War
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Oct- 2019 -27 October
ISIS spokesman al-Muhajir ‘targeted’ in Turkey-controlled Syria, SDF says
Islamic State spokesman Abu Hussein al-Muhajir was "targeted" in northern Syria following the killing of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, SDF leader Mazlum Abdi said
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27 October
US kills ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in Syria, Trump says
US forces killed ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in an operation in northwest Syria's Idlib province, Donald Trump announced
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26 October
Consequences of the US withdrawal from Syria
The US will have to reckon with the consequences of Trump's greenlighting the Turkish invasion in northeast Syria, Jonathan Ruhe and Ari Cicure argue
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25 October
UN says will not support ‘foreign forces’ in DR Congo as Great Lakes military chiefs meet
The UN ruled out giving any support to the armed forces of neighboring countries if they intervene militarily in the Democratic Republic of Congo
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25 October
Barkhane force ‘neutralizes’ 8 ISIS fighters during 9-day Mali operation
Commandos deployed to the France-led Operation Barkane counter-terrorism mission in the Sahel 'neutralized' eight Islamic State-affiliated fighters in Mali
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25 October
The US is consolidating its Syria role in the Middle Euphrates valley. Here’s why it matters.
Despite withdrawing from northern Syria, the US military will secure oil installations in the east to deter Iran and the regime
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25 October
After years helping others, aid workers are Syria’s latest refugees
Syrians who worked for international NGOs are fleeing to Iraq, fearing conscription into the army, or reprisals from the regime or Turkey-backed rebels
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25 October
Yemen government and southern separatists agree to power-sharing deal
Yemen's southern separatists struck a power-sharing deal with the government to end a conflict simmering within the long-running civil war
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25 October
US to send ‘additional military assets’ to Syria’s oil region amid troop withdrawal
The US said it planned to increase up its presence in eastern Syria in order to protect oil fields from being retaken by ISIS
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25 October
Additional Russian military police arrive in Syria for border patrols
Some 300 Russian military police have arrived in Syria to patrol the flashpoint Syrian-Turkish frontier under a deal with Turkey
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