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SDF recaptures 4 Deir Ezzor villages earlier taken by pro-regime forces

The U.S.-led Coalition-backed SDF recaptured four villages on the east bank of the Euphrates river to the north of Deir…

Fergus Kelly

Iraq sentences 19 Russian women to life in prison for joining ISIS

Iraq on Sunday sentenced 19 Russian women to life in prison for joining ISIS, the latest in a series of…

Staff Writer With AFP

US approves $911 million sale to Bahrain of 12 AH-1Z attack helicopters

The U.S. State Department approved the sale to Bahrain of 12 Bell AH-1Z attack helicopters along with missiles, rockets, guns and…

Fergus Kelly

Sahel: Dozens of Tuareg killed on Mali-Niger border; 100 arrested, explosives seized in Burkina Faso

43 Tuareg were killed in attacks on Mali's border with Niger, while Burkina Faso authorities arrested 100 people and seized…

Fergus Kelly

Greece to upgrade 85 F-16 fighter jets to Viper configuration

Greece announced it is to upgrade 85 of its fleet of US-made F-16 warplanes, a programme pending over the past…

Staff Writer With AFP

Two more A-29 Super Tucano aircraft delivered to US Air Force Afghanistan Program

Two more A-29 Super Tucano light attack aircraft were delivered this week to the U.S. Air Force for its Afghanistan…

Fergus Kelly

Airstrike in Yemen kills dozens of Houthi rebels including commanders

An air strike on Yemen's capital Sana'a by a Saudi-led military coalition has killed dozens of Houthi rebels including at…

Staff Writer With AFP

Iraq reduces death sentence of German woman who joined ISIS

The death sentence of a German woman who was found guilty of joining Islamic State with her two daughters has…

Joanne Stocker

North and South Korea agree to ‘complete denuclearization’ in historic leaders’ meeting

North and South Korea issued a joint declaration on Friday, April 27 affirming their commitment to the complete denuclearization of…

Joanne Stocker

Ivory Coast to send 450 peacekeepers to Central African Republic

Ivory Coast will send 450 troops to the Central African Republic to serve as peacekeepers in one of the United…

Fergus Kelly