War

Joint France-Niger air and ground operation near Tongo Tongo kills 15 ‘terrorists’

French airstrikes followed by two days of ground operations in the Tongo Tongo area near the Mali border killed 15 'terrorists', the French Army said

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Yemen’s Houthi rebels begin withdrawal from Hodeidah under UN agreement

Yemen's Houthi rebels have begun to withdraw from the port of Hodeidah, the country's key aid lifeline, under an agreement reached earlier this month

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Boko Haram sacks two Nigeria military bases near Baga on Lake Chad

Boko Haram sacked a naval base and a Multinational Joint Task Force post near Baga in the Lake Chad area of northeast Nigeria

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Burkina Faso police officers killed in ambush near Mali border

Ten police officers were killed and three wounded in an ambush in northwestern Burkina Faso while heading to the village of Loroni

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Nigeria troops, police officer killed in Boko Haram attack near Damaturu

More than a dozen military and police personnel were killed near Damaturu in northeastern Nigeria in an attack blamed on Islamic State West Africa Province

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Six Malaysians were involved in Basilan suicide bomb plot, expert says

Six Malaysians were involved in the ISIS-claimed suicide bombing in Basilan in southern Philippines that killed 10 people in July

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Order signed to withdraw US troops from Syria

The order to withdraw US troops from Syria has been signed, the military said after President Donald Trump and his Turkish counterpart agreed to prevent a power vacuum

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“What can we tell them?”: US general pressed for reassurance for SDF after Syria withdrawal decision

After Trump’s decision to withdraw US troops from Syria, a CJTF-OIR commander sought direction on what to tell their SDF partners

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Afghanistan president replaces defense and interior ministers in surprise shake-up

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani replaced two of the country's top security chiefs with staunch anti-Taliban officials, Amrullah Saleh and Assadullah Khaled

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Yemen: Head of UN monitor team arrives in rebel-held capital Sana’a

The head of the UN team tasked with monitoring a fragile ceasefire in Yemen's port city of Hodeidah arrived in the rebel-held capital of Sana'a

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