counter-terrorism
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Nov- 2019 -13 NovemberAfrica
EU to ‘increase presence and improve support’ for Sahel partners fighting terrorism
The EU will increase its presence and the level of support it gives to its partners fighting terrorism in the troubled Sahel region of sub-Saharan Africa
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10 NovemberMiddle East
Five Italian special forces personnel injured in IED explosion in northern Iraq
Five Italian special forces personnel were wounded when they were struck by an IED while supporting Kurdish Peshmerga in northern Iraq
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6 NovemberAfrica
France expects new international task force Takuba to deploy in Mali ‘by 2020’
France expects a new international special operations Task Force Takuba to deploy in Mali by 2020 to help train local troops, defense minister Florence Parly said
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6 NovemberAfrica
French troops in Mali kill ‘second most-wanted terrorist in the Sahel’
French troops in Mali last month killed Ali Maychou, a senior figure in the al-Qaeda-linked Group to Support Islam and Muslims (JNIM)
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1 NovemberMiddle East
French Rafale jets strike ISIS tunnels in northeastern Iraq
French Rafale fighter aircraft conducted airstrikes on a number of Islamic State munitions caches in northeastern Iraq
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Oct- 2019 -31 OctoberMiddle East
Pentagon releases new details of raid that killed ISIS leader Baghdadi
ISIS founder Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi died in a hole in northwest Syria, but the fight against the terror group is not over, CENTCOM commander Gen. McKenzie said
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27 OctoberMiddle East
ISIS spokesman al-Muhajir ‘targeted’ in Turkey-controlled Syria, SDF says
Islamic State spokesman Abu Hussein al-Muhajir was "targeted" in northern Syria following the killing of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, SDF leader Mazlum Abdi said
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25 OctoberAfrica
Barkhane force ‘neutralizes’ 8 ISIS fighters during 9-day Mali operation
Commandos deployed to the France-led Operation Barkane counter-terrorism mission in the Sahel 'neutralized' eight Islamic State-affiliated fighters in Mali
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23 OctoberEurope
Iran ‘terrorist’ plot against MEK thwarted, Albania police say
Albanian police said they had thwarted a planned attack by a Tehran-backed "terrorist cell" against opponents of the Iranian government
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17 OctoberAfrica
G5 Sahel Joint Force makes ‘major’ weapons seizure in northern Niger
The G5 Sahel Joint Force (FCG5S) said Nigerien troops had made a "major arms seizure" during a 10-day military operation in northern Niger
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