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Middle East
US denies plans to leave 1,000 troops in Syria
The US denied that it intended to leave almost 1,000 troops in Syria, adding plans for a 200-strong 'peacekeeping' force had not changed
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Africa
23 Mali soldiers dead as militants attack Dioura camp in Mopti region
Militants killed 23 Malian soldiers in a raid on an army camp in central Mali after a dawn attack that the armed forces believe was led by a deserter
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Middle East
France repatriates 5 children of ISIS fighters from Syria
France has repatriated 'several' orphaned children of French Islamic State fighters from camps in northeast Syria, the foreign ministry said
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Middle East
Israel strikes 100 targets in Gaza after rockets fired at Tel Aviv
Israel said it struck dozens of Hamas targets in Gaza in response to rockets from the Palestinian enclave, including rare fire toward Tel Aviv
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Africa
Burkina Faso rights group says military ‘executed’ dozens during counter-terror operation
Burkina Faso rights group MBDHP accused the military of carrying out "summary executions of at least 60 people" during a February counter-terror operation
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Asia Pacific
Indonesia police uncover 300 kg of bomb-making materials after suicide blast
Indonesian police uncovered a huge cache of explosives linked to a terror suspect whose wife they said killed herself and at least one child in an explosion
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Middle East
Turkey and Russia discuss ‘coordination center’ in Syria
Turkey and Russia are discussing a "coordination center" to better manage operations in Syria's rebel-controlled Idlib province, Turkey's defense minister Hulusi Akar said
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Asia Pacific
Wife and children of Indonesian JAD suspect die in suicide bombing after standoff with police
The wife and two children of a suspected Indonesian militant are believed to have died in a suicide bombing at their home following an hours-long standoff with police
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Africa
Niger says army killed 33 Boko Haram fighters in Lake Chad region
Niger said it had killed 33 Boko Haram "terrorists" and seized vehicles and weapons in an operation in the Lake Chad region in the country's southeast
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Africa
Mali troops killed by landmines in Mopti region
Six Malian troops were killed when their vehicles drove over improvised land mines in the center of the West African country
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