Germany
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Jun- 2019 -20 June
Germany and Qatar push for Afghanistan-Taliban peace talks
Germany and Qatar are working to organize an "inter-Afghan dialogue," in an effort to start formal talks between the government and Taliban
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17 June
France, Germany and Spain sign next-generation combat jet agreement
France, Germany and Spain unveiled the first concept models for the Future Combat Air System jet, an ambitious project aimed at bringing together EU military forces
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May- 2019 -15 May
Germany pauses Iraq training but says no ‘concrete threat’ to military personnel
Germany has halted its training of soldiers in Iraq, a defense ministry spokesman said as tensions rise between neighboring Iran and the US
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10 May
German parliament extends Africa military missions
The Bundestag extended German deployments to UN and EU missions in Mali and to the EU's Operation Atalanta anti-piracy mission until May 2020
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Apr- 2019 -29 April
Weak UN resolution exposes conflict between sexual violence survivors’ needs and political ideology
UN Security Council Resolution 2467 on sexual violence in conflict prioritized political consensus over survivors
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9 April
German ISIS woman on trial for war crimes accused of letting Yazidi slave girl die of thirst
A German woman who joined ISIS went on trial accused of the war crime of letting a five-year-old Yazidi slave girl die of thirst in the sun
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5 April
Germany repatriates children of ISIS fighters from Iraq
Germany has repatriated from Iraq children of jailed ISIS adherents, the foreign ministry said, as the war against ISIS draws to a close
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Mar- 2019 -29 March
Germany extends ban on arms exports to Saudi Arabia by a further six months
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition government extended an embargo on weapons exports to Saudi Arabia until the end of September
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6 March
Germany extends ban on Saudi Arabia arms sales until end of March
Germany extended a temporary, disputed ban on arms exports to Saudi Arabia until the end of the month
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Feb- 2019 -27 February
NATO begins Dynamic Manta submarine drills in Mediterranean Sea
Submarines, ships and aircraft from 10 NATO countries launched Dynamic Manta 2019 off the coast of Italy, beginning underwater and surface warfare training
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