Year: 2019
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Oct- 2019 -10 OctoberAsia Pacific
Indonesia says ISIS-linked militants stabbed security minister Wiranto
Suspected Jamaah Ansharut Daulah militants stabbed Indonesia's chief security minister Wiranto, leaving two deep wounds in his stomach and injuring three others
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10 OctoberMiddle East
‘The border is on fire’: Turkey battles Syria’s Kurds near Tal Abyad after ground invasion
Ground forces backed by Turkey entered northeast Syria to fight against the Syrian Democratic Forces as scores of civilians fled
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9 OctoberMiddle East
Turkey launches start of ‘Operation Peace Spring’ targeting SDF in Syria
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the start of a long-anticipated military operation against the Syrian Democratic Forces in northeast Syria
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9 OctoberAsia Pacific
US airstrikes on Afghanistan drug factories killed at least 30 civilians, UNAMA finds
US airstrikes on drug-production centers in Afghanistan's Farah province led to the deaths of at least 39 civilians and the facilities are not lawful targets.
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9 OctoberMiddle East
Trump approval for Turkey’s attack on Syria’s Kurds was ‘waiting to happen,’ Western official says
Trump’s approval for Turkey to attack Kurdish-led fighters in Syria vindicated European allies' refusals to send new troops, a diplomat said
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8 OctoberMiddle East
Isolated Manbij faces rival Syrian factions on two fronts
Forces loyal to the Syrian government and Turkey-backed rebels mobilized near Manbij ahead of an expected Turkish incursion into Syria
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8 OctoberBusiness
India receives first of 36 Dassault Rafale fighter jets
India received the first of 36 Rafale fighter jets ordered from France in 2016 in a multi-billion-dollar deal tainted by suspicion of corruption
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8 OctoberEurope
US Air Force F-16 fighter jet crashes in Germany
A US Air Force F-16 fighter jet belonging to the 480th Fighter Squadron at Spangdahlem Air Base jet crashed near Trier in western Germany
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8 OctoberAsia Pacific
Afghanistan airstrike killed Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent leader, NDS says
The leader of Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent was killed in a joint US-Afghan operation last month, Afghanistan's intelligence agency said
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8 OctoberAfrica
Fourth Senegalese UN peacekeeper dies after Central Africa helicopter crash
A fourth Senegalese United Nations peacekeeper has died after he was injured in a combat helicopter crash in the Central African Republic two weeks ago
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