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Yemen’s Houthi rebels begin withdrawal from Hodeidah under UN agreement

Staff Writer With AFP -
Yemen's Houthi rebels have begun to withdraw from the port of Hodeidah, the country's key aid lifeline, under an agreement reached earlier this month
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Africa

Boko Haram sacks two Nigeria military bases near Baga on Lake Chad

Staff Writer With AFP -
Boko Haram sacked a naval base and a Multinational Joint Task Force post near Baga in the Lake Chad area of northeast Nigeria
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Africa

Burkina Faso police officers killed in ambush near Mali border

Staff Writer With AFP -
Ten police officers were killed and three wounded in an ambush in northwestern Burkina Faso while heading to the village of Loroni
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Europe

Princely ties: The growing Chechnya-Gulf security relationship

Neil Hauer -
Chechnya leader Ramzan Kadyrov’s Middle East engagement appears set for substantial growth in special forces and counterterrorism training
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Africa

Nigeria troops, police officer killed in Boko Haram attack near Damaturu

Staff Writer With AFP -
More than a dozen military and police personnel were killed near Damaturu in northeastern Nigeria in an attack blamed on Islamic State West Africa Province
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Asia Pacific

Six Malaysians were involved in Basilan suicide bomb plot, expert says

Zam Yusa -
Six Malaysians were involved in the ISIS-claimed suicide bombing in Basilan in southern Philippines that killed 10 people in July
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Middle East

Order signed to withdraw US troops from Syria

Staff Writer With AFP -
The order to withdraw US troops from Syria has been signed, the military said after President Donald Trump and his Turkish counterpart agreed to prevent a power vacuum
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Middle East

“What can we tell them?”: US general pressed for reassurance for SDF after Syria withdrawal decision

Jared Szuba -
After Trump’s decision to withdraw US troops from Syria, a CJTF-OIR commander sought direction on what to tell their SDF partners
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Asia Pacific

Afghanistan president replaces defense and interior ministers in surprise shake-up

Staff Writer With AFP -
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani replaced two of the country's top security chiefs with staunch anti-Taliban officials, Amrullah Saleh and Assadullah Khaled
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Middle East

Yemen: Head of UN monitor team arrives in rebel-held capital Sana’a

Staff Writer With AFP -
The head of the UN team tasked with monitoring a fragile ceasefire in Yemen's port city of Hodeidah arrived in the rebel-held capital of Sana'a
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Africa

Burkina Faso soldiers killed in roadside bomb blast between Fada and Kompienbiga

Fergus Kelly -
Three soldiers died and four were injured when their vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device near Kompienbiga in eastern Burkina Faso
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Commentary

US should back military operation against ISIS led by NATO-ally Turkey

Opinion Editor -
Sanctioning a Turkish military campaign in northeast Syria will have a revitalizing effect on US-Turkey and Turkey-Coalition ties and prevent an ISIS resurgence
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Middle East

Turkey postpones Syria military operation against YPG pending US withdrawal

Staff Writer With AFP -
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said a military operation in northern Syria against the YPG had been postponed, but warned the 'waiting period' was not open-ended
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Asia Pacific

Japan unveils record $47 billion defense budget

Staff Writer With AFP -
Japan's defense budget will swell to a record $47 billion next year as it boosts missile defense capabilites and procures stealth jets
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Middle East

‘We need time’: Incredulous US officials hustled to alert ‘shocked’ allies about Trump’s Syria withdrawal

Jared Szuba -
US State and Defense departments hurried to rework plans in the wake of Trump’s shock decision to pull troops from Syria
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Americas

Trump plans ‘significant withdrawal’ of US troops from Afghanistan

Staff Writer With AFP -
President Donald Trump has decided to pull a significant number of troops from Afghanistan, a US official told AFP a day after he announced a withdrawal from Syria
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