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Jan- 2020 -7 JanuaryBusiness
France upgrades small arms with Glock pistols, SCAR precision rifle procurements
France's military is replacing its pistols with the Glock 17 and replacing the FR F2 with a 7.62 mm, 20-inch barrel variant of FN Herstal's SCAR precision rifle
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7 JanuaryMiddle East
Counter-ISIS Coalition countries temporarily withdrawing personnel from Iraq
Members of the US-led Coalition against ISIS are pulling troops from Iraq as training of both the Iraqi Security Forces and Kurdistan Region's Peshmerga are paused
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Dec- 2019 -9 DecemberEurope
Turkey deports 11 foreign fighters to France
Turkey sent 11 French "foreign terrorist fighters" back to France, the Turkish interior ministry said, as part of a push to repatriate ISIS fighters
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Nov- 2019 -29 NovemberEurope
French prosecutors charge 14 people over 2015 Paris attacks
French prosecutors indicted 14 people and called for 20 suspects to go on trial over the 2015 ISIS attacks in Paris
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29 NovemberAfrica
France’s military chief of staff rejects ISIS claim for deadly Mali helicopter crash
An ISWAP ambush did not cause a collision between two French army helicopters which left 13 soldiers dead in Mali, General Francois Lecointre said
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27 NovemberAfrica
Niger: German C-160 tests new runway at Niamey air base
A Transall C-160 ESS cargo aircraft took off and landed to test a new runway in Niger's capital Niamey, the Bundeswehr said
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26 NovemberAfrica
Mali helicopter collision kills 13 French soldiers with Operation Barkhane
Thirteen soldiers from France's anti-terrorist Barkhane force in Mali were killed after two helicopters collided during an operation in the country's north
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25 NovemberMiddle East
French naval base in UAE to host European-led Gulf maritime monitoring mission
A European-led maritime surveillance initiative to monitor Gulf waters will be stationed at a French naval base in Abu Dhabi
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19 NovemberAfrica
Burkina Faso protests ‘unidentified’ foreign military overflights, requests advanced notice
Burkina Faso has asked for advance warning of foreign military overflights, warning that any unidentified planes will be considered "enemy"
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18 NovemberAfrica
At least 24 Mali soldiers, 17 ‘terrorists’ killed in Tabankort during joint operation with Niger
At least 24 soldiers were killed and 29 others injured in Tabankort in eastern Mali during a bilateral Mali-Niger military operation
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