Year: 2019
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Dec- 2019 -9 DecemberEurope
Turkey deports 11 foreign fighters to France
Turkey sent 11 French "foreign terrorist fighters" back to France, the Turkish interior ministry said, as part of a push to repatriate ISIS fighters
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8 DecemberAfrica
UN DR Congo peacekeeping force repels attack on Biakato base
UN peacekeeping forces have managed to thwart an attempted attack on one of their bases in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, MONUSCO said
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7 DecemberAfrica
Al Shabaab says it carried out deadly Kenya bus attack that killed police
Police officers were among at least eight people killed in an attack on a bus in northeast Kenya believed to have been staged by al-Shabaab
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6 DecemberMiddle East
US sanctions leaders of Iran-linked militias accused of firing on Iraqi protesters
The US sanctioned three Iraqi nationals for alleged involvement in the violent repression of ongoing protests, and a fourth for corruption
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6 DecemberAmericas
Shooter who killed 3 at US Navy base identified as Saudi air force student
A Saudi air force trainee shot three people dead at a U.S. naval base in Florida on Friday; the Saudi king offered condolences to victims
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6 DecemberCommentary
The threat from ISIS is closer to home than ever
The London Bridge attack shows that while ISIS has been weakened on the ground in Syria and Iraq, its capacity to launch terrorist attacks in the West is stronger than ever
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6 DecemberMiddle East
Esper says US pullback from parts of northeast Syria complete
The US has completed a pullback of forces from contested areas of northeast Syria, Defense Secretary Esper told Reuters on Wednesday
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6 DecemberMiddle East
US claims capture of Iranian missile parts off Yemen coast
The US State Department released images of what it claims are Iranian-made missile components captured off Yemen's coast last month
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5 DecemberMiddle East
Netanyahu lawyer to be charged with money-laundering in German submarine deal
Israel's attorney general intends to charge Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's lawyer with money-laundering in the state's purchase of submarines from German firm Thyssenkrupp
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5 DecemberEurope
Germany plans to deport ‘criminals’ to war-torn Syria and Afghanistan
Interior ministers from Germany's federal states said they plan to ease deportation rules to allow Syrians convicted of serious crimes to be returned to the war-torn country
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