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Feb- 2019 -20 FebruaryMiddle East
Women and children from last ISIS pocket in Syria evacuated
A convoy of trucks evacuated dozens of people including women and children from ISIS's last Syria territory, bringing the SDF closer to retaking the last of the "caliphate"
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20 FebruaryAfrica
Nigeria: Boko Haram kills at least 14 loggers near Maiduguri
At least 14 people were killed when Boko Haram insurgents attacked loggers in Koshebe forest near Maiduguri in northeastern Nigeria
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19 FebruaryAsia Pacific
India says army killed Kashmir suicide bomb commander
India's army said it had killed the mastermind of a major suicide bomb attack in Kashmir which it blamed on Pakistan, as calls grew for reprisals
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18 FebruaryMiddle East
Alliance between SDF and Syrian regime is “very far away,” senior Kurdish official Salih Muslim says
Senior Kurdish politician Salih Muslim said a military partnership between the SDF and the Assad government is “very far away” and will depend on a negotiated political solution
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18 FebruaryMiddle East
Iran arrests 3 ‘terrorists’ over suicide bomb attack that killed 27 IRGC members
Iran's IRGC said it arrested three "terrorists" involved in last week's deadly suicide bomb attack on security forces in Balochistan
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18 FebruaryAfrica
Boko Haram kills Nigeria soldiers in attack near Banki
Two Nigerian soldiers were killed and six others injured when Boko Haram militants attacked a military post in Banki near the Cameroon border
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18 FebruaryAsia Pacific
Indian soldiers killed in latest Kashmir violence blamed on militants
Indian troops suffered new losses in a fierce battle with Kashmir militants that left at least seven dead just days after a suicide bombing
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18 FebruaryBusiness
Saudi state arms firm signs cooperation agreement with France’s Naval Group
Saudi Arabia's state arms producer and French government-majority firm Naval Group signed a joint venture deal to boost the kingdom's navy
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18 FebruaryAfrica
Mali soldier wounded in firefight with German peacekeepers
A Malian soldier was seriously wounded during a night-time exchange of fire with German troops serving as UN peacekeepers in the west African nation
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18 FebruaryMiddle East
Yemen and Houthi rebels agree to first pullback of forces from Hodeidah
Yemen's government and Houthi rebels have agreed on the first phase of a pullback of forces from the key city of Hodeidah
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