Middle East
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Dec- 2020 -23 December
Houthis Claim Saudi CH-4 Drone Downed Near Border
Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels have shot down a Chinese-made Saudi drone over the country’s central province of Ma’rib, a Houthi spokesman said.
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22 December
US Nuclear Submarine Crosses Strait of Hormuz in Show of Force to Iran
The USS Georgia, a nuclear submarine capable of carrying 154 Tomahawk cruise missiles and 66 special forces soldiers, crossed the Strait of Hormuz in a new show of force directed at Iran.
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11 December
Car Bomb Kills 16 Including 3 Turkish Personnel in NE Syria: Monitor
A car bomb killed 16 people including two civilians and three Turkish personnel at a checkpoint in the Turkish-held border town of Ras al-Ain in northeast Syria.
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11 December
US Flies Two B-52s Over Gulf in Message for Iran
The United States deployed two B-52 long-range bombers over the Gulf on Thursday in a show of force directed at Iran as Washington moves to cut its ground-level military presence in the region.
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10 December
IS Kills Nine Iran-Trained Fighters in Syria: Monitor
The Islamic State group killed nine Iran-trained Syrian fighters in an attack on one of their positions in eastern Syria on Thursday, a war monitor said.
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10 December
US Senators Fail to Block Trump Sale of F-35 Jets, Drones to UAE
Democrats failed to block the United States from selling top-of-the-line fighter-jets to the United Arab Emirates, with most senators dismissing fears that President Trump was setting off a dangerous arms race.
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8 December
Hezbollah Claims It Flew Drone Into Israel During Military Exercise
An armed drone belonging to Hezbollah made an incursion into Israeli territory and filmed two of the country’s military bases, the Lebanon-based terrorist organization has claimed.
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8 December
IS Built up Arsenal After ‘Red Flags’ Ignored: Study
Islamic State jihadists build up a major arsenal of explosives, weapons, and drones through a sophisticated procurement process that saw "red flags" ignored by governments and suppliers, a monitoring group said.
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7 December
Gunmen Kill 5 South Yemen Separatists: Security Official
Suspected Al-Qaeda gunmen killed five south Yemen separatists in Abyan province on Monday, in the terror group's biggest attack in the region for months.
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7 December
Iran Says Scientist Killed by Satellite-Controlled Machine Gun
A satellite-controlled machine gun with "artificial intelligence" was used in last week's assassination of a top nuclear scientist in Iran, the deputy commander of the Revolutionary Guards told local media Sunday.
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