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Nov- 2019 -5 NovemberEurope
UK to extend Ukraine training mission Operation Orbital by 3 years
Operation Orbital, the United Kingdom's security training mission to Ukraine, has been extended by three years
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1 NovemberMiddle East
Turkey and Russia begin joint patrols on northern Syria border
Turkish and Russian forces on Friday, November 1 began joint patrols near the Syria-Turkey border under a deal agreed in Sochi for the border area. The first joint patrol with ground units and drones began on Friday in the Darbasiyah district of Hasakah governorate, the Turkish Ministry of National Defence tweeted along with photos of the patrol. Rusya Federasyonu ile 22 Ekim 2019 tarihinde Soçi’de varılan mutabakat çerçevesinde; Türk ve Rus askeri unsurlarının ve İHA’ların iştirakiyle ilk ortak devriye, Fırat’ın doğusundaki Derbesiye bölgesinde başladı.#MSB #TSK pic.twitter.com/tseFhBlERy — T.C. Millî Savunma Bakanlığı (@tcsavunma) November 1, 2019 The patrols were set to begin earlier this week but were delayed. After marathon talks between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Sochi on October 22, Russia and Turkey signed a deal that would see Russian military police and Syrian border guards “facilitate the removal” of Syrian Democratic Forces from border areas. On October 9, NATO-member Turkey and its Syrian proxy forces launched the Operation Peace Spring incursion into Syria to push the SDF and its predominantly-Kurdish YPG component south after U.S. President Donald Trump said American troops would withdraw from the immediate area. Ankara wants to clear a 30-km buffer zone to …
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1 NovemberMiddle East
Turkey releases 18 Syrian soldiers after talks with Russia
Turkey freed 18 Syrian soldiers that its forces captured in northeastern Syria, the defense ministry said
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Oct- 2019 -31 OctoberCommentary
The relevance of ground-based midcourse missile defense
Ground-based Midcourse Defense is a critical element of US national defense against ballistic missiles, David Daly argues
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30 OctoberMiddle East
Syria’s defense ministry calls on SDF to join government forces
Syria’s defense ministry called on Syrian Democratic Forces members to integrate into the army as its troops deployed on Turkish border
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30 OctoberMiddle East
Joint Russia-Turkey patrols to begin in northeast Syria on Friday
Turkish-Russian joint patrols will start in Syria on Friday, Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, after a deadline for an SDF withdrawal expired
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29 OctoberMiddle East
18 ‘regime elements’ captured in northern Syria, Turkey’s defense ministry says
18 people who said they were Syrian government forces were captured near Ras al-Ayn in northern Syria, Turkey's defense ministry said
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29 OctoberEurope
Ukraine troops and Lugansk separatists begin withdrawal from Zolote
The Ukrainian army and Russia-backed separatists said they had begun to withdraw their troops from the key Zolote area ahead of a high-stakes summit
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29 OctoberMiddle East
SDF withdraws from northern Syria border zone ahead of schedule, Russia says
Russia's defense minister said that Kurdish forces in northern Syria had withdrawn from areas along Turkey's border ahead of schedule
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28 OctoberMiddle East
US to keep Deir Ezzor oilfields out of Syrian government hands, Esper says
US deployment to Syria's oilfields is aimed in part at denying them to Russia and the Syrian government, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said
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