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French Mirage 2000 jets strike vehicles that entered Chad from Libya

French Mirage 2000 fighter jets carried out air strikes to halt an armed group that entered northern Chad from Libya in a column of 40 pickups

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France conducts air operations in Mali and Burkina Faso

Aircraft deployed to France's Operation Barkhane have recently conducted air operations in Mali and Burkina Faso

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Two Mali soldiers killed in complex attack in Tarkint, Gao region

Two members of the Armed Forces of Mali (FAMa) were killed and 10 injured in a "complex" attack on a base in Tarkint in the Gao region

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At least 4 Burkina Faso soldiers killed in attack on military base in Nassoumbou

At least four Burkina Faso soldiers were killed when gunmen raided a military base in Nassoumbou in Soum province in the northeast, the armed forces said

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France conducts air operations in Mali and Central African Republic

France has recently conducted air operations in Central African Republic and in the Sahel region, the Armed Forces Ministry said

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France to continue military operation in Syria and Iraq in 2019, Macron says

France will remain "militarily engaged" in the Middle East through 2019 despite the U.S. 'retreat' from Syria, President Emmanuel Macron said

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French Air Force Mirage 2000 fighter jet disappears in eastern France mountains

A search was underway for a French Air Force Mirage 2000 fighter and its two pilots after it disappeared from radar over a mountainous region of eastern France

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Joint France-Niger air and ground operation near Tongo Tongo kills 15 ‘terrorists’

French airstrikes followed by two days of ground operations in the Tongo Tongo area near the Mali border killed 15 'terrorists', the French Army said

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Syrian Democratic Council leaders set for Paris talks on US withdrawal

Two top leaders of the SDC, the political arm of the SDF alliance that is battling ISIS, are to visit France for talks on the U.S. military withdrawal from Syria

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French airstrike in Mali kills six ‘terrorists’ near Niger border

At least six "members of an armed terrorist group" were killed overnight in a French air strike in southeastern Mali, a French military spokesperson said

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