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4/28/2023 1:52:47 PM
A large number of Islamic extremists launched an attack on Burkina Faso's military in the country's east, killing 33 soldiers and wounding a dozen others, the army said Friday.
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4/20/2023 3:36:15 PM
The chief of staff of the head of Mali's junta was among four people killed in an attack on Tuesday, a document from the presidency said Thursday.
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4/16/2023 10:22:00 PM
Suspected Islamic State group fighters killed at least 36 truffle hunters and five shepherds in Syria on Sunday, a monitor said, in the latest attacks by jihadists in the war-ravaged country.
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4/16/2023 6:27:10 PM
At least 34 defence volunteers and six soldiers died in a suspected jihadist attack in insurgency-hit northern Burkina Faso, the regional governorate said on Sunday.
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4/13/2023 11:34:25 PM
Burkina Faso's military junta declared Thursday a "general mobilization" to give the state "all necessary means" to combat a string of jihadist attacks since the start of this year.
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4/9/2023 3:12:32 PM
Around 20 people have been killed in an attack in eastern DR Congo, with sources blaming rebels affiliated with the Islamic State jihadist group.
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4/9/2023 2:00:51 PM
At least 44 people were killed by Islamic extremists in multiple attacks in northern Burkina Faso, the government said Saturday.
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3/12/2023 8:56:30 PM
The Islamic State group still has up to 500 active fighters in Iraq, a senior military official estimated Sunday in the country where jihadist cells continue to launch sporadic attacks.
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3/11/2023 6:25:53 PM
Children of foreign jihadists play football on a dirt field at a centre in northeastern Syria that Kurdish authorities hope will help rehabilitate minors raised on Islamic State group ideology.
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2/27/2023 9:44:50 PM
Landmines planted by jihadists killed 10 civilians in central Syria on Monday, state media reported, in the latest in a wave of deadly incidents involving truffle hunters.
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2/25/2023 2:10:48 PM
The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for killing more than 70 soldiers, wounding dozens, and taking five hostages, in an ambush on a military convoy in northern Burkina Faso.
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2/25/2023 11:15:48 AM
Africa’s largest film festival kicks off Saturday in the West African nation of Burkina Faso amid soaring jihadi violence that’s killed thousands and displaced nearly 2 million people.
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2/21/2023 9:12:24 PM
Suspected jihadists killed at least 15 soldiers in troubled northern Burkina Faso, just three days after an ambush that claimed the lives of 51 troops, security sources said Tuesday.
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2/21/2023 6:21:48 PM
Three UN peacekeepers were killed on Tuesday when their convoy struck a roadside bomb in jihadist-torn central Mali, the mission said, in a fresh blow to the long-running operation.
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2/20/2023 10:02:52 PM
At least 51 soldiers were killed in an ambush by suspected jihadists in northern Burkina Faso, the army said on Monday, adding that 160 of the assailants died during counter-attacks.
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2/19/2023 8:03:47 PM
Burkina Faso's army announced on Sunday that operations by the French army in the jihadist-hit West African state were officially over.
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2/16/2023 9:40:14 PM
Saif al-Adel, an Iran-based Jihadist, has become the head of Al-Qaeda following the July 2022 death of Ayman al-Zawahiri, the US State Department said Wednesday.
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2/8/2023 11:50:38 PM
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday offered support for Mauritania in the fight against jihadism in the Sahel, saying he respected the country's position in the Ukraine war.
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2/8/2023 8:37:25 PM
Three civilians and three volunteers with the security forces were killed Wednesday when suspected jihadists attacked a village in central-eastern Burkina Faso, a local source said.
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1/31/2023 2:46:22 PM
Twenty-eight people have died in new attacks by suspected jihadists in Burkina Faso, including 15 who had been abducted at the weekend, the authorities said Tuesday.
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