Middle East
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Mar- 2020 -13 March
US strikes Kataib Hezbollah militia across Iraq in retaliation for Taji rocket attack
US airstrikes targeted Iran-linked Kataib Hezbollah militia across Iraq in retaliation for a rocket attack on Taji air base that killed three Coalition personnel
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11 March
US-led Coalition personnel killed when Katyusha rockets hit Taji air base in Iraq
Three US-led Coalition personnel were killed and 12 others injured after Katyusha rockets struck the Taji air base north of Iraq's capital Baghdad
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10 March
Pentagon identifies 2 US Marines killed in Iraq firefight with ISIS
US Marines Gunnery Sergeant Diego Pongo and Captain Moises Navas were killed in a firefight with ISIS in Iraq
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9 March
Haftar tells Macron he will abide by Libya ceasefire
Libyan general Khalifa Haftar told French President Emmanuel Macron his forces would abide by a ceasefire if government forces do the same
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5 March
Syria: Russia and Turkey agree to ceasefire in battered Idlib
Erdogan and Putin announce plans for a joint buffer zone to halt Syria's offensive against Idlib province, ceasefire to begin at midnight
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5 March
US and Israel cancel Juniper Cobra exercise over coronavirus travel restrictions
The US and Israel have scrapped the remainder of their joint military exercise Juniper Cobra 20 over the coronavirus outbreak
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5 March
US approves $2.4 billion sale to Israel of 8 Boeing KC-46 tanker aircraft
The US State Department approved a $2.4 billion sale of up to eight Boeing KC-46 aerial refueling and strategic transport aircraft to Israel
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4 March
US military linguist in Iraq charged with leaking informant identities to Hezbollah
A US military translator who was based in Iraq was charged with passing the names of US informants to people linked to Lebanon's Hezbollah
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3 March
Turkey shoots down 3rd Syrian warplane over Idlib, defense ministry says
Turkish fighters shot down a Syrian warplane over the northwest Idlib province, the third such downing in three days
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2 March
US to begin Afghanistan drawdown as Kabul, Taliban deadlock ahead of peace talks
Afghanistan's government and the Taliban are deadlocked on a prisoner swap ahead of peace talks, but the US will start pulling out troops anyway
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