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Sunday, 30 December, 2018

India: 4 militants killed in a encounter with security forces in Kashmir

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Four militants were killed Saturday in an encounter with security forces in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, the Army said.

The security forces launched a cordon and search operation in the Hanjan area Saturday morning after receiving specific information about the presence of militants there, an Army official said.

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Yemen: Houthis start redeployment in Hodeidah as part of U.N. deal

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Yemen’s Houthi forces have started to redeploy from the port of the Red Sea city of Hodeidah as part of a U.N.-sponsored peace agreement signed in Sweden earlier this month, a U.N. source and a spokesman for the group said on Saturday.

The Iranian-aligned Houthis have agreed with the Saudi-backed government to implement a ceasefire in Hodeidah province and withdraw their respective forces.

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Egypt: Egyptian forces kill 40 militants after bombing near Giza Pyramids

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Egypt says police killed 40 militants Saturday following a deadly bomb attack that targeted tourists near the Great Pyramids.

Authorities raided three militant hideouts and said the extremists were planning attacks on tourist spots, Christian churches and government targets.

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Saturday, 29 December, 2018

Syria: Syrian Kurds appeal for Damascus’s protection from Turkish attack

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Kurdish leaders in northern Syria have appealed to Damascus for protection from a threatened Turkish military attack, as they reel from the decision by Donald Trump to withdraw US troops from the war-torn country.

Syrian state media claimed on Friday that regime forces had entered the Kurdish-controlled city of Manbij close to the Turkish border, as the government grinds towards its stated aim of retaking “every inch” of the country after nearly eight years of civil war.

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Thursday, 27 December, 2018

Nigeria: Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) jihadists sacked 2 military bases in Baga

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Boko Haram sacked two military bases in northeast Nigeria overnight as the jihadist fighters battle for control of a strategic town on Lake Chad, military sources said Thursday.

Jihadists from the IS-supported Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) overran a naval base and a multinational joint task force (MNJTF) post in the fishing town of Baga after a fierce battle, the sources told AFP.

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Wednesday, 26 December, 2018

Iraq: Islamic State (IS) terrorist group claims car bomb attack in Tal Afar

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Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) claimed responsibility for a car bomb attack in the northern Iraqi city of Tal Afar, the group said on its news agency Amaq on Tuesday.

The attack on Tal Afar, a former IS stronghold, killed two people and wounded 11, Reuters reported, citing the Iraqi military.

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Afghanistan: Death toll rises to 40 in Kabul bomb attack

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The death toll from an attack in the Afghan capital has climbed to 40, the Health Ministry said Tuesday, as police and rescue workers combed through the smoldering public welfare building where the gunmen held out for eight hours against security forces.

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