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Mar- 2019 -4 MarchEurope
Russia suspends participation in INF missile treaty
President Vladimir Putin suspended Russia's participation in a key Cold War-era arms treaty, after the US first moved to ditch the INF
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Feb- 2019 -14 FebruaryMiddle East
Russia’s Putin hosts Iran and Turkey leaders for Syrian war talks
Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted his Iranian and Turkish counterparts to discuss how to resolve the conflict in Syria
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4 FebruaryCommentary
US withdrawal from INF treaty fires the starting pistol on a new arms race
Withdrawal from the Cold War intermediate-range nuclear missile limitation treaty serves under-pressure US President Donald Trump in several ways, Dr Michelle Bentley argues
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1 FebruaryAmericas
US to pull out of Cold War INF missile treaty, Trump says
US President Donald Trump said the US was withdrawing from the Cold War INF missile treaty with Russia, saying Moscow was in violation
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Jan- 2019 -28 JanuaryMiddle East
Syria will cooperate on Adana counter-terror agreement if Turkey withdraws forces
Syria declared its readiness to cooperate on an agreement that requires it to crack down on the PKK on the condition that Turkey remove its proxies and troops
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25 JanuaryBlog
Are Russian ‘mercenaries’ in Venezuela? What we know
Reuters published an article on Russian private military contractors being flown to Venezuela, but the sources they used deserve close scrutiny
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24 JanuaryMiddle East
SDF closes on last ISIS redoubt in Syria as YPG set for Damascus talks “within days”
The US-led Coalition-backed SDF closes in on the last pocket of ISIS territory in eastern Syria, as the YPG commander says talks with the regime on northern Syria are imminent
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23 JanuaryMiddle East
Russia calls on Israel to stop ‘arbitrary’ Syria airstrikes
Russia's foreign ministry called for an end to Israeli airstrikes in Syria, saying they were "arbitrary" and must be "ruled out"
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22 JanuaryEurope
Three dead as Russian Tu-22 strategic bomber crashes in Murmansk region
Three Russian Tu-22M3 bomber crew members died and another was injured when their plane crashed on a training flight in Olenegorsk in the Murmansk region
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19 JanuaryMiddle East
Last battlefield: The future of Syria’s Idlib after HTS militant takeover
After Syria's Idlib province was taken over by the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham alliance of jihadist groups, residents fear the possibility of a regime offensive
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