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US airstrikes kill 5 al-Qaeda militants in Yemen’s al-Bayda – Pentagon

U.S. military airstrikes in Yemen killed five al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula militants in the al-Bayda governorate, the Department of Defense said on Friday.

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UN peacekeepers killed in DR Congo base attack

Fourteen peacekeepers from the United Nations Democratic Republic of the Congo mission (MONUSCO) and five Congolese soldiers were killed in an attack on a base in North Kivu, the U.N. said on Friday.

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Syrian government to rejoin Geneva talks on Sunday

Syrian government negotiators will return to Geneva this weekend to rejoin United Nations-backed peace talks, after leaving the city in protest last week, U.N. envoy Staffan de Mistura said.

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Afghan female military officers to train in India

Afghan female military officers will train with the Indian Army for the first time at the training academy in Chennai, Indian media reported

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First 6 Afghan Air Force Black Hawk helicopter pilots graduate training

The first six Afghan Air Force pilots qualified to pilot the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter graduated from Aircraft Qualification Training in November

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Former Yemen president Saleh killed by Houthi fighters

Yemen's former president Ali Abdullah Saleh was killed Monday after Houthi rebels reportedly blew up his house in the capital Sanaa.

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Yemen rattled by air raids as clashes spread

A wave of air raids rattled Yemen's crisis-hit capital Monday, witnesses said, as clashes between rebels and supporters of ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh also spread beyond Sanaa.

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YPG declares eastern Deir Ezzor free of ISIS at press conference with Russian officials

The mainly Kurdish Syrian YPG declared eastern Deir Ezzor free from Islamic State at a press conference with Russian military officials

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US Marine Corps artillery battalion leaves Syria

More than 400 U.S. Marines who provided artillery support to the SDF have been ordered home from Syria and will not be replaced, the Coalition said

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UK PM May pledges more counter-terror support during visit to Iraq

UK to spend £10 million over three years in Iraq to counter ISIS foreign fighter threat, develop border infrastructure, watch-lists and biometric data

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