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May- 2018 -21 MayMiddle East
US troops unlikely to withdraw from Syria after ISIS defeat in Deir Ezzor
US troops are unlikely to leave Syria after defeating ISIS in Deir Ezzor despite tough talk from President Trump and Turkey's calls for the SDF to leave Manbij, Wladimir Van Wilgenburg reports
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21 MayTechnology
India flight-tests BrahMos cruise missile twice in two days
India successfully conducted a flight test of its BrahMos supersonic cruise missile in a trial to validate life extension technologies, officials said.
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21 MayAfrica
Malian soldier injured, 12 civilians killed in Boulikessi market attack
At least 12 civilians were killed in northern Mali in an attack on a market that also involved the shooting of a Malian soldier, military sources said
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19 MayMiddle East
High-value target captured by SDF isn’t ISIS spokesperson Abu Hasan al-Muhajir
Reports that the Syrian Democratic Forces backed by the U.S.-led Coalition against Islamic State captured the group's spokesperson Abu Hasan al-Muhajir in a raid in Eastern Syria are untrue, a spokesperson for the Coalition said
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18 MayAsia Pacific
Chinese air force lands first bomber on disputed Woody Island in South China Sea
The People’s Liberation Army Air Force of China landed an H-6K bomber aircraft on the disputed Woody Island in the South China Sea for the first time
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18 MayBusiness
US approves $45 million sale of 3,200 bomb bodies to Bahrain
The U.S. State Department approved an estimated $45 million sale of 3,200 general purpose and penetrator bomb bodies to Bahrain
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18 MayMiddle East
Israel builds ‘missile net’ along eastern border to protect new airport
Israel has built a unique "missile net" to defend a new airport, as part of a newly-completed segment of its eastern border barrier, a military official said
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17 MayMiddle East
Denmark to withdraw special forces from Iraq, but capacity-building contingent will stay
Denmark said that special forces assigned to the U.S.-led Coalition will be withdrawn because they have completed their mission, but other troops in capacity building, and radar operation roles will remain
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17 MayAfrica
UN peacekeeper killed, 8 injured in attack on convoy near Alindao, Central African Republic
A Mauritanian peacekeeper was killed and eight others injured in an attack on a U.N. convoy south of Alindao in the Central African Republic, the U.N. mission said.
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17 MayAfrica
Central African Republic: UN ‘restores control’ of Bambari, after 8 people killed
The UN Minusca mission in Central African Republic said it had retaken control of Bambari after institutions in the town were attacked in two days of violence and looting that left eight people dead
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