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Middle East

ISIS’s ‘caliphate’ was crushed. Now Syria’s Kurd-led alliance faces bigger battles

Jared Szuba - March 29, 2019

Reporting from Syria in the dying days of the ISIS caliphate, Jared Szuba talks to Kurds and Arabs about the fight for their shared future

Business

Germany extends ban on arms exports to Saudi Arabia by a further six months

Staff Writer With AFP - March 29, 2019

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition government extended an embargo on weapons exports to Saudi Arabia until the end of September

Americas

US Marine Corps General McKenzie replaces retiring Votel as CENTCOM Commander

Staff Writer With AFP - March 29, 2019

Newly promoted General Kenneth F. McKenzie took over the leadership of US Central Command, which oversees military operations in the Middle East

Africa

Nigeria: 2 killed in Boko Haram attack on Miringa military base

Staff Writer With AFP - March 28, 2019

Boko Haram militants raided a military base in Miringa in northeast Nigeria's Borno state, killing a police officer and a local resident

Africa

Four Burkina Faso gendarmes killed in attack on base in Barani near Mali border

Staff Writer With AFP - March 28, 2019

Four Burkina Faso gendarmes were killed in an attack on a base in the Boucle du Mahoun region near the Mali border

Africa

Somalia: At least 11 killed in suspected car bombing in downtown Mogadishu

Staff Writer With AFP - March 28, 2019

At least 11 people died when a bomb exploded on a busy street and ripped into a nearby restaurant in Somalia's capital Mogadishu

Air

Mi-8 helicopter crash in Kazakhstan kills 13 service members on board

Staff Writer With AFP - March 28, 2019

A military Mi-8 helicopter crashed in southwestern Kazakhstan, killing all 13 servicemen on board, the defense ministry said

Africa

Niger: Boko Haram suicide bomb and gun attack in Diffa region kills at least 10

Staff Writer With AFP - March 27, 2019

At least 10 people were killed along with at least two suicide bombers in a coordinated Boko Haram attack in N'Guigmi in the Diffa region of eastern Niger

Africa

Mali: 6 killed in attack on Dogon village of Ouadou

Staff Writer With AFP - March 27, 2019

Six people were killed in attacks on villages of the Dogon ethnic community in central Mali, as the UN mission called for an end to the "spiral of violence"

Americas