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Sep- 2019 -19 SeptemberMiddle East
UAE joins new US-led Persian Gulf maritime security mission
The UAE joined a US-led force to protect Gulf shipping as tensions with Iran soared following attacks on Saudi oil facilities
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19 SeptemberMiddle East
Pentagon official: makeshift jails for captured ISIS adherents in Syria ‘not sustainable’
A US official said the detainment of tens of thousands ISIS members in makeshift prisons in Syria is “not sustainable"
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19 SeptemberAsia Pacific
Taliban car bomb in southern Afghanistan kills and injures more than 100, destroys hospital
A Taliban car bomb in Afghanistan's Zabul province targeted an intelligence services building and destroyed a nearby hospital
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18 SeptemberMiddle East
Pompeo blames Iran for ‘act of war’ in Saudi oil attack, US seeking coalition
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo described strikes on Saudi oil installations as an "act of war," and an "Iranian attack"
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18 SeptemberBusiness
UK launches national security investigation into Cobham takeover
The UK launched a national security probe into a £4-billion takeover bid for British defense group Cobham by US private equity firm Advent International
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18 SeptemberEurope
Spanish air force training aircraft crash kills instructor and student
A Spanish air force light training aircraft crashed into the Mediterranean sea off the southeastern Murcia coast, killing its pilot and his student
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18 SeptemberEurope
Germany extends Saudi arms sales embargo by 6 months
Germany has extended by six months a weapons export freeze against Saudi Arabia imposed a year ago over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi
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18 SeptemberAfrica
US AFRICOM commander Townsend meets G5 Sahel leaders in inaugural trip
US AFRICOM chief General Townsend made his first trip to the Sahel, meeting with the heads of the G5 Sahel joint force tasked with fighting insurgents
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17 SeptemberMiddle East
Syrian tribes call for Coalition help after Rukban aid convoy met with ‘aggression’
Tribal representatives in Syria's Rukban camp asked the US-led Coalition to take control after the UN and SARC were forced to cut short an aid mission
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17 SeptemberAsia Pacific
Dozens killed in twin Taliban attacks ahead of Afghanistan presidential election
People were killed in explosions in Afghanistan's capital Kabul and at an election rally in Parwan province after US and Taliban talks failed
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