War
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Jan- 2020 -7 January
Libya: Haftar’s LNA captures Sirte as UN envoy expresses anger at foreign meddling
LNA forces loyal to rogue Libyan general Khalifa Haftar seized control the coastal city of Sirte as Turkey said it was deploying troops in the country
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6 January
‘Draft’ letter saying US forces to leave Iraq was sent by ‘mistake,’ Milley says
Troops from US-led Coalition against ISIS are preparing to leave Iraq in the wake of an airstrike that killed an Iranian general and Iraqi militia commander
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6 January
Five Mali soldiers killed by roadside bomb near Alatona
Five Malian soldiers were killed in a roadside bomb attack in Alatona in the central Segou region
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5 January
US-led Coalition pauses training of Iraqi forces, ISIS operations over force protection concerns
The US-led Coalition against ISIS paused training of Iraqi forces and operations against the militants due to a barrage of attacks against American bases
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5 January
Al Shabaab attacks Kenya military base in Lamu
Fighters from Somalia's Al-Shabaab group launched an attack on a military base used by US and Kenyan forces in coastal Lamu
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4 January
Chad troops leave Nigeria with Boko Haram mission ‘finished’
Chad has ended a months-long mission fighting Boko Haram in neighbouring Nigeria and withdrawn its 1,200-strong force across the border
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4 January
US designates major Iraqi PMU Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq a terror group
The US designated Iraqi Shiite PMU militia Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq as a terrorist organization, one day after killing a senior Iranian general in Baghdad
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3 January
AFRICOM responds to al-Shabaab ambush on Somalia troops with airstrike
AFRICOM carried out an airstrike against suspected al-Shabaab militants who attacked Somali government troops west of Mogadishu
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2 January
Iran Quds Force commander Qassam Soleimani killed in US airstrike near Baghdad
Iran Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani and Kataib Hezbollah leader Abul Mahdi al-Muhandis were killed in a US airstrike at Baghdad airport in Iraq
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2 January
Turkish parliament approves Libya troop deployment
Turkey's parliament approved the deployment of troops to Libya in support of the Government of National Accord in Tripoli
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