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22 February

First RAF Typhoon use of Brimstone missile destroys ISIS boat in Syria

A UK Royal Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon used a brimstone missile to destroy a boat used by ISIS in Syria, the first time the aircraft has deployed the weapon system

22 February

French armed forces minister Florence Parly in Chad

Staff Writer With AFP

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French forces kill JNIM deputy leader El Hamame in Mali, Parly says

French forces have killed a top al-Qaeda and JNIM leader, Yahya Abou El Hamame, in an operation in Mali, defense minister Florence Parly said

22 February

Staff Writer With AFP

US gas company Anadarko’s convoy attacked in Mozambique

One person was killed and six others injured when two convoys operated by US gas giant Anadarko came under attack in northern Mozambique, an area which has been rocked by a spate of violence

22 February

Staff Writer With AFP

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Around 200 US “peacekeeping” troops will stay in Syria

The US military will keep around 200 "peacekeeping" troops in Syria, the White House said, weeks after President Trump announced US forces would withdraw

21 February

Peshmerga soldiers practice urban room clearing during training at Bneslawa, Iraq

Jared Szuba

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Iraqi army and Peshmerga survey disputed territories ahead of joint operations

The KRG Peshmerga and Iraqi Army began surveying areas of Iraq’s disputed territories in preparation for joint operations more than a year after relations broke down

21 February

Staff Writer With AFP

French ISIS fighter Fabien Clain targeted in overnight airstrike in Syria

A French ISIS fighter who became notorious after claiming responsibility for the November Paris 2015 attacks was killed in an airstrike

21 February

Staff Writer With AFP

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Raqqa civil defense uncovers ISIS mass grave of 3,500 people

Below a plot of farmland outside the Syrian city of Raqqa lies a large and deadly legacy of ISIS: a mass grave holding an estimated 3,500 people

21 February

Allison McManus

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Despite military campaign, security concerns persist in Egypt’s North Sinai

The lesson of shortcomings of successive Egyptian military campaigns seems to be that the real security crisis is the will to examine and learn from failures, Allison McManus argues

20 February

SDF fighters prepare to advance on the last pocket of ISIS territory in Syria near Baghuz

Staff Writer With AFP

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Women and children from last ISIS pocket in Syria evacuated

A convoy of trucks evacuated dozens of people including women and children from ISIS's last Syria territory, bringing the SDF closer to retaking the last of the "caliphate"

20 February