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Jun- 2019 -21 JuneAfrica
France-led cross-border Operation Aconit kills 18 more Islamic State fighters in Niger
Niger's defense minister said 18 Islamic State fighters were killed near the Mali border in the joint Operation Aconit involving US, French, Nigerien and Malian troops
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17 JuneEurope
France, Germany and Spain sign next-generation combat jet agreement
France, Germany and Spain unveiled the first concept models for the Future Combat Air System jet, an ambitious project aimed at bringing together EU military forces
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17 JuneAfrica
Joint Mali-France commando operation kills 20 ‘terrorists’ in Menaka
More than 20 "terrorists" were killed in joint operation against Islamic State in the Greater Sahara conducted by French and Malian forces in coordination with Niger's military
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14 JuneBusiness
France’s Naval Group and Italian Fincantieri sign joint venture deal
French shipbuilders Naval Group and Italy's Fincantieri signed an agreement to create an 50-50 joint venture
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10 JuneMiddle East
France and Netherlands to repatriate 14 children of ISIS adherents from Syria
The French and Dutch governments will bring home 14 orphaned children of ISIS adherents from northeast Syria, autonomous administration official Abdulkarim Omar said
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3 JuneMiddle East
Iraq sentences to death 11 French ISIS adherents transferred from Syria
A Baghdad court on Monday, June 3 sentenced to death two more French nationals for belonging to the Islamic State group, leaving all 11 Frenchmen transferred from Syria facing the gallows in Iraq. Bilel Kabaoui, 32, and Mourad Delhomme, 41, join nine other French citizens and a Tunisian national already on death row after trials over the past week. They have 30 days to appeal the sentences. Captured by the Syrian Democratic Forces, the French nationals were transferred from Syria in February. Iraq has sentenced more than 500 suspected foreign members of ISIS since the start of 2018. Its courts have condemned many to life in prison and others to death, although no foreign ISIS members have yet been executed. Iraqi law provides for the death penalty, which is carried out by hanging, for anyone joining a “terrorist group” – even those who did not take up arms. A group of prominent French lawyers said earlier Monday that the execution of French ISIS members on death row would be a disgrace for France. “We have taken a historic risk, which, if it is realized, will leave an indelible stain on the mandate of [President] Emmanuel Macron,” said the lawyers, including some …
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May- 2019 -30 MayEurope
France bomb suspect ‘pledged allegiance’ to ISIS
An Algerian suspected of setting off a package bomb in southeast France last week has told investigators that he pledged allegiance to ISIS
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27 MayMiddle East
Iraq sentences 4th French ISIS member to death
An Iraqi court condemned a fourth French citizen to death for joining ISIS, a day after handing capital punishments to three other Frenchmen
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26 MayMiddle East
Iraq sentences 3 French citizens to death for ISIS membership
Iraq sentenced three French citizens to death for membership in Islamic State
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24 MayEurope
France: ‘Package bomb’ explosion on Lyon street injures at least 8
At least seven people were injured in a suspected package bomb explosion on a pedestrian street in the heart of Lyon, southeast France
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