Year: 2019
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Oct- 2019 -27 OctoberMiddle East
ISIS spokesman al-Muhajir ‘targeted’ in Turkey-controlled Syria, SDF says
Islamic State spokesman Abu Hussein al-Muhajir was "targeted" in northern Syria following the killing of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, SDF leader Mazlum Abdi said
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27 OctoberCommentary
How will Baghdadi’s death change Islamic State?
ISIS will likely remain resilant after leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's death and its new leader may urge supporters to carry out repriasal attacks in the West
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27 OctoberMiddle East
US kills ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in Syria, Trump says
US forces killed ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in an operation in northwest Syria's Idlib province, Donald Trump announced
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26 OctoberMiddle East
Consequences of the US withdrawal from Syria
The US will have to reckon with the consequences of Trump's greenlighting the Turkish invasion in northeast Syria, Jonathan Ruhe and Ari Cicure argue
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25 OctoberAfrica
UN says will not support ‘foreign forces’ in DR Congo as Great Lakes military chiefs meet
The UN ruled out giving any support to the armed forces of neighboring countries if they intervene militarily in the Democratic Republic of Congo
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25 OctoberAfrica
Barkhane force ‘neutralizes’ 8 ISIS fighters during 9-day Mali operation
Commandos deployed to the France-led Operation Barkane counter-terrorism mission in the Sahel 'neutralized' eight Islamic State-affiliated fighters in Mali
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25 OctoberCommentary
The US is consolidating its Syria role in the Middle Euphrates valley. Here’s why it matters.
Despite withdrawing from northern Syria, the US military will secure oil installations in the east to deter Iran and the regime
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25 OctoberMiddle East
After years helping others, aid workers are Syria’s latest refugees
Syrians who worked for international NGOs are fleeing to Iraq, fearing conscription into the army, or reprisals from the regime or Turkey-backed rebels
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25 OctoberEurope
Eight Russian soldiers killed in shooting at Zabaykalsky military base
A Russian soldier opened fire at fellow troops in a Siberian military base, killing eight and wounding another two
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25 OctoberMiddle East
Yemen government and southern separatists agree to power-sharing deal
Yemen's southern separatists struck a power-sharing deal with the government to end a conflict simmering within the long-running civil war
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