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US airstrikes kill 3 ‘key’ al-Qaeda leaders in Yemen – Pentagon

US airstrikes in Yemen killed three senior al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula leaders in Yemen, the Department of Defense said

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Saudi-led strikes on Yemen kill dozens of Houthi fighters and civilians

Saudi-led air strikes have killed dozens of rebels and civilians in the past 24 hours in Yemen's Hodeidah province, medical sources said

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US airstrike against al-Shabaab in Somalia kills 2 and destroys car bomb, Africom says

A United States airstrike targeting al-Qaeda affiliate al-Shabaab in Somalia killed two people and destroyed a car bomb near the capital Mogadishu on January 2, the U.S. military’s Africa Command said in a statement. “In coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. forces conducted an airstrike against al-Shabaab militants in the early morning hours of Jan. 2, 2018, approximately 50 kilometers west of the capital, killing two terrorists and destroying one vehicle-borne improvised explosive device, preventing it from being used against the people in Mogadishu,” Africom said in a Wednesday statement. The command said no civilians were killed in the strike. The strike is the latest in an increasing number of U.S. airstrikes against al-Shabaab and Abnaa ul-Calipha, Islamic State’s affiliate in Somalia. On December 27, an airstrike against al-Shabaab west of Mogadishu destroyed a car bomb and killed four people. Three days earlier, an airstrike targeting al-Shabaab in southern Somalia killed 13 people. On December 15, an airstrike 30 miles northwest of Kismayo killed eight people. Three days earlier, on December 12, a U.S. airstrike targeted an al-Shabaab car bomb near Mubarak, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Mogadishu. On November 27, Africom targeted Abnaa ul-Calipha in northeastern Somalia. A week earlier, the command said an airstrike killed more …

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US-led Coalition in Iraq and Syria acknowledges 16 more civilian deaths, bringing total to at least 817

The U.S.-led Coalition fighting ISIS in Syria and Iraq acknowledged 16 more civilian deaths in air or artillery strikes, increasing the number killed to at least 817

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Saudi-led coalition airstrikes kill 68 Yemen civilians in a single day – UN

68 Yemeni civilians were killed in two air raids by the Saudi-led Arab coalition, the UN humanitarian Coordinator in Yemen Jamie McGoldrick said

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US airstrike against al-Shabaab in Somalia kills four and destroys a car bomb, Africom says

A US airstrike in Somalia targeting al-Qaeda affiliate al-Shabaab killed four people and destroyed a car bomb, the US military’s Africa Command said

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US air strike targeting Al Shabaab kills 13 in Somalia

The United States carried out an air strike on Christmas Eve against the Shabaab Islamist group that left 13 dead.

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Saudi Arabia claims it intercepted Yemen rebel missile over Riyadh

Saudi Arabia said it shot down a ballistic missile Tuesday over Riyadh fired from Yemen by Iran-backed Houthi rebels.

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US airstrike targeting al-Shabaab in Somalia kills 8

A U.S. airstrike targeting Al Qaeda affiliate al-Shabaab conducted on Friday, December 15, killed eight people, the U.S. military's Africa Command said

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Saudi-led strike ‘kills at least three Yemen civilians’

A Saudi-led air strike has killed at least three civilians in Yemen's Marib province, a local official said on Sunday.

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