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Somalia renews its US-backed fight against al-Shabab militant group. Here is why it matters
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MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) -- U. S. -backed airstrikes and recently expanded ground operations have shifted momentum in Somalia 's long-running war against al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab militant group, the government says, touting successes in the fight such as efforts to reclaim territory from the extremists and the targeting of the group's leadership and bomb-making network.
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U.S. troops arrive in Nigeria to help train its troops, Nigerian military says
About 100 U. S. troops plus equipment have arrived in Nigeria to help train soldiers in the West African country as the government fights against Islamic militants and other armed groups, the Nigerian military announced Monday.
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Opinion | Stop the Illegal Transfer of ISIS Suspects
Ms. Tayler is an associate fellow at the International Center for Counter-Terrorism.
For the past seven years, thousands of men from around the world have been held in squalid, overcrowded prisons in northeastern Syria in violation of international law.
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Exclusive | U.S. to Send 200 Troops to Help Nigeria Fight Islamist Insurgents
NAIROBI -- The U. S. is sending 200 troops to Nigeria to train the country's military to fight Islamist militants, weeks after President Trump accused the West African government of failing to protect Christians from terrorist attacks, an American military official said Tuesday.
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Nigeria's first lady says US strikes were a 'blessing,' welcomes collaboration with Trump
Speaking during a visit to Washington, Oluremi Tinubu discusses U. S. -Nigeria security cooperation, recent counterterrorism strikes, and concerns raised in the U.
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Nigeria sets up new military command to slow spread of Islamic militants after deadly attack
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- The Nigerian government has announced a new military operation to tackle Islamic militants following the killing of more than 160 people in western Kwara state, many of them reportedly for resisting extremist ideology.
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Pakistan says it has killed 145 'Indian-backed terrorists' in Balochistan after deadly attacks
QUETTA, Pakistan -- Pakistani police and military forces killed over a 100 "Indian-backed terrorists " in counterterrorism operations across the restive southwestern province of Balochistan over the past 40 hours, government officials said on Sunday, a day after coordinated suicide and gun attacks killed 33 people, mostly civilians.
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At least 145 people killed in multiple attacks in southwestern Pakistan
Pakistani police and military forces killed over a 100 "Indian-backed terrorists " in counterterrorism operations across the restive southwestern province of Balochistan over the past 40 hours, government officials said on Sunday, a day after coordinated suicide and gun attacks killed 33 people, mostly civilians.
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After Trump declared ISIS defeated, US faces new test as detainees move amid Syria power shift
Iraqi intelligence chief says the group expanded from roughly 2,000 fighters in just more than a year as Kurdish detention systems collapse
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After Trump strikes Islamist terrorists, US general travels to Nigeria with militants 'on the run'
AFRICOM general reveals new US-Nigeria effort to stop killings, kidnappings, following Trump strikes on terrorists
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Baghdad says it will prosecute Islamic State militants being moved from Syria to Iraq
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Baghdad will prosecute and try militants from the Islamic State group who are being transferred from prisons and detention camps in neighboring Syria to Iraq under a U.
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Baghdad says it will prosecute Islamic State militants being moved from Syria to Iraq
BAGHDAD -- Baghdad will prosecute and try militants from the Islamic State group who are being transferred from prisons and detention camps in neighboring Syria to Iraq under a U.
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U.K. plans to create 'British FBI' to bring national investigations under single police force
LONDON -- The British government said Sunday that it will unveil plans this week to create a new national police force, dubbed the "British FBI," to take charge on complex investigations such as counterterrorism, fraud, online child abuse and criminal gangs.
