Middle East
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Aug- 2019 -30 August
Yemen: Motorbike suicide bomb and roadside IED kill separatist fighters in Aden
Three southern Yemen separatist fighters were killed in a suicide bombing in Aden, the first such attack since government forces were first driven out
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29 August
Yemen’s southern separatists retake control of Aden from government forces
Yemeni separatists have regained full control of the interim capital Aden following clashes with government forces who withdrew from the southern port city
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28 August
Yemen government claims recapture of Aden from southern rebels
The Yemeni government announced it has assumed control of the de facto capital Aden from southern separatists
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28 August
Gaza police killed in overnight bomb attacks
Hamas said that two overnight bomb attacks killed three police officers in the Gaza Strip as the Palestinian enclave was placed under a state of alert
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27 August
YPG begins withdrawal from Syria-Turkey border
YPG forces have begun withdrawing from the Syria-Turkey border area as part of an agreement with the US and Turkey
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26 August
Iraq investigating strike on Kataib Hezbollah near Syria border
The Iraqi military is investigating an alleged airstrike that killed a Hashd al-Shaabi fighter near a desert border crossing with Syria
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26 August
Austria to repatriate orphan children of female ISIS adherent from Syria
Austria is preparing to repatriate from Syria two young orphans of a female Islamic State supporter in the first such move for Vienna
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25 August
Israel claims preemptive strike on Iranian drone operation in Syria
The IDF said it launched preemptive airstrikes against Iranian positions southeast of Damascus, thwarting a planned drone attack on Israel
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23 August
Israeli killed by IED near West Bank settlement
An IED blast killed one Israeli and seriously wounded two of her family members in an attack near a settlement in the West Bank
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22 August
Iran officially unveils Bavar-373 air defense system
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani inducted the Bavar-373 air defense system at an official unveiling ceremony in Tehran
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