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Coalition troops killed after attacks in Aden

Attacks on several targets in the Yemeni-port city of Aden have killed 15 soldiers from the Arab coalition and its allies in Yemen, according to the official WAM news agency based in the United Arab Emirates. Explosions hit a hotel housing Yemeni officials and a Gulf military base in Aden,[…]

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Saudi troops enter northern Yemen after clashes

Saudi Arabian troops have crossed into northern Yemen for the first time since the conflict with Houthi rebels began in March. Footage published on Wednesday showed soldiers taking positions in a mountainous area overlooking the southern Saudi province of Jizan. Houthi shelling and rocket attacks on the border have killed[…]

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Nigeria army rescues nearly 300 females from Boko Haram

Nigerian troops rescued nearly 300 girls and women during an offensive against Boko Haram fighters in the northeastern Sambisa Forest, the military said. Al Jazeera’s Yvonne Ndege, reporting from Abuja, said on Wednesday that the Nigerian military was planning to release photos and more information of the women and girls[…]

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France mobilises 10,000 troops after attacks

France is mobilising 10,000 troops to boost security, as security forces search for what the French prime minister called a “probable” accomplice to three days of bloodshed in and around the capital. After a crisis meeting on Monday, Manuel Valls said the search is urgent because “the threat is still[…]

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US ends combat mission in Afghanistan

US President Barack Obama saluted Sunday the “milestone” end of NATO’s combat mission in Afghanistan, but warned the country remains “a dangerous place.”  A low-key ceremony in Kabul marked the formal end of NATO’s war after 13 years of conflict that have left the country in the grip of worsening[…]

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Yemen troops free al-Qaeda hostages

Yemeni security forces have freed seven Yemeni hostages and a foreigner in a raid in which seven al-Qaeda kidnappers were also killed, the country’s supreme security committee said. The committee did not disclose the nationality of the foreign hostage, but a Yemeni government source said he was a US military[…]

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Israeli troops leave Gaza: army

Israel has withdrawn all its forces from the Gaza Strip, wrapping up a ground operation launched on July 17, a military spokesman confirmed Tuesday. “There were a number of forces inside … but all of them have left” the Palestinian territory, General Moti Almoz told army radio. The withdrawal of[…]

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Israeli troops launch first incursion in Gaza

Israeli marines clashed with Hamas gunmen in the first reported ground incursion in the Gaza Strip, after the deadliest night of violence in Israel’s latest offensive in which 18 members of the same family were killed. The Israeli army said at least four soldiers were “lightly injured” on Sunday, as[…]

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Saudi troops deployed to Iraq border

Saudi Arabia has sent 30,000 soldiers to its border with Iraq after Iraqi soldiers withdrew from the area, Al Arabiya television says. The country aims to guard its 800km border with Iraq, where Islamic State fighters and other Sunni Muslim rebel groups seized towns and cities in a lightning advance[…]

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