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3 January

Protected Mobility Vehicles line up for a range practice at the Taji Military Complex, Iraq. *** Local Caption *** The Task Group Taji Quick Reaction Force are responsible for base defence at the Taji Military Complex, Iraq and conduct routine patrols. They also provide security overwatch for coalition forces as they train the Iraqi Security Forces to combat Daesh. Task Group Taji is a part of Australia and New Zealands contribution to the US-led Operation Inherent Resolves Building Partner Capacity mission. The ADF effort is part of Operation OKRA and the NZDF effort is part of Operation MANAWA. Task Group Taji has trained more than 46,000 members of the Iraqi Security Forces and law enforcement agency personnel since 2015.

Australia Ends Middle East Presence Against Islamic State

Australia’s remaining military personnel under an international coalition in Iraq and Syria have returned home, officially ending the country’s posture against the Islamic State in the region.

3 January

Middle East

Staff Writer With AFP

Czech Republic Reopens Damascus Embassy to Help US

The Czech Republic, whose embassy has represented the US in Syria since 2012, has reopened its mission after closing it last month.

3 January

Middle East

Staff Writer With AFP

24 Killed as Pro-Ankara Factions Clash With Syria’s Kurdish-Led SDF

At least 24 fighters, mostly from Turkish-backed groups, were killed in clashes with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces.

2 January

Middle East

Staff Writer With AFP

Israel Strikes Syrian Army Positions Near Aleppo: Monitor

Israel bombed Syrian army positions south of Aleppo , the latest such strikes since the overthrow of longtime strongman Bashar al-Assad.

2 January

War

Staff Writer With AFP

Syrian Civil War Killed More Than 528,500: Monitor

More than 528,500 people were killed in the Syrian civil war, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor said on Wednesday.

1 January

Europe

Staff Writer With AFP

France Says Struck IS Positions in Syria

French aircraft have bombed Islamic State positions in Syria, Defense Minister Lecornu said, in its first such strike on the country's soil since the fall of Bashar al-Assad.

Dec- 2024 -

30 December

Middle East

A 2018 file photo shows fighters of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) manning a roadblock in the Qandil Mountains, the groups's main rear-base in northern Iraq

Staff Writer With AFP

Monitor Says 31 Kurdish, Turkish-Backed Fighters Killed in Syria

A Syria war monitor said 31 combatants had been killed since Sunday in ongoing battles between Turkey-backed groups and Kurdish-led forces.

30 December

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Rebels in northwest Syria seized military vehicles belonging to the regime along the route toward Kweris airport in the eastern countryside of Aleppo

Staff Writer With AFP

‘Foreign Jihadists’ Among Rebels to Be Made Syria Army Officers: Monitor, Experts

Former rebels were promoted to officers in Syria's future army in a decree passed by de facto leader Ahmad al-Sharaa -- with a war monitor and experts identifying foreign jihadists among them.

29 December

Middle East