War
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Feb- 2020 -28 February
NATO urges de-escalation in Syria after airstrike kills dozens of Turkish soldiers in Idlib
NATO called on Syria and Russia to return to a ceasefire in Idlib after an airstrike killed dozens of Turkish soldiers
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27 February
African Union plans to send 3,000 troops to the Sahel
The African Union said that it expected to send 3,000 troops to West Africa's Sahel region for six months 'during the course of the year'
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27 February
Airstrike kills 3 Turkish soldiers in Syria’s Idlib offensive
Three Turkish soldiers were killed Thursday in an airstrike in Syria's Idlib province, where Ankara backs rebels against the Assad regime
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25 February
Three Irish soldiers injured in IED blast east of Gao in Mali
Three Irish soldiers sustained minor injuries when an improvised explosive device exploded near their convoy east of Gao in eastern Mali
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25 February
Taliban attacks down as Afghanistan ‘reduction in violence’ deal holds
A partial, week-long truce between the Taliban, American and Afghan forces held tenuously for a fourth day, despite several insurgent attacks and the US hitting ISIS targets
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24 February
Slow admissions of civilian harm in Somalia raise questions about US transparency
AFRICOM’s new commander General Stephen Townsend drove openness in civilian casualty reporting in the war against ISIS in Iraq and Syria
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24 February
UN warns of ‘real bloodbath’ as northwest Syria fighting threatens displaced people
Fighting in northwest Syria is coming "dangerously close" to encampments with around a million displaced people, risking an imminent "bloodbath," the UN said
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24 February
Israel strikes Islamic Jihad targets in Gaza and Syria, killing 2 fighters
Israeli aircraft struck the Islamic Jihad militant group in both the Gaza Strip and Syria, killing two fighters after the group fired a barrage of rockets at Israel
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22 February
Joint Niger-Barkhane operation ‘neutralizes’ 120 terrorists, defense ministry says
A joint operation conducted by Nigerien and French forces "neutralized" 120 "terrorists" and seized bomb-making equipment in western Niger
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21 February
US and Taliban agree to week-long ‘reduction in violence’ across Afghanistan
A week-long "reduction in violence" between the Taliban, the US, and Afghan security forces will commence shortly ahead of the possible signing of a deal
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