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Jan- 2018 -6 January
Bomb blast kills four police officers in Indian Kashmir
Four police officers were killed in a explosion in Indian Kashmir suspected to have been set off by Islamist militants, police and reports said
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5 January
ISIS-allied Boko Haram faction claims killing of Nigerian troops
The Islamic State faction of Boko Haram on Friday said it was responsible for a late December attack on Nigerian army barracks.
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5 January
Saudi Arabia claims interception of missile fired from Yemen
Saudi Arabia on Friday said it had successfully intercepted a missile fired by Houthi rebels near the border with Yemen.
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4 January
Iraqi forces begin anti-ISIS clearing operation in Kirkuk
Iraqi forces led by the 9th Armored Division began an operation to clear remaining pockets of Islamic State fighters around the northern city of Kirkuk.
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4 January
Saudi-led strikes on Yemen kill dozens of Houthi fighters and civilians
Saudi-led air strikes have killed dozens of rebels and civilians in the past 24 hours in Yemen's Hodeidah province, medical sources said
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4 January
Two Russian servicemen killed in Syria mortar attack
Russia's defence ministry said 2 servicemen were killed in an attack in Syria on New Year's Eve, but denied reports planes had been destroyed
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3 January
Norway suspends arms exports to UAE over Yemen war
Norway announced it has suspended arms and ammunition exports to the UAE because of the nation's involvement in the Yemen war.
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3 January
US airstrike against al-Shabaab in Somalia kills 2 and destroys car bomb, Africom says
A United States airstrike targeting al-Qaeda affiliate al-Shabaab in Somalia killed two people and destroyed a car bomb near the capital Mogadishu on January 2, the U.S. military’s Africa Command said in a statement. “In coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. forces conducted an airstrike against al-Shabaab militants in the early morning hours of Jan. 2, 2018, approximately 50 kilometers west of the capital, killing two terrorists and destroying one vehicle-borne improvised explosive device, preventing it from being used against the people in Mogadishu,” Africom said in a Wednesday statement. The command said no civilians were killed in the strike. The strike is the latest in an increasing number of U.S. airstrikes against al-Shabaab and Abnaa ul-Calipha, Islamic State’s affiliate in Somalia. On December 27, an airstrike against al-Shabaab west of Mogadishu destroyed a car bomb and killed four people. Three days earlier, an airstrike targeting al-Shabaab in southern Somalia killed 13 people. On December 15, an airstrike 30 miles northwest of Kismayo killed eight people. Three days earlier, on December 12, a U.S. airstrike targeted an al-Shabaab car bomb near Mubarak, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Mogadishu. On November 27, Africom targeted Abnaa ul-Calipha in northeastern Somalia. A week earlier, the command said an airstrike killed more …
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3 January
Russian military Mi-24 helicopter crashes in Syria, killing pilots
A Russian military Mi-24 helicopter crashed in Syria, killing both pilots, a crash the defence ministry blamed on a technical fault.
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2 January
Civilian casualties in Iraq remained steady in December
The number of civilians killed and wounded in Iraq in December rose slightly from the previous month, a figure that the United Nations special envoy said was disappointing
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