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Syria: US and Turkish forces begin training for Manbij joint patrols

US and Turkish forces have begun training for joint patrols around Manbij in northern Syria, Turkey's national defense minister said

Joanne Stocker

France air operation in Burkina Faso confirmed after reports of strikes near Pama

The French armed forces confirmed helicopters were used in operations in Burkina Faso's East region, after reports said aircraft struck…

Fergus Kelly

G5 Sahel joint counter-terrorism force to launch 3 operations ‘in coming weeks’ – Parly

The G5 Sahel joint counter-terrorism force is to launch three operations in coming weeks, France's Minster for the Armed Forces…

Fergus Kelly

Egypt special forces officer turned militant Hisham al-Ashmawy captured in Libya

The force that controls eastern Libya it captured former special forces officer Hisham al-Ashmawy, one of Egypt's most-wanted jihadists

Staff Writer With AFP

Ukraine and NATO kick off large-scale ‘Clear Sky 2018’ air exercises

Ukraine began a series of large-scale air force exercises with the United States and other NATO countries, the defense ministry…

Staff Writer With AFP

Turkey-backed Syrian rebels ‘complete’ heavy weapons withdrawal from Idlib

Syrian rebels have completed the withdrawal of heavy weapons from a planned Demilitarized Zone in opposition-held Idlib, under a deal…

Staff Writer With AFP

Three Egypt Army soldiers killed in Sinai counterterrorism operation

Egyptian security forces have killed 52 suspected jihadists in the Sinai Peninsula in operations in which three soldiers also died

Staff Writer With AFP

UK veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan wars suffer higher rates of PTSD

The overall rate of probable PTSD for British veterans of the Iraq and Afghan wars was nine percent, compared to…

Staff Writer With AFP

Afghanistan civilian casualties from suicide bomb attacks surge by 46 percent

The number of Afghans killed or wounded in suicide attacks soared 46 percent in the first nine months of 2018,…

Staff Writer With AFP

Airstrikes reported after Burkina Faso soldier killed in bomb attack near Pama in restive East

A Burkina Faso military officer was killed and a soldier injured when their vehicle was hit in a roadside bomb…

Fergus Kelly