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Apr- 2023 -25 AprilAsia Pacific
Taliban Kill IS ‘Mastermind’ of Kabul Airport Attack: White House
The Taliban government has killed the alleged mastermind of a devastating suicide bomb attack at the Kabul airport during the chaotic withdrawal of US forces in 2021, the White House said.
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25 AprilMiddle East
Decrease in IS Attacks in Iraq, Syria: Coalition
The international coalition fighting Islamic State in Iraq and Syria said there has been a "reduction in attacks" by jihadists in both countries this year.
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24 AprilAfrica
Mali Army Conducts Operations in North and Center
Mali's army said it had arrested "12 terrorists" in the troubled northeast, where militants affiliated with IS have widened their control, but Tuareg ex-rebels claimed the fighters were theirs.
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23 AprilAfrica
60 Killed in Burkina Faso ‘By Men in Army Uniform’
About 60 civilians were killed in a village in northern Burkina Faso by men wearing military uniforms, the local prosecutor said.
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20 AprilCommentary
Assad-ISIS Collusion Threatens US and Its Allies
The Assad regime could look to weaponize ISIS fighters in the northeast to attack a joint SDF-US gathering, both pleasing Turkey and sealing that friendship by pushing back the SDF and possibly spurring a US withdrawal.
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17 AprilMiddle East
US Raid in Syria Kills Senior IS Leader: CENTCOM
A US helicopter raid killed a senior Islamic State group leader in Syria suspected of plotting attacks in Europe and the Middle East, US Central Command said.
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16 AprilMiddle East
Syria Attacks Blamed on IS Kill at Least 41
Suspected Islamic State fighters killed at least 36 truffle hunters and five shepherds in Syria, a monitor said.
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12 AprilAfrica
IS Jihadists Take Key Northeastern Village in Mali
Jihadists affiliated to Islamic State have taken Tidermene in Mali, further isolating the regional capital Menaka in a region that has fallen almost entirely under their control.
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11 AprilAfrica
Five Niger Soldiers Die in Desert Attack on Gold Convoy
Gunmen have killed five Niger army troops protecting a convoy of gold miners in the remote north of the country near Algeria, a security source said.
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9 AprilAfrica
‘Terrorist’ Attacks Kill 44 in Burkina Faso: Governor
Forty-four civilians have been killed by "armed terrorist groups" in two villages in northeastern Burkina Faso, near the Niger border, a regional governor said.
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