Middle East
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Feb- 2019 -20 February
Women and children from last ISIS pocket in Syria evacuated
A convoy of trucks evacuated dozens of people including women and children from ISIS's last Syria territory, bringing the SDF closer to retaking the last of the "caliphate"
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18 February
Alliance between SDF and Syrian regime is “very far away,” senior Kurdish official Salih Muslim says
Senior Kurdish politician Salih Muslim said a military partnership between the SDF and the Assad government is “very far away” and will depend on a negotiated political solution
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18 February
Iran arrests 3 ‘terrorists’ over suicide bomb attack that killed 27 IRGC members
Iran's IRGC said it arrested three "terrorists" involved in last week's deadly suicide bomb attack on security forces in Balochistan
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18 February
Saudi state arms firm signs cooperation agreement with France’s Naval Group
Saudi Arabia's state arms producer and French government-majority firm Naval Group signed a joint venture deal to boost the kingdom's navy
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18 February
Yemen and Houthi rebels agree to first pullback of forces from Hodeidah
Yemen's government and Houthi rebels have agreed on the first phase of a pullback of forces from the key city of Hodeidah
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14 February
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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13 February
Suicide attack on Iran Revolutionary Guards bus kills 27
A suicide attack on a Revolutionary Guard Corps bus in southeastern Iran killed 27 people. Jaish al-Adl has claimed responsibility.
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8 February
US awards Bell $240 million for Bahrain’s AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters
The US awarded Bell Helicopter Textron a $240 million contract modification to manufacture and deliver 12 AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters to Bahrain
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7 February
Iran unveils new Dezful ballistic missile
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps unveiled its new Dezful ballistic missile which has a range of 1,000 km
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7 February
UN calls on Yemen’s Houthis to allow access to critical Hodeidah grain silo
The UN aid chief urged Yemen's Houthi rebels to grant access to a food storage site in Hodeidah containing enough grain to feed millions of starving civilians
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