March 2019 • The Defense Post

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29 March

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ISIS’s ‘caliphate’ was crushed. Now Syria’s Kurd-led alliance faces bigger battles

Reporting from Syria in the dying days of the ISIS caliphate, Jared Szuba talks to Kurds and Arabs about the fight for their shared future

29 March

Business

Saudi forces take part in military exercises during a visit by Yemeni Prime Minister Khaled Bahah at the Saudi-led coalition military base in Yemen's southern embattled city of Aden.

Staff Writer With AFP

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Germany extends ban on arms exports to Saudi Arabia by a further six months

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition government extended an embargo on weapons exports to Saudi Arabia until the end of September

29 March

Americas

CENTCOM Commander General Kenneth F. McKenzie

Staff Writer With AFP

US Marine Corps General McKenzie replaces retiring Votel as CENTCOM Commander

Newly promoted General Kenneth F. McKenzie took over the leadership of US Central Command, which oversees military operations in the Middle East

28 March

Africa

Staff Writer With AFP

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Nigeria: 2 killed in Boko Haram attack on Miringa military base

Boko Haram militants raided a military base in Miringa in northeast Nigeria's Borno state, killing a police officer and a local resident

28 March

Africa

Staff Writer With AFP

Four Burkina Faso gendarmes killed in attack on base in Barani near Mali border

Four Burkina Faso gendarmes were killed in an attack on a base in the Boucle du Mahoun region near the Mali border

28 March

Africa

Staff Writer With AFP

Somalia: At least 11 killed in suspected car bombing in downtown Mogadishu

At least 11 people died when a bomb exploded on a busy street and ripped into a nearby restaurant in Somalia's capital Mogadishu

28 March

Asia Pacific

Staff Writer With AFP

Mi-8 helicopter crash in Kazakhstan kills 13 service members on board

A military Mi-8 helicopter crashed in southwestern Kazakhstan, killing all 13 servicemen on board, the defense ministry said

27 March

Africa

Staff Writer With AFP

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Niger: Boko Haram suicide bomb and gun attack in Diffa region kills at least 10

At least 10 people were killed along with at least two suicide bombers in a coordinated Boko Haram attack in N'Guigmi in the Diffa region of eastern Niger

27 March

Africa

Staff Writer With AFP

Mali: 6 killed in attack on Dogon village of Ouadou

Six people were killed in attacks on villages of the Dogon ethnic community in central Mali, as the UN mission called for an end to the "spiral of violence"

26 March

Americas