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Key Somalia Town of Maxaas Falls to Al-Shabaab

Islamist militants took control of the strategic town of Maxaas in central Somalia on Sunday after heavy fighting with the army and local militias, military sources said.

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Three Dead in Israel Strikes on South Lebanon

The Lebanese health ministry said three people were killed in Israeli strikes in the south on Saturday despite a ceasefire, as the Israeli military said one of them targeted a Hezbollah militant.

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Sudan’s RSF Kills 30 in West Kordofan Village, Says Monitor

Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces killed at least 30 civilians in a two-day assault on a village in the country's western region of Kordofan, a war monitor said Friday.

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Myanmar Junta Drone Crashes Over Thai Border

A Myanmar junta drone targeting anti-coup fighters crashed over the border in Thailand, the kingdom's military said, prompting an official rebuke over hazardous spillover from the civil war.

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Clashes Between Somali Army and Regional Forces Kill Five

At least five people were killed after fierce fighting broke out on Tuesday between the Somali army and forces loyal to the semi-autonomous southern Jubaland region, a security official said.

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Mali Forces, Russian Fighters Killed Dozens of Fulanis: HRW

The Malian army and Russia's Wagner group killed dozens of ethnic Fulani men this year during anti-jihadist operations in the troubled west African nation, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday.

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Syria Launches Probes Into Extrajudicial Killings in Druze Heartland

Syria said on Tuesday that it had launched investigations into reported extrajudicial killings in the country's Druze heartland, promising to punish perpetrators including any government-affiliated personnel after a week of sectarian bloodshed.

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Calm Returns to South Syria After Violence That Killed Over 1,100: Monitor

Calm returned to southern Syria's Sweida province on Sunday, a monitor and AFP correspondents reported, after a week of sectarian violence between Druze fighters and rival groups that killed more than 1,100 people.

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Nigerian Troops Kill 150 ‘Bandits’ in Ambush, Air Strikes

Nigerian soldiers killed at least 150 members of a criminal gang in an ambush in northwestern Kebbi state this week, a local official said Thursday.

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DR Congo, M23 Rebels in Qatar for Talks on Broader Truce: Diplomat

Negotiators from the Democratic Republic of Congo and the M23 armed group were in Qatar Wednesday for talks on a broader truce, a diplomat with knowledge of the talks told AFP.

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