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Aug- 2019 -26 AugustAsia Pacific
Clashes between Myanmar army and insurgents force thousands to flee in Shan state
Fighting in northeast Myanmar's Shan state escalated after rebel attacks on an army academy and police outposts
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16 AugustMiddle East
Khan Sheikhoun a ghost town as Syrian regime advances
As the Syrian government inches closer to rebel-held Khan Sheikhoun, scores of people have fled the once-vibrant town in Idlib province
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Nov- 2018 -28 NovemberMiddle East
Syria talks begin in Astana with government and opposition delegations present
Negotiators from Iran, Russia and Turkey met in Kazakhstan's capital Astana for two days of talks to preserve a fragile truce in northern Syria
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1 NovemberAfrica
Nigeria: Boko Haram attacks on Borno state villages and IDP camp kill at least 12
At least 12 civilians were killed after Boko Haram attacked Bulaburin and Kofa villages as well as an IDP camp in Dalori near Maiiduguri in northern Nigeria's Borno state
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Jul- 2018 -31 JulyAsia Pacific
Gunmen storm refugee aid department in eastern Afghanistan
Gunmen stormed an Afghan government building after multiple explosions in a continuing attack in Jalalabad
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2 JulyMiddle East
Fighting in southern Syria displaces 270,000 people, UN says
The number of people who have fled their homes in Syria's Daraa over the last two weeks of fighting has climbed to 270,000, the UN said
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Feb- 2018 -28 FebruaryMiddle East
Turkey is using refugees to justify attacks on Efrin, Syrian Kurds say
Syrian Kurdish officials, including those opposed to the PYD, say Turkey is using refugees to justify its attacks on the enclave of Afrin and wants to use Operation Olive Branch to change the demographics of the region
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Jan- 2018 -25 JanuaryAsia Pacific
US denies hitting Afghan refugee camp in Pakistan drone strike
Pakistan's claim that the US hit an Afghan refugee camp in a drone strike is "false," a US embassy spokesman said
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Oct- 2017 -25 OctoberMiddle East
Rukban residents remain trapped in Syrian no-man’s land
Life has been devastating for thousands of displaced Syrians living in Rukban camp, a barren no man’s land on the Jordan-Syria border
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6 OctoberMiddle East
Coalition: Russian allegations that ISIS uses At Tanf to launch Syria attacks are false
Russian claims that ISIS uses At Tanf deconfliction zone to launch attacks and that US uses refugees as human shields are false allegations, Coalition says
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