War
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Dec- 2018 -31 December
Iraqi F-16s strike senior ISIS leaders in Syria
Iraq struck a meeting of ISIS leaders near Deir Ezzor in Syria after being given permission by Damascus to target the group, the military said
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31 December
Iraq sentenced more than 600 foreigners for links to ISIS in 2018
Iraq sentenced more than 600 foreigners, including many women and dozens of minors, in 2018 for belonging to Islamic State, the judiciary said
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30 December
Children of Russian ISIS fighters flown home from Iraq
Thirty Russian children whose mothers are in Iraqi prison for belonging to Islamic State left Iraq to return home
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30 December
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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29 December
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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28 December
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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28 December
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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26 December
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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24 December
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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24 December
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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