NATO
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Dec- 2019 -4 December
Turkey agrees to NATO Baltic defense plan after Syria rift
Turkey joined NATO allies in agreeing to a new Baltic defense plan after threatening to block it if Syria's YPG were not labelled terrorists
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4 December
NATO members adopt joint declaration in London despite summit tensions
NATO leaders issued a joint statement on reaffirming their bond despite fierce disputes over spending and strategy in the run up to their summit
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3 December
Erdogan threatens to block NATO’s Baltic defense plan
Turkey will block a NATO plan to defend Baltic countries if it doesn't label a Kurd-led militia in Syria as terrorists, President Erdogan said
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Nov- 2019 -27 November
Denmark offers to lead NATO training mission in Iraq
Denmark's government offered to lead the NATO mission to train Iraqi forces, saying it was prepared to send 200 personnel to Iraq next year
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20 November
NATO to spend $1 billion upgrading ageing AWACS fleet
NATO is to upgrade its ageing fleet of Boeing E-3 Sentry AWACS early warning and control aircraft at a cost of $1 billion
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5 November
UK to extend Ukraine training mission Operation Orbital by 3 years
Operation Orbital, the United Kingdom's security training mission to Ukraine, has been extended by three years
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Oct- 2019 -24 October
NATO defense ministers criticize Turkey’s northern Syria incursion
NATO defense ministers slammed Turkey's military operation in Syria but recognized they have few options to sanction the strategic ally
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22 October
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
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21 October
Germany to pitch international control of Syria-Turkey border zone to NATO allies
Germany's defense minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer will present a proposal for an internationally controlled security zone on the Syria-Turkey border to NATO allies
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15 October
NATO Parliamentary Assembly sets stage for key summit
The 2019 NATO Parliamentary Assembly offered an important insight into the issues driving the alliance such as Turkey and Afghanistan
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