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Dec- 2024 -20 DecemberMiddle East
Pentagon Says US Doubled Troops in Syria Earlier This Year
The US doubled the number of troops it has in Syria as part of operations against the Islamic State group to around 2,000 earlier this year, the Pentagon said.
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14 DecemberAmericas
‘Imperative’ to Work Against IS in Syria, Blinken Tells Turkey
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday told Turkey it was "imperative" to work against a resurgence of the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria following the fall of Bashar al-Assad.
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1 DecemberMiddle East
Syria War Monitor Says Rebels Control Most of Aleppo
Jihadist-led rebels seized Aleppo's airport and dozens of nearby towns after overrunning most of Syria's second city, a war monitor said.
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Nov- 2024 -30 NovemberMiddle East
Jihadists, Allies Breach Syria’s Second City in Lightning Assault
Jihadists and their Turkish-backed allies breached Aleppo in a lightning offensive against Iran and Russia-backed Syrian government.
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27 NovemberAmericas
US Struck Iran-Aligned Group’s Weapons Storage Facility in Syria: CENTCOM
The US military said Tuesday it conducted a strike against an unnamed Iranian-aligned group's weapons storage facility in Syria in response to an attack on American forces a day earlier.
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24 NovemberAsia Pacific
IS-Khorasan Claims Attack on Sufi Shrine in Afghanistan
The Islamic State Khorasan claimed responsibility for a gun attack that left 10 people dead at a Sufi shrine in Afghanistan's northern Baghlan province.
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18 NovemberAfrica
Jihadists Kill Five Nigerian Troops in Raid on Base
Attackers from an Islamic State-affiliated jihadist group killed five Nigerian soldiers in a raid on a military base near the Niger border.
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9 NovemberAfrica
New Jihadist Group ‘Lakurawa’ Kills 15 in Nigeria Village Attack
Gunmen killed 15 people in an attack on a northwest Nigerian village, officials confirmed, amid reports of a newly arrived jihadist group operating in the area.
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8 NovemberAfrica
Chad Army Kills ‘Many’ Boko Haram Jihadists in Air Strikes
Chad's military inflicted "many dead and wounded" in air strikes against Boko Haram jihadists, President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno said.
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2 NovemberAfrica
Niger Inks Deal With Russia for Three Satellites
Niger signed a deal Friday with Glavkosmos, a subsidiary of Russia's Roscosmos space agency, to buy three satellites to boost security in the Sahel nation and its neighbours, all battling jihadist attacks.
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