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10 February

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Israeli F-16 crashes while attacking Iranian targets in Syria

An Israeli Defence Forces F-16 fighter jet crashed on Saturday while it was attacking Syrian and Iranian targets in Syria, the IDF and Syrian military said

9 February

Joanne Stocker

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Egyptian military launches major counterterror operation in North Sinai

Egypt launched a large-scale military operation aimed at eliminating terrorist groups in the Nile Delta and North Sinai

8 February

Staff Writer With AFP

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Tajikistan pardons more than 100 citizens who returned from Syria and Iraq

Tajikistan has pardoned more than 100 of its nationals following their return home from Syria and Iraq, where they had joined radical Islamist groups, the interior minister said

8 February

Joanne Stocker

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Coalition and SDF thwart Syrian ‘pro-regime’ forces attack in Deir Ezzor

US-led Coalition forces and partnered Syrian Democratic Forces fended off what appears to be a coordinated attack on the SDF near the deconfliction line east of the Euphrates River in Deir Ezzor, the Coalition said

7 February

Staff Writer With AFP

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UN Security Council to discuss Syria humanitarian truce

The United Nations Security Council will hold a closed-door meeting on Thursday to discuss an appeal from U.N. aid officials for a month-long humanitarian ceasefire in Syria, diplomats said

7 February

Staff Writer With AFP

Iraqi forces attack ISIS remnants around Tuz Khurmatu

Iraqi forces backed by the U.S.-led Coalition began a major operation against Islamic State fighters hiding out in a northeastern desert region, the military said.

7 February