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Middle East
Joint US-Turkey patrols begin near Manbij, Syria
US and Turkish forces began joint patrols around the northern Syrian city of Manbij as part of a "roadmap" reached earlier this year that saw the YPG withdraw
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Middle East
SDF suspends anti-ISIS operation after Turkish attacks on northern Syria
The SDF said it temporarily halted its fight against ISIS due to a series of Turkish military attacks along the border with northern Syria that began on Sunday night
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Middle East
Turkey military fires on Tal Abyad in northern Syria, killing at least one HXP member
At least one HXP conscript was killed and another injured after Turkey's armed forces fired into northern Syria near Tal Abyad
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Middle East
Turkey shells ‘YPG positions’ in northern Syria, killing one HXP member
Turkey's armed forces fired artillery shells into northern Syria, with state media saying the shelling targeted positions held by the YPG
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Africa
Boko Haram attacks Nigeria military base in Gashigar near Niger border
Boko Haram attacked a military base in Gashigar in Nigeria's remote northeast region, killing one soldier and injuring four, defense officials said
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Africa
Mali: Two UN peacekeepers killed, at least 9 injured in attacks in Ber and Konna
Two Burkinabe UN peacekeepers were killed and at least nine others from Burkina Faso and Togo were injured in two attacks in central and northern Mali
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Middle East
UN investigates origin of arms seized off Yemen coast by US Navy in August
United Nations experts are working to establish the origin of 2,521 AK-type assault rifles seized off of Yemen's coast by a U.S. Navy vessel in August
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Technology
US successfully conducts ballistic missile interception test, MDA says
The US successfully conducted an interception of a medium-range ballistic missile target with a Standard Missile-3 Block IIA missile during a flight test, the MDA said
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Africa
Burkina Faso: Djibo gendarmerie severely damaged in overnight attack
The gendarmerie in Djibo in Burkina Faso's northern Soum province was heavily damaged in an assault, a day after a gendarme was killed in an attack in Barani in Kossi province
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Africa
‘Terrorist camp’ destroyed after joint France-Mali force attacked by 50 militants
Malian and French forces supported by Tigre helicopters and Mirage 2000 fighter jets destroyed a "terrorist camp" after they were attacked in the Ndaki area, the defense ministry said
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