Year: 2019

Libyan police officers killed in airstrike on Tripoli station

Two Libyan policemen were killed in an air strike on a police station in the suburbs of Tripoli late Tuesday, the Government of National Accord said. Its interior ministry blamed the strike on the self-styled Libyan National Army of General Khalifa Haftar, who launched an offensive against the capital in April. Hundreds of people – both combatants and civilians – have been killed in the fighting and tens of thousands have fled. “The air force of war criminal Haftar targeted the headquarters of the rapid intervention force… in Ain Zara on Tuesday, killing two security agents,” the ministry said in a statement. It added that four other people were wounded and posted pictures on its Facebook page of police cars in flames. With reporting from AFP

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UAE merges more than 25 defense industry firms into EDGE group

The de facto leader of the United Arab Emirates announced the formation of a government-controlled defense industry conglomerate EDGE

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Tajikistan security forces killed in border clashes blamed on ISIS

Tajikistan said Islamic State fighters who crossed the border from Afghanistan were behind a clash with security forces that left 17 people dead

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France expects new international task force Takuba to deploy in Mali ‘by 2020’

France expects a new international special operations Task Force Takuba to deploy in Mali by 2020 to help train local troops, defense minister Florence Parly said

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French troops in Mali kill ‘second most-wanted terrorist in the Sahel’

French troops in Mali last month killed Ali Maychou, a senior figure in the al-Qaeda-linked Group to Support Islam and Muslims (JNIM)

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£2.8 billion British Army Boxer Mechanised Infantry Vehicle contract ‘secured’

A £2.8 billion contract for more than 500 Boxer armored vehicles for the British Army's Mechanised Infantry Vehicle requirement has been "secured"

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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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Yemen government and southern separatists sign power-sharing deal

Yemen's government signed a power-sharing deal with southern separatists in an initiative to end a conflict within the country's civil war

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Turkey says it arrested dead ISIS leader Baghdadi’s sister in Azaz

Turkish forces in northern Syria detained a sister of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of ISIS who was killed in a US raid last week

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AeroVironment lands $6.4 million Raven tactical UAS follow-on contract for Southeast Asian military

AeroVironment was awarded a $6.4 million contract from a Southeast Asian military customer for Raven unmanned aircraft systems

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