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Thursday, 12 November, 2015

Ukraine: 1 Ukrainian soldier killed and 5 injured in east Ukraine

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Russian-backed militants violate truce 21 times.

One Ukrainian soldier was killed in the past 24 hours, and five others were wounded, according to Ukraine’s presidential military spokesman Andriy Lysenko.

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Libya: 16 Tobruk army soldiers killed in clashes with Tripoli forces in Benghazi

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At least 16 soldiers of the army loyal to Tobruk government were killed and another 11 wounded in clashes in Benghazi with parliament forces of the rival government in Tripoli Wednesday, security personnel told EFE.

Four militias belonging to rival Islamist groups Majlis al Shura and Zwara Benghazi, with links to Tripoli, died in the fighting in Boatni in which fighter jets loyal to Tobruk also participated.

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Wednesday, 11 November, 2015

Syria: Syrian regime troops break ISIS siege of major air base in Aleppo

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Syrian regime army forces broke a siege imposed by militants of the Islamic State (ISIS) on a key military air base in Aleppo, a military source said on Tuesday.

The Kweyris air base, a major military base for Syrian regime troops in the northern province of Aleppo, has been under ISIS siege for more than a year.

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Monday, 9 November, 2015

Egypt: Police has killed in a shoot-out a terrorist senior commander of Islamic State in Cairo

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The Egyptian Interior Ministry said Monday that a senior commander in the Islamic State extremist group has been killed in a shoot-out in northern Cairo.

Ashraf al-Gharabli was the head of the extremist group’s operations in Cairo, northern Egypt and the western desert oases, the ministry said.

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Afghanistan: Afghan talibans hang ISIS members in Zabul

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Afghan talibans have hanged 15 of 35 Isis militants they have captured days ago in suthern province of Zabul.

Isis militants are accused of beheading 7 civilians, including 3 women, carried out saturday by afghan followers of ‘Caliph’.

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Somalia: Kenyan and Somali armies kill 9 al-Shabaab militants in Jungal

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The Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) and the Somali National Army (SNA) have said they killed nine Al-Shabaab terrorists at Jungal, 30 kms North West of Bardhere.

In a press statement from the Ministry of Defence, the terrorists were pursued by the KDF soldiers and killed, impounding nine AK 47 rifle, five IEDs and assorted ammunition.

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Sunday, 8 November, 2015

Yemen: Iran-backed Houthi rebels retake positions in south Yemen

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Yemen’s Iran-backed rebels have regained several positions lost in recent months across the country’s south, in a fresh push towards the Gulf-backed government’s temporary headquarters in port city Aden, military sources said Sunday

In Lahj province, which borders Aden, rebels are now positioned on a hill overlooking the strategic Al-Anad airbase, according to the sources.

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