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5 January

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US-led Coalition pauses training of Iraqi forces, ISIS operations over force protection concerns

The US-led Coalition against ISIS paused training of Iraqi forces and operations against the militants due to a barrage of attacks against American bases

5 January

Africa

Kenya military personnel march in Nginyang Village

Joanne Stocker

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Al Shabaab attacks Kenya military base in Lamu

Fighters from Somalia's Al-Shabaab group launched an attack on a military base used by US and Kenyan forces in coastal Lamu

4 January

Africa

Staff Writer With AFP

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Chad troops leave Nigeria with Boko Haram mission ‘finished’

Chad has ended a months-long mission fighting Boko Haram in neighbouring Nigeria and withdrawn its 1,200-strong force across the border

4 January

Middle East

Jared Szuba

US designates major Iraqi PMU Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq a terror group

The US designated Iraqi Shiite PMU militia Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq as a terrorist organization, one day after killing a senior Iranian general in Baghdad

3 January

Africa

Staff Writer With AFP

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AFRICOM responds to al-Shabaab ambush on Somalia troops with airstrike

AFRICOM carried out an airstrike against suspected al-Shabaab militants who attacked Somali government troops west of Mogadishu

3 January

Asia Pacific

Staff Writer With AFP

Sri Lanka air force crew killed in Y-12 plane crash near Wirawila

A Sri Lankan air force plane crashed in a tea-growing mountainous region, killing the four crew on board

2 January

Middle East

Iran's Ayatollah Khamenei and Qasem Soleimani

Joanne Stocker

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Iran Quds Force commander Qassam Soleimani killed in US airstrike near Baghdad

Iran Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani and Kataib Hezbollah leader Abul Mahdi al-Muhandis were killed in a US airstrike at Baghdad airport in Iraq

2 January

Business