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Joint Russia-Turkey patrols to begin in northeast Syria on Friday

Staff Writer With AFP -
Turkish-Russian joint patrols will start in Syria on Friday, Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, after a deadline for an SDF withdrawal expired
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Air

US approves $4.5 billion upgrade of Japan F-15s to Super Interceptor configuration

Staff Writer With AFP -
The US approved a $4.5 billion program for Boeing and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to upgrade 98 of Japan's F-15 fighter jets
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Middle East

18 ‘regime elements’ captured in northern Syria, Turkey’s defense ministry says

Staff Writer With AFP -
18 people who said they were Syrian government forces were captured near Ras al-Ayn in northern Syria, Turkey's defense ministry said
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Europe

Ukraine troops and Lugansk separatists begin withdrawal from Zolote

Staff Writer With AFP -
The Ukrainian army and Russia-backed separatists said they had begun to withdraw their troops from the key Zolote area ahead of a high-stakes summit
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Middle East

SDF withdraws from northern Syria border zone ahead of schedule, Russia says

Fergus Kelly -
Russia's defense minister said that Kurdish forces in northern Syria had withdrawn from areas along Turkey's border ahead of schedule
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Air

US awards Lockheed Martin $7 billion contract for 114 F-35 stealth fighters

Staff Writer With AFP -
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $7 billion contract to procure 114 F-35 joint strike fighter aircraft for domestic and foreign military sales
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Asia Pacific

Suicide bombs and foreign fighters are burgeoning jihadi threats for the Philippines

Pawel Wojcik -
Failure to take seriously Islamic State's use of suicide bombers and foreign fighters for its East Asia Province poses a threat to the Philippines
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Middle East

US to keep Deir Ezzor oilfields out of Syrian government hands, Esper says

Jared Szuba -
US deployment to Syria's oilfields is aimed in part at denying them to Russia and the Syrian government, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said
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Africa

US-led Coalition against ISIS to meet in Washington on November 14

Staff Writer With AFP -
The Coalition against ISIS will meet in Washington, D.C. on November 14 in a French-initiated meeting as the US pulls troops from Syria
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Middle East

ISIS spokesman al-Muhajir ‘targeted’ in Turkey-controlled Syria, SDF says

Fergus Kelly -
Islamic State spokesman Abu Hussein al-Muhajir was "targeted" in northern Syria following the killing of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, SDF leader Mazlum Abdi said
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Commentary

How will Baghdadi’s death change Islamic State?

Asaf Day -
ISIS will likely remain resilant after leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's death and its new leader may urge supporters to carry out repriasal attacks in the West
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Middle East

US kills ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in Syria, Trump says

Joanne Stocker -
US forces killed ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in an operation in northwest Syria's Idlib province, Donald Trump announced
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Commentary

Consequences of the US withdrawal from Syria

Opinion Editor -
The US will have to reckon with the consequences of Trump's greenlighting the Turkish invasion in northeast Syria, Jonathan Ruhe and Ari Cicure argue
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Africa

UN says will not support ‘foreign forces’ in DR Congo as Great Lakes military chiefs meet

Staff Writer With AFP -
The UN ruled out giving any support to the armed forces of neighboring countries if they intervene militarily in the Democratic Republic of Congo
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Africa

Barkhane force ‘neutralizes’ 8 ISIS fighters during 9-day Mali operation

Fergus Kelly -
Commandos deployed to the France-led Operation Barkane counter-terrorism mission in the Sahel 'neutralized' eight Islamic State-affiliated fighters in Mali
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Commentary

The US is consolidating its Syria role in the Middle Euphrates valley. Here’s why it matters.

Seth Frantzman -
Despite withdrawing from northern Syria, the US military will secure oil installations in the east to deter Iran and the regime
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