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22 November

USS Gabrielle Giffords in the South China Sea

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China slams ‘provocative’ US warship navigation operations in disputed waters

China accused the US of "provocative" conduct after warships USS Gabrielle Giffords and USS Wayne E. Meyer sailed near the Spratly islands in the South China Sea

21 November

Russian forces fired on and seized Ukrainian Navy ships off the coast of the Crimean Peninsula

Staff Writer With AFP

Ukraine navy ships held by Russia return to Ochakiv port

Three navy vessels that Moscow seized last year and handed back to Ukraine have arrived at a Ukrainian port, though Kiev said they were stripped of equipment

15 November

A Ukrainian soldier assigned to 1st Battalion, 92nd Mechanized Brigade, fires a rocket propelled grenade during a platoon live-fire exercise

Staff Writer With AFP

France to host Zelensky and Putin in bid to end Ukraine conflict

Russia's President Vladimir Putin and his Ukranian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky will meet in Paris in a bid to end the conflict in Ukraine

8 November

Staff Writer With AFP

Ukraine troops, Russia-backed separatists delay withdrawal from Petrivske

The Ukrainian army and Russia-backed separatists postponed the last phase of a long-awaited troop pullback in the eastern Donetsk region

7 November

Staff Writer With AFP

Accused of airstrike civilian casualty cover-up, Colombia’s defense minister Botero resigns

Colombia's defense minister Guillermo Botero resigned after facing accusations of trying to cover up the deaths of children in an airstrike on a drug trafficking gang

6 November

Jared Szuba

Trump administration sends mixed signals on Lebanon military aid

A US official pushed back on reports that the Trump administration had suspended aid to Lebanon's Armed Forces, the National reported

1 November

Jared Szuba

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It took almost a year, but a simple shift in US stance led to Turkey’s assault against Syria’s Kurds

US diplomats' short-sighted Syria strategy may have led to Turkey's incrusion and unravelled the partnership with the SDF

Oct- 2019 -

22 October

General Felix Gedney reviews coalition training in Iraq

Staff Writer With AFP

German coalition government divided over call for international Syria border security mission

Germany's coalition government was divided after defense minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer's surprise call for international troops to secure northeast Syria

21 October

Staff Writer With AFP

Bahrain hosts Gulf maritime security conference with Israel in attendance

Representatives from more than 60 countries including met in Bahrain to discuss maritime security following attacks on tankers in the Gulf and Saudi oil installations

7 October