Middle East
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Sep- 2019 -27 September
US to deploy new Patriot missile battery, 4 Sentinel radars to Saudi Arabia
The US will deploy a new Patriot missile battery and four Sentinel radar systems to Saudi Arabia in response to attacks on oil facilities
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26 September
UN Human Rights Council votes to extend Yemen war crimes investigation
The UN Human Rights Council voted to extend the mandate of war crimes investigators in Yemen, after the group found evidence of grave violations by all sides in the conflict
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24 September
INTERVIEW: Kurdish leader Ilham Ahmed on security in North and East Syria
Ilham Ahmed, President of the Executive Committee of the Syrian Democratic Council, speaks to Jared Szuba about the buffer zone, Turkey, constitutional committee and security in northern Syria
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24 September
US and Turkey conduct second joint ground patrols in northeast Syria
The US and Turkey launched a second round of joint patrols in northeastern Syria on as part of plans to create a "safe" buffer zone
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24 September
Yemeni children among 16 civilians killed by airstrikes in Dalah province
Seven children were among 16 people killed in twin air strikes by the Saudi-led coalition fighting Houthi rebels in southern Yemen
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23 September
Roadside bomb ‘placed by PKK’ kills 2 Turkish soldiers in northern Iraq
Two Turkish soldiers were killed in northern Iraq by a roadside bomb that Turkey's defense ministry blamed on the PKK
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21 September
Houthi rebels call for end to Yemen’s civil war, offer to halt strikes on Saudi Arabia
Yemen's Houthi rebels called for an end to the country's four-year civil war, promising to halt strikes on Saudi Arabia if bombing stops
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20 September
INTERVIEW: US envoy James Jeffrey on ISIS, the Syrian border, Idlib, Rukban and Iraq
US envoy James Jeffrey talks about the US role in Syria and the effort to fully dismantle ISIS in Iraq in a wide-ranging interview
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20 September
Saudi Arabia begins new operation against Yemen’s Houthi rebels near Hodeidah
The Saudi-led coalition said it launched a military operation against the Houthi rebels in Yemen near Hodeidah, its first strike since an attack on the kingdom's oil industry
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20 September
Colt awarded $42 million contract to produce M4, M4A1 carbines for 13 countries
Colt was awarded a $42 million foreign military sales contract to produce M4 and M4A1 carbines for 13 countries after announcing it would halt production of consumer AR-15 rifles
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