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Burkina Faso troops killed in roadside bomb attack near Arbinda

Staff Writer With AFP -
Five Burkina Faso soldiers were killed when their vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb near Arbinda in the northern Soum province
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Africa

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

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

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

Fergus Kelly -
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
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Middle East

Car bomb kills Turkish soldiers, Syrian fighters in contested northeast

Jared Szuba -
Three Turkish soldiers and at least four Syrian fighters were killed in the latest car bombing near the town of Tal Abyad in northeast Syria
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Middle East

Syria’s Al Hol camp sees more than 500 deaths in 2019

Staff Writer With AFP -
At least 517 people, mostly children, died in 2019 in Syria's Al Hol housing displaced people and relatives of ISIS fighters, the Kurdish Red Crescent said
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Africa

Pilot killed in Egypt Air Force fighter jet crash during ‘training activity’ in North Sinai

Staff Writer With AFP -
An Egyptian Air Force pilot was killed when his fighter jet crashed during a "training activity," the Egyptian military said
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Africa

Haftar leaves Russia without signing Libya peace deal

Staff Writer With AFP -
Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar left Moscow without signing a ceasefire agreement aimed at ending nine months of fighting, leaving the future of a fragile truce uncertain
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Africa

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

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

Niger military leadership replaced after attack that killed 89 soldiers

Staff Writer With AFP -
Niger replaced two top military brass four days after an assault on an army base left 89 dead, the biggest single loss in the country's modern history
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Commentary

What the ‘Vengeance for the Two Sheikhs’ campaign says about new ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi

Asaf Day -
The killing of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi does not appear to have reduced ISIS’s capabilities, and new leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi seems to be carrying on his legacy
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Africa

Libya’s rival leaders to meet in Moscow for ceasefire talks

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War-torn Libya's rival leaders Fayez al-Serraj and Khalifa Haftar are set to meet in Moscow to discuss a ceasefire agreement
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Asia Pacific

Pentagon identifies 2 soldiers killed in southern Afghanistan IED blast

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The US identified two American soldiers killed in a Taliban IED in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, as Staff Sgt. Ian P. McLaughlin and Pfc. Miguel A. Villalon
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Africa

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

Fergus Kelly -
Burkina Faso conducted its first joint air operation with France, when a Super Tucano worked alongside Mirage 2000D fighter jets near Arbinda in December
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Iran admits ‘unintentionally’ downing Ukrainian airliner

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Iran said its armed forces "unintentionally" shot down a Ukrainian plane that crashed after taking off from Tehran, killing all 176 people aboard
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Commentary

Hezbollah’s missiles of mass destruction

Opinion Editor -
It’s long been surmised that Iran could deploy Hezbollah against Israel as a first-strike force or in response to an attack on its nuclear facilities
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Air

US approves $2.75 billion sale of 12 F-35B aircraft to Singapore

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The US State Department approved the $2.75 billion sale of 12 F-35B joint strike aircraft to Singapore, the Pentagon said Thursday
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