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US gives Niger Air Force hangar for C-130 transport aircraft at Agadez base

The US handed over to the Niger Air Force a hangar that will house two C-130 transport aircraft in Agadez

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At least 20 Mali soldiers killed in JNIM attack on Sokolo camp

At least 20 members of the Malian Armed Forces were killed in a major JNIM assault against a military camp in Sokolo, near the border with Mauritania

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US Air Force E-11A aircraft crashes in Ghazni province, Afghanistan

A E-11A aircraft bearing US Air Force markings crashed in a Taliban-held area of Ghazni province in Afghanistan

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Rockets hit US embassy in Baghdad amid standoff with Iran

Multiple rockets struck the US embassy compound in Baghdad on Sunday amid a wider standoff between the US and Iran-backed militias in Iraq

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Pentagon says 34 US military personnel diagnosed with brain injuries after Iran missile strike

34 US military members have been diagnosed with brain injuries due to Iran's missile attack on two Iraqi airbases earlier this month

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Barkhane operations kill more than 30 ‘terrorists’ in Mali

More than 30 "terrorists" were killed during a series of one-off operations conducted by the France-led Operation Barkhane force in Mali

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Mali soldiers killed in overnight assault in Dioungani, Mopti region

At least seven soldiers were killed and several were wounded in an overnight attack in Dioungani in Koro Cercle in central Mali's volatile Mopti region

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Intelligence ‘ambiguity’ raises questions over ISIS capability in Iraq and Syria, US-led Coalition says

ISIS's failure to exploit Iraq's protests raises doubts as to group's capabilities, a senior Coalition commander said

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DR Congo civilians killed near Beni in attack blamed on ADF

Six civilians were killed in an attack in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo blamed on the ADF, the first assault this year in an area that has suffered multiple massacres

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Sahel: France to further strengthen Barkhane, Takuba ‘fully operational by autumn’

France will further bolster its Operation Barkhane force in the Sahel, and the new Task Force Takuba will deploy in the summer, Lecointre says

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