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Aug- 2019 -14 AugustMiddle East
Syrian regime advances on Khan Sheikhoun in embattled Idlib
Syrian government forces advanced on the strategic town of Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib, threatening to encircle a pocket of Islamist rebels
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14 AugustAfrica
Female suicide bomber kills Chad soldier and five others in Kaiga-Kindjiria
A female suicide bomber killed six people after blowing herself up in Chad in an attack attributed to a faction of Boko Haram
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13 AugustAfrica
Mali children face increased violence threat from terrorist attacks, UNICEF says
UNICEF warned children in Mali faced rising violence with more than 150 killed in the first half of the year in jihadist and ethnic attacks
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13 AugustBusiness
Bahrain signs agreement to purchase Patriot air defense system
Bahrain has signed an agreement to purchase the Patriot missile defense system from the US Army, Raytheon said
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12 AugustAmericas
US SOCOM commander orders ethics review in wake of scandals
US Special Operations Command commander General Richard D. Clarke ordered an internal ethics review in the wake of recent public scandals
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12 AugustMiddle East
US and Turkey start work on Syria border zone
A US delegation arrived in Turkey to begin work on creating a buffer zone in northern Syria, under a plan strongly rejected by Damascus
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12 AugustMiddle East
UN special rapporteur calls on France to repatriate citizens sentenced to death in Iraq
A UN special rapporteur called on the French government to repatriate and try seven French nationals sentenced to death in Iraq
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12 AugustEurope
Russian scientists killed in missile test explosion were working on ‘new weapons’
Russia's nuclear agency Rosatom head confirmed that five scientists killed last week were developing "new weapons" and vowed to continue testing
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12 AugustEurope
Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam charged over Brussels bombings
Salah Abdeslam, the sole surviving suspect in the November 2015 Paris attacks, was charged in connection with the Brussels bombings months later
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11 AugustMiddle East
Saudi coalition launches airstrike against Yemen separatists in Aden
A Saudi-led coalition launched a strike against southern separatists in Yemen after they seized the presidential palace in second city Aden
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