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    Taliban attack kills 12 Afghan security personnel at northern checkpoint

    17 Jun 2020

    The ministry of defence confirmed the attack and said six of its soldiers were among the dead. The Taliban spokesman for the group's fighting forces, Zabihullah Mujahib, claimed the attack but gave a higher toll.

    Iraq rocket attack kills 3 US, UK troops

    12 Mar 2020

    The attack threatens a dangerous escalation, with suspected US-led coalition air strikes promptly targeting Iran-aligned Iraqi fighters in neighbouring Syria, a war monitor said. At least 18 fighters were reported killed.

    Rocket attack hits again base housing US troops: Iraq officials

    14 Mar 2020

    On Wednesday, three servicemen, including two Americans, were killed when the base was attacked, the deadliest to target US troops in Iraq since a late December rocket attack on an Iraqi base that killed a US contractor and set in motion a series of tit-for-tat attacks that brought Iraq to the brink of war.

    VIDEO: Sudan's PM Abdalla Hamdok survives assassination attempt

    09 Mar 2020

    Hamdok was appointed prime minister last August, after pro-democracy protests forced the military to remove the autocratic President Omar Al Bashir in April and replace it with a civilian-led government.

    Gunmen storm temple in ongoing Kabul assault

    25 Mar 2020

    The Taliban denied any involvement in the attack. While no other group immediately claimed responsibility, Daesh militants frequently orchestrate assaults on the country's religious minorities.

    US-led forces depart Iraqi military base near Mosul in drawdown

    26 Mar 2020

    Coalition officials say the troop cuts and relocation of units into fewer Iraqi bases is because Iraqi forces are mostly capable of containing the threat from leftover Islamic State militants on their own.

    Baghdad’s Green Zone attacked by two rockets

    26 Mar 2020

    Before dawn on Thursday, two rockets punched into an empty square near an Iraqi security headquarters in the Green Zone, the security forces said. But an Iraqi security source told the media the intended target appeared to be the US embassy, a sprawling compound a few hundred metres further south on the banks of the Tigris.

    27 Afghan security personnel killed in Taliban assaults

    30 Mar 2020

    In the southern province of Zabul, Taliban forces attacked government security outposts, killing at least 11 soldiers, also on Sunday, police said. The ministry of defence said on Twitter six soldiers were killed in those clashes.

    Taliban attacks kill 27 Afghan troops, policemen

    30 Mar 2020

    The violence comes even as Afghan President Ashraf Ghani last week announced his 21-member team to negotiate peace with the Taliban, only to have his political opponent, Abdullah Abdullah, reject it as not inclusive enough.

    Israel shuts Gaza fishing zone after overnight fighting

    16 Aug 2020

    The Israeli army said the strikes were a response to explosive balloons launched by Hamas-affiliated group over the border, and attempts by Palestinian protesters to throw explosives at the Israel-Gaza perimeters fence and soldiers stationed along it.

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