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Trump administration sends mixed signals on Lebanon military aid

Jared Szuba -
A US official pushed back on reports that the Trump administration had suspended aid to Lebanon's Armed Forces, the National reported
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Africa

Libyan police officers killed in airstrike on Tripoli station

Staff Writer With AFP -
Two Libyan policemen were killed in an air strike on a police station in the suburbs of Tripoli late Tuesday, the Government of National Accord said. Its interior ministry blamed...
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Business

UAE merges more than 25 defense industry firms into EDGE group

Staff Writer With AFP -
The de facto leader of the United Arab Emirates announced the formation of a government-controlled defense industry conglomerate EDGE
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Asia Pacific

Tajikistan security forces killed in border clashes blamed on ISIS

Staff Writer With AFP -
Tajikistan said Islamic State fighters who crossed the border from Afghanistan were behind a clash with security forces that left 17 people dead
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Africa

France expects new international task force Takuba to deploy in Mali ‘by 2020’

Fergus Kelly -
France expects a new international special operations Task Force Takuba to deploy in Mali by 2020 to help train local troops, defense minister Florence Parly said
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Africa

French troops in Mali kill ‘second most-wanted terrorist in the Sahel’

Fergus Kelly -
French troops in Mali last month killed Ali Maychou, a senior figure in the al-Qaeda-linked Group to Support Islam and Muslims (JNIM)
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Business

£2.8 billion British Army Boxer Mechanised Infantry Vehicle contract ‘secured’

Fergus Kelly -
A £2.8 billion contract for more than 500 Boxer armored vehicles for the British Army's Mechanised Infantry Vehicle requirement has been "secured"
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Europe

UK to extend Ukraine training mission Operation Orbital by 3 years

Staff Writer With AFP -
Operation Orbital, the United Kingdom's security training mission to Ukraine, has been extended by three years
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Middle East

Yemen government and southern separatists sign power-sharing deal

Staff Writer With AFP -
Yemen's government signed a power-sharing deal with southern separatists in an initiative to end a conflict within the country's civil war
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Middle East

Turkey says it arrested dead ISIS leader Baghdadi’s sister in Azaz

Staff Writer With AFP -
Turkish forces in northern Syria detained a sister of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of ISIS who was killed in a US raid last week
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Air

AeroVironment lands $6.4 million Raven tactical UAS follow-on contract for Southeast Asian military

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AeroVironment was awarded a $6.4 million contract from a Southeast Asian military customer for Raven unmanned aircraft systems
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Middle East

Dutch government admits killing Iraqi civilians in anti-ISIS airstrike

Joanne Stocker -
The Dutch government admitted that it killed dozens of civilians in an airstrike against Islamic State in Iraqi in 2015
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Asia Pacific

Grenade blast in Kashmir market kills 1, injures 17

Staff Writer With AFP -
At least one person was killed and 17 wounded in a grenade blast at a crowded market in Indian-administered Kashmir's main city Srinagar, police and doctors said
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Africa

French soldier killed in Mali roadside bomb blast claimed by ISIS

Fergus Kelly -
A French soldier deployed to Operation Barkhane was killed between Gao and Menaka in Mali in an IED attack later claimed by Islamic State
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Africa

Mali: More than 50 killed in ‘terrorist attack’ in Indelilmane in Menaka region

Fergus Kelly -
At least 53 Mali soldiers were killed in a "terrorist attack" on a military post outpost in Indelimane in the locality of Ansongo in the Ménaka region
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Africa

US begins ISR flight operations from Air Base 201 in northern Niger

Fergus Kelly -
Intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance flight operations from Nigerien Air Base 201 have begun, United States Africa Command said
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