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13 December

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Israel hits Gaza after rocket fire, three wounded

The Israeli air force hit the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Wednesday lightly wounding three people, after Palestinians fired at southern Israel, the military and Gaza security officials said.

12 December

F-16 launches AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon glide bomb

Fergus Kelly

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Saudi Arabia to buy more than 600 Raytheon-made Joint Standoff Weapons for $302 million

Raytheon has been awarded a $302 million contract to produce 618 AGM-154C Joint Standoff Weapon glide bombs for Saudi Arabia

11 December

Staff Writer With AFP

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Putin orders partial Russia troop withdrawal from Syria during surprise visit to Hmeimim air base

President Vladimir Putin on Monday ordered the partial withdrawal of Russian troops from Syria during a surprise visit to the country en route to Egypt

10 December

Fergus Kelly

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Qatar signs £6 billion deal with UK for 24 Typhoon fighter jets, missiles and bombs

Qatar signed a contract with the UK to purchase 24 Eurofighter Typhoon multirole fighter jets, Brimstone and Meteor missiles and Paveway IV bombs

9 December

Haider al-Abadi, Prime Minister of Iraq, at the Munich Security Conference

Staff Writer With AFP

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Prime Minister Abadi declares ‘end of war’ against ISIS in Iraq

Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Saturday declared victory in the three-year war by Iraqi forces to expel Islamic State

8 December

Joanne Stocker

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US airstrikes kill 5 al-Qaeda militants in Yemen’s al-Bayda – Pentagon

U.S. military airstrikes in Yemen killed five al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula militants in the al-Bayda governorate, the Department of Defense said on Friday.

7 December

UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura

Staff Writer With AFP

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Syrian government to rejoin Geneva talks on Sunday

Syrian government negotiators will return to Geneva this weekend to rejoin United Nations-backed peace talks, after leaving the city in protest last week, U.N. envoy Staffan de Mistura said.

7 December