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Jan- 2020 -

17 January

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Barkhane: France to deploy 220 experienced troops ‘accustomed to operating in the Sahel’

France is to send 220 experienced troops who are "accustomed to operating in the Sahel" to reinforce its Operation Barkane mission

17 January

Africa

Motorbikes and ISIS flags captured during joint operations in the Sahel

Fergus Kelly

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Barkhane: 15 ‘terrorists’ killed in joint Liptako-Gourma operations

More than 1,000 troops from Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, the G5 Sahel Joint Force, and Barkhane took part in actions in the Liptako-Gourma region

14 January

Africa

Fergus Kelly

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Sahel Coalition: G5 and France agree new joint command, will prioritize fight against Islamic State

France and the G5 Sahel will form a military coalition under joint command and focus counter-insurgency efforts against ISIS

11 January

Africa

Fergus Kelly

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Burkina Faso Super Tucano conducts first joint air op with French Mirage 2000 jets

Burkina Faso conducted its first joint air operation with France, when a Super Tucano worked alongside Mirage 2000D fighter jets near Arbinda in December

10 January

Africa

Fergus Kelly

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More than 50 ‘terrorists’ killed in French commando operations in Mali

Supported by helicopters, jets and armed Reaper drones, commandoes deployed to Operation Barkhane conducted three helicopter-borne assaults in Mali

7 January

Business

Jared Szuba

France upgrades small arms with Glock pistols, SCAR precision rifle procurements

France's military is replacing its pistols with the Glock 17 and replacing the FR F2 with a 7.62 mm, 20-inch barrel variant of FN Herstal's SCAR precision rifle

7 January

Middle East

KTCC Zerevani Peshmerga training in Bnaslawa

Joanne Stocker

Counter-ISIS Coalition countries temporarily withdrawing personnel from Iraq

Members of the US-led Coalition against ISIS are pulling troops from Iraq as training of both the Iraqi Security Forces and Kurdistan Region's Peshmerga are paused

Dec- 2019 -

9 December

Europe