France

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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French commando seriously injured in Mali counter-ISIS operation that killed 5 ‘terrorists’ near Indelimane

A French solider was seriously injured during a counter-Islamic State operation near Indelimane in Mali's Menaka region in which five 'terrorists' were killed

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