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Apr- 2019 -15 AprilExercises
France, UK and US navies hold Artemis Trident counter-mine exercise off Bahrain coast
The US, French and British navies launched 'Artemis Trident' anti-mine exercises off Bahrain in support of the free movement in Gulf waters
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10 AprilAfrica
France and Mali troops kill 30 militants in major counter-terrorism operation near Burkina Faso border
French and Malian troops killed or captured more than 30 extremists and dismantled a training camp during a major counter-terrorism operation near Mali's border with Burkina Faso
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9 AprilAfrica
Mali soldiers shoot civilians in Dioura after ‘surprise’ mortar test fire
Malian soldiers shot dead at least one villager and injured four others after an explosion they mistook for an attack in Dioura in the central Mopti region
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3 AprilAfrica
French military doctor killed by explosive device in Mali’s Gourma
A French military doctor was killed when an improvised explosive device struck his armored vehicle in Mali's Gourma region near the Burkina Faso border
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Mar- 2019 -25 MarchAfrica
Jihadists losing grip in Mali but peace will take time, French armed forces chief says
France's armed forces chief said jihadists in Mali are on the back foot but restoring peace in the poor Sahel country will take time
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15 MarchMiddle East
France repatriates 5 children of ISIS fighters from Syria
France has repatriated 'several' orphaned children of French Islamic State fighters from camps in northeast Syria, the foreign ministry said
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13 MarchAfrica
Mali troops killed by landmines in Mopti region
Six Malian troops were killed when their vehicles drove over improvised land mines in the center of the West African country
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Feb- 2019 -28 FebruaryAfrica
Denmark proposes deployment to France’s Operation Barkhane in the Sahel
The Danish government announced that it plans to send troops and transport helicopters to support France's Operation Barkhane in the Sahel
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27 FebruaryEurope
NATO begins Dynamic Manta submarine drills in Mediterranean Sea
Submarines, ships and aircraft from 10 NATO countries launched Dynamic Manta 2019 off the coast of Italy, beginning underwater and surface warfare training
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25 FebruaryMiddle East
Iraq will prosecute 13 French ISIS fighters captured in Syria, president says
Iraqi courts will prosecute 13 French citizens captured while fighting for ISIS in Syria, Iraq's President Barham Salih said
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