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Dec- 2018 -21 DecemberMiddle East
Turkey postpones Syria military operation against YPG pending US withdrawal
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said a military operation in northern Syria against the YPG had been postponed, but warned the 'waiting period' was not open-ended
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21 DecemberMiddle East
‘We need time’: Incredulous US officials hustled to alert ‘shocked’ allies about Trump’s Syria withdrawal
US State and Defense departments hurried to rework plans in the wake of Trump’s shock decision to pull troops from Syria
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21 DecemberAsia Pacific
Trump plans ‘significant withdrawal’ of US troops from Afghanistan
President Donald Trump has decided to pull a significant number of troops from Afghanistan, a US official told AFP a day after he announced a withdrawal from Syria
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20 DecemberMiddle East
Syrian Democratic Council leaders set for Paris talks on US withdrawal
Two top leaders of the SDC, the political arm of the SDF alliance that is battling ISIS, are to visit France for talks on the U.S. military withdrawal from Syria
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19 DecemberMiddle East
US to leave Syria-Turkey border observation posts in effort to buy withdrawal time
US officials plan to dismantle recently-built observation posts on the Syria-Turkey border after President Donald Trump announced US troops are to withdraw
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19 DecemberWar
US will withdraw troops from Syria
US President Donald Trump will withdraw US forces deployed to Syria with the Coaltion against ISIS
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18 DecemberSpace
Trump orders US military to create ‘Space Command’
US President Donald Trump ordered the creation of "Space Command," a new structure within the Pentagon that will control military space operations
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Jul- 2018 -20 JulyEurope
Ukraine to get $200 million from Pentagon for additional training, equipment and advisory efforts
The U.S. Department of Defense announced $200 million in additional assistance to Kiev to boost the defensive capacity of Ukraine's forces.
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13 JulyEurope
NATO summit fails to bring to clarity on defense spending or future membership
The NATO summit ended with a strong joint communique on Russia but no clear vision for the future of defense spending or expanding membership
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10 JulyEurope
Debating direction: Summit split over NATO’s future focus?
Beyond defense spending, this year’s NATO Summit in Brussels will see debate over whether to look east to Russia or south to Africa
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