Politics
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Jan- 2019 -17 January
Yemen government and Houthis rebels meet on prisoner swap details
Yemeni government and rebel representatives met in Jordan for a second day to thrash out the details of a major prisoner exchange
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14 January
US presses for deal with Turkey to protect Syrian Kurdish partners
US officials are stepping up diplomatic efforts to reach a settlement with Turkey to protect the Coalition’s partner in the war against ISIS
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Dec- 2018 -24 December
Order signed to withdraw US troops from Syria
The order to withdraw US troops from Syria has been signed, the military said after President Donald Trump and his Turkish counterpart agreed to prevent a power vacuum
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23 December
“What can we tell them?”: US general pressed for reassurance for SDF after Syria withdrawal decision
After Trump’s decision to withdraw US troops from Syria, a CJTF-OIR commander sought direction on what to tell their SDF partners
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23 December
Afghanistan president replaces defense and interior ministers in surprise shake-up
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani replaced two of the country's top security chiefs with staunch anti-Taliban officials, Amrullah Saleh and Assadullah Khaled
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21 December
‘We need time’: Incredulous US officials hustled to alert ‘shocked’ allies about Trump’s Syria withdrawal
US State and Defense departments hurried to rework plans in the wake of Trump’s shock decision to pull troops from Syria
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15 December
EU expects Turkey to refrain from ‘unilateral’ Syria military action, Mogherini says
The European Union's chief diplomat Federica Mogherini said the EU expects Turkey to refrain from any unilateral military action in northeast Syria
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14 December
Kosovo parliament approves plan to build national army over NATO objections
Kosovo's parliament has approved a plan to turn the the Kosovo Security Force into a national army over the objections of NATO
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11 December
Yemen government and Houthi rebels list 15,000 names for prisoner swap
Yemen's government and Houthi rebels announced plans for a mass prisoner swap, exchanging some 15,000 names, as UN entered their seventh day
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6 December
US backs plan to establish Kosovo army, contrary to NATO position
The US supports Kosovo's plans to create its own army, the ambassador to Pristina said, signaling a rift with NATO, which is against the move
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