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Aug- 2019 -21 AugustMiddle East
Houthi rebels down US Reaper drone over Yemen
An American drone was shot down over Houthi rebel territory in Yemen, US officials said. The Houthis claimed credit
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21 AugustMiddle East
UAE denies it supports Yemen’s southern separatists capture of Aden
The UAE rejected accusations it supported Yemeni separatists in their seizure of the government's de facto capital Aden
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21 AugustBusiness
US approves $8 billion sale of 66 F-16 fighter jets to Taiwan
The US State Department approved the sale of 66 F-16 fighters to Taiwan, in a move expected to anger China
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21 AugustMiddle East
Hashd al-Shaabi ammunition cache explodes in Iraq, fourth in recent months
The head of Iraq's Civil Defense said that a "materiel stockpile" belonging to a Hashd al-Shaabi militia exploded at an airbase in northern Iraq
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20 AugustMiddle East
Yemen separatists seize two government military camps outside Aden
Yemeni separatists seized two government military camps days after agreeing to partially withdraw from government buildings in the capital
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19 AugustTechnology
US tests medium-range cruise missile after INF treaty pullout
The US announced the test of a medium-range ground-launched cruise missile after tearing up the INF deal eliminating such potentially nuclear-capable weapons
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19 AugustAfrica
Nigeria soldiers ambushed in Mogula near Cameroon border
Four Nigerian troops were killed in an ambush in Borno state carried out by fighters suspected to be from Islamic State West Africa Province
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19 AugustMiddle East
Syria: Airstrikes hit Turkish military convoy moving towards Idlib front
Aircraft supporting the Syrian army struck a Turkish military convoy attempting to resupply an outpost in Syria’s embattled Idlib province
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19 AugustEurope
Northern Ireland police thought targeted in bomb explosion near border
Northern Ireland police investigating a hoax bomb escaped injury when a device exploded near the Irish border in County Fermanagh
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16 AugustMiddle East
Turkey, US agree on northern Syria buffer zone airspace control, Akar says
The US and Turkey agreed on airspace control over the Syria-Turkey border zone, Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said
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