestic fighter jet that looked remarkably like the Northrop Grumman F-5
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20 August
US soldier killed in special operations helicopter crash in Iraq
A US led Coalition against ISIS service member, Chief Warrant Officer 3 Taylor J. Galvin was killed in a helicopter crash in Iraq, Operation Inherent Resolve said
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