Middle East
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Aug- 2018 -9 August
Saudi-led coalition admits Yemen airstrike that Red Cross says killed dozens of children
The Saudi-led coalition battling in Yemen said it carried out a deadly attack which the Red Cross said hit a bus carrying children
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9 August
Australia revokes citizenship of 5 dual nationals for joining ISIS
Australia has revoked the citizenship of five people who traveled to Iraq and Syria to join ISIS, bringing the number of people stripped of their citizenship to six
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9 August
Israeli strikes hit Gaza after barrage of rockets, killing toddler
Israel launched a wave of strikes across Gaza in response to some 150 rockets fired at its territory, leaving three Palestinians including a toddler dead
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8 August
AAI awarded $12.8 million drone ISR contract for Afghanistan airfields
Textron subsidiary AAI Corp. was awarded a $12.75 million contract modification to provide drone system ISR for US force protection in Afghanistan
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7 August
Macedonia arrests 7 accused of fighting with ISIS in Iraq and Syria
Police in Macedonia have arrested seven people accused of joining ISIS in Iraq and Syria, the interior ministry said
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7 August
Israeli strikes kill 2 Hamas fighters in Gaza
An Israeli strike killed two Hamas fighters in the Gaza strip after shots were fired at soldiers, Gazan and Israeli officials said
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6 August
Iraq sentences German woman and French man to life for ISIS membership
An Iraqi court sentenced a German woman and French man both to life in prison terms for joining ISIS
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3 August
US approves $40 million sale of 2,622 bombs to Kuwait
The U.S. State Department approved the sale to Kuwait of 2,622 bombs for its F/A-18 aircraft at an estimated cost of $40.4 million
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2 August
Russia to deploy military police at 8 observation points in Syria’s Golan Heights
Russia will deploy military police in Syria's Golan Heights, and UN peacekeepers have returned to the frontier, the defense ministry said
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2 August
South Korea deploys warship to Libya after kidnapping of foreign engineers
Seoul deployed a warship to Libya in an apparent show of force to secure the release of a South Korean man kidnapped with three Filipinos
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