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Jul- 2021 -7 JulyAir
Syria Kurds Say Thwarted Drone Attacks Near Coalition Base
Syrian Kurdish forces said they repelled drone attacks Wednesday near a major base of the US-led coalition battling Islamic State group remnants, in the second such attack in days.
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1 JulyEurope
Russia Says Foiled IS Attacks in Moscow, South
Russia said it had killed an alleged member of the Islamic State jihadist group and arrested another, accusing them of planning simultaneous attacks in Moscow and the southern region of Astrakhan.
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1 JulyAfrica
10 Dead in Suspected ADF Islamist Attack in DR Congo: Army
Ten people were killed overnight in the eastern DR Congo city of Beni by suspected members of the Allied Democratic Forces Islamist militia.
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Jun- 2021 -30 JuneAfrica
EU Agrees Military Training Mission for Mozambique
EU ambassadors gave the green light to set up a military mission in Mozambique to help train its armed forces battling jihadists in the north of the country.
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24 JuneAfrica
Southern African Bloc to Send Troops to Insurgency-Hit Mozambique
Southern African countries agreed to deploy forces to help quell a jihadist insurgency, as military and security sources said late Wednesday there had been fresh clashes with Islamist militants in northern Mozambique.
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22 JuneAfrica
Burkina Faso Troops Kill 11 Jihadists, Destroy 3 Bases
Burkina Faso soldiers killed 11 jihadists and destroyed three "terrorist" bases last week in security operations after the deadliest massacre in the country's six-year jihadist insurgency, the army said.
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10 JuneAmericas
Five Rockets Target Iraq Base Housing US Contractors: Security Source
Five rockets Wednesday evening targeted Iraq's Balad airbase, with two of the projectiles falling near an area used by US contractors without causing casualties.
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7 JuneAfrica
At Least 160 Killed in Deadliest Burkina Faso Attack Since 2015
Suspected jihadists massacred at least 160 civilians in a village in Burkina Faso's volatile north, the deadliest attack since Islamist violence erupted in the West African country in 2015, local officials said Sunday.
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May- 2021 -27 MayAfrica
Southern African Leaders Hold Summit on Jihadist Threat
Leaders of the southern African regional bloc SADC will hold an extraordinary summit on Thursday in Maputo to discuss the violence engulfing northern Mozambique.
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24 MayMiddle East
Turkey Detains Top IS Suspect Wanted by US
Turkish intelligence officers have arrested an Egyptian-born terror suspect wanted by Washington who was a top explosives expert for the Islamic State group, state media reported Monday.
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