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Afghanistan school children increasingly vulnerable in surging conflict

Children in Afghanistan are increasingly the victims of brutal violence even as the government and Taliban sit down for peace talks

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Nigeria civilians killed in Gajigana airstrike targeting ISWAP

At least 13 civilians were reported killed in an air raid as the Nigerian military repelled an ISWAP assault in Gajigana in Borno state

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Car bomb in southern Turkey kills 3 Syrian nationals

At least three people were killed on Friday, July 5 after a car blast in the Turkish town of Reyhanli close to the Syrian border, state media reported. Two others were also injured, state news agency Anadolu said, as ambulances and police were rushed to the scene. The governor of Hatay province, where Reyhanli is located, Rahmi Dogan, told Anadolu that the cause of the explosion was not yet known. “The initial findings suggest there may be more of a link with terror,” President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told reporters in Istanbul. “It is clear there was a bomb in the car,” he said. Three people were killed, all Syrian nationals, Erdogan said. “Our colleagues are looking into who was behind this,” he said in televised comments, adding the government would provide more information in a few hours. The blast took place less than a kilometer from the Reyhanli district governor’s office around 1000 GMT, Anadolu reported. Images in Turkish media showed thick black smoke and flames from the car as firefighters fought the blaze. A twin car bombing blamed on pro-Damascus groups in May 2013 in Reyhanli killed over 50 people in one of the deadliest attacks in Turkey’s modern …

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Raqqa civil authorities uncover new mass grave of ISIS victims

Two hundred corpses, including those of people believed to have been executed by Islamic State, were found near the Syrian city of Raqqa

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Libya National Army airstrike on Tajoura migrant detention center kills and injures dozens

Dozens of people were killed and injured in an airstrike on a migrant detention center in the eastern suburbs of the Libyan capital Tripoli

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Afghanistan: 6 killed, dozens injured in car bomb blast in central Kabul claimed by the Taliban

Dozens of people were wounded as a powerful car bomb rocked Kabul and gunmen battled special forces near government buildings, Afghan officials said

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Israel missile strikes near Syria capital and Homs kill 4 civilians

Four civilians, including a toddler, were killed and 21 injured in Israeli missile strikes near Damascus, Syria's state news agency SANA reported

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Philippines counter-terrorism soldiers killed in Jolo ‘firefight’

An attack on a special Philippine army counter-terrorism unit left three soldiers dead and nine others wounded in the southern Philippines

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Suicide bombers target police in Tunis

Suicide bombers targeted police on Tunisia's capital Tunis, injuring civilians and police personnel

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Egypt police officers killed in Islamic State attack in North Sinai

Seven police officers have been killed in a jihadist attack near Arish in restive North Sinai, Egypt's interior ministry said

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