Middle East
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Nov- 2019 -8 November
Estonia parliament approves Mali troop increase for Operation Barkhane
Estonia's parliament agreed to increase to 95 the country's troop deployment to the France-led Operation Barkhane counter-terrorism mission in the Sahel
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7 November
US approves sale to UAE of 10 Boeing CH-47F Chinook helicopters for $830 million
The US approved a possible sale of 10 Boeing CH-47F Chinook heavy lift helicopters to the United Arab Emirates for more than $830 million
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7 November
New US-led coalition launches Operation Sentinel to protect Persian Gulf shipping
The new US-led naval International Maritime Security Construct launched Operation Sentinel to protect shipping in the Persian Gulf
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7 November
Houthi missile strike on Yemen military base kills 6, forces hospital closure
Six people, including four civilians, were killed in an attack by Yemeni rebels on a military base in the Red Sea coastal town of Mokha
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6 November
Trump administration sends mixed signals on Lebanon military aid
A US official pushed back on reports that the Trump administration had suspended aid to Lebanon's Armed Forces, the National reported
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6 November
UAE merges more than 25 defense industry firms into EDGE group
The de facto leader of the United Arab Emirates announced the formation of a government-controlled defense industry conglomerate EDGE
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5 November
Yemen government and southern separatists sign power-sharing deal
Yemen's government signed a power-sharing deal with southern separatists in an initiative to end a conflict within the country's civil war
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5 November
Turkey says it arrested dead ISIS leader Baghdadi’s sister in Azaz
Turkish forces in northern Syria detained a sister of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of ISIS who was killed in a US raid last week
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4 November
Dutch government admits killing Iraqi civilians in anti-ISIS airstrike
The Dutch government admitted that it killed dozens of civilians in an airstrike against Islamic State in Iraqi in 2015
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1 November
French Rafale jets strike ISIS tunnels in northeastern Iraq
French Rafale fighter aircraft conducted airstrikes on a number of Islamic State munitions caches in northeastern Iraq
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