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Princely ties: The growing Chechnya-Gulf security relationship

Chechnya leader Ramzan Kadyrov’s Middle East engagement appears set for substantial growth in special forces and counterterrorism training

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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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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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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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“What can we tell them?”: US general pressed for reassurance for SDF after Syria withdrawal decision

After Trump’s decision to withdraw US troops from Syria, a CJTF-OIR commander sought direction on what to tell their SDF partners

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Afghanistan president replaces defense and interior ministers in surprise shake-up

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani replaced two of the country's top security chiefs with staunch anti-Taliban officials, Amrullah Saleh and Assadullah Khaled

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Yemen: Head of UN monitor team arrives in rebel-held capital Sana’a

The head of the UN team tasked with monitoring a fragile ceasefire in Yemen's port city of Hodeidah arrived in the rebel-held capital of Sana'a

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Burkina Faso soldiers killed in roadside bomb blast between Fada and Kompienbiga

Three soldiers died and four were injured when their vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device near Kompienbiga in eastern Burkina Faso

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US should back military operation against ISIS led by NATO-ally Turkey

Sanctioning a Turkish military campaign in northeast Syria will have a revitalizing effect on US-Turkey and Turkey-Coalition ties and prevent an ISIS resurgence

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Turkey postpones Syria military operation against YPG pending US withdrawal

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said a military operation in northern Syria against the YPG had been postponed, but warned the 'waiting period' was not open-ended

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