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Apr- 2020 -22 April
British ISIS foreign fighter arrested in Spain
A British former rapper and notorious Islamic state suspect has been arrested in Spain, judicial sources said
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1 April
Turkish defense ministry sends COVID-19 supplies to Italy and Spain
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) – Turkey on Wednesday sent health supplies including masks to Italy and Spain, the two European countries worst hit by the novel coronavirus, the defense ministry said. “Health supplies prepared to fight COVID-19 together, and with the hopes of seeing brighter days were sent en route to Spain and Italy” by a military plane, the ministry tweeted in English. An accompanying video clip showed a Turkish military A-400M cargo plane preparing to take off. Health supplies prepared to fight COVID-19 together, and with the hopes of seeing brighter days were sent en route to Spain and Italy by A-400M type planes belonging to the Turkish Armed Forces.https://t.co/o7zcZJ6JEP pic.twitter.com/Fp3GWs5yTH — T.C. Millî Savunma Bakanlığı (@tcsavunma) April 1, 2020 The defense ministry posted the same message in Turkish, Spanish and Italian. The supplies including masks, overalls and anti-bacterial fluids, produced in the defense ministry’s factories and sewing facilities. Local resources were being sent “on the instructions of President” Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said the ministry statement. The coronavirus pandemic has killed over 30,000 people in Europe, more than three-quarters of the deaths registered in Italy and Spain, according to an AFP tally at 0700 GMT Wednesday using official figures. The …
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Mar- 2020 -17 March
Rockets hit Iraq’s Besmaya base housing Coalition and NATO troops
A pair of rockets hit the Iraqi Besmaya base hosting U.S.-Led coalition and NATO troops, Iraq's military said
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10 March
African Lion multinational exercises scaled back over coronavirus threat
The size and scope of annual African Lion exercise will be reduced this year to reduce the exposure of forces to novel coronavirus (COVID-19)
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Feb- 2020 -12 February
Germany’s Bundestag approves funds for next-generation fighter jet
German lawmakers signed off on the first funds for a multi-nation project to develop a new fighter jet and reinvigorate the ambitious FCAS program
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Dec- 2019 -5 December
Raytheon awarded missile systems maintenance contract modification for US and Spain
The Pentagon awarded Raytheon Missile Systems a $28,881,512 contract modification to maintain missiles of the US Navy and Spanish government
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4 December
Morocco and Spain arrest 4 suspected ISIS supporters in joint raids
Moroccan police said they arrested three suspected supporters of Islamic State, in a joint operation with Spain
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Sep- 2019 -27 September
Spain charges 7 Catalan separatists with ‘terrorist organization’ membership
Seven Catalan separatists suspected of planning attacks have been charged with belonging to a "terrorist organization" and remanded in custody
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18 September
Spanish air force training aircraft crash kills instructor and student
A Spanish air force light training aircraft crashed into the Mediterranean sea off the southeastern Murcia coast, killing its pilot and his student
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Jun- 2019 -17 June
France, Germany and Spain sign next-generation combat jet agreement
France, Germany and Spain unveiled the first concept models for the Future Combat Air System jet, an ambitious project aimed at bringing together EU military forces
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