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		Lebanon’s Aoun calls for defence dialogue, hinting at friction with Hezbollah
		
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	December 28, 2021
Lebanon’s Aoun calls for defence dialogue, hinting at friction with Hezbollah
						BEIRUT, Dec 27 (Reuters) – Lebanese President Michel Aoun called on Monday for national dialogue on matters including a defence…					
				
			
		In Afghanistan, jailed Taliban await peace, their freedom
		
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	December 30, 2019
In Afghanistan, jailed Taliban await peace, their freedom
						PUL-E-CHARKHI, Afghanistan (AP) — Thousands of Taliban prisoners jailed in Afghanistan as insurgents see a peace deal being hammered out…					
				
			
		Twin attacks kill 20 police in Yemen’s Aden: sources
		
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	August 1, 2019
Twin attacks kill 20 police in Yemen’s Aden: sources
						Two separate attacks killed at least 20 police in Yemen’s government-held second city Aden Thursday, one by Shiite rebels and…					
				
			
		Alleged Islamic State fighter on trial in Netherlands for war crimes
		
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	July 9, 2019
Alleged Islamic State fighter on trial in Netherlands for war crimes
						AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – A Dutch-born alleged Islamic State militant went on trial in the Netherlands on Monday for war crimes…					
				
			
		Iraq weighs captives’ rights against fear of new Islamic State
		
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	May 23, 2019
Iraq weighs captives’ rights against fear of new Islamic State
						AL-HOL CAMP, Syria (Reuters) – Iraqi farmer Shaker Salih says he feared Islamic State, but feared its defeat even more.…					
				
			
		Easter bombers all killed or arrested: Sri Lanka police chief
		
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	May 7, 2019
Easter bombers all killed or arrested: Sri Lanka police chief
						Sri Lankan security authorities have either killed or arrested all the jihadists responsible for the Easter suicide bombings that left…					
				
			
		IS says its fighters behind police clashes in Sri Lanka
		
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	April 28, 2019
IS says its fighters behind police clashes in Sri Lanka
						The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for three men who blew themselves up in clashes with Sri Lankan police,…					
				
			
		A month after IS ‘caliphate’ defeated, challenges aplenty
		
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	April 22, 2019
A month after IS ‘caliphate’ defeated, challenges aplenty
						Sleeper cells, prisons teeming with jihadists, camps crammed with their wives and children — perils abound in Syria, nearly a…					
				
			
		Detained jihadists are ticking bomb, Syria Kurds warn
		
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	March 24, 2019
Detained jihadists are ticking bomb, Syria Kurds warn
						Syria’s Kurds warned Sunday that despite the demise of the Islamic State’s “caliphate”, the thousands of foreign jihadists they hold…					
				
			
		Over 60,000 people, mostly civilians, have fled from last Islamic State Syria enclave: SDF
		
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	March 17, 2019
Over 60,000 people, mostly civilians, have fled from last Islamic State Syria enclave: SDF
						BAGHOUZ, Syria (Reuters) – The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said on Sunday over 60,000 people, mostly civilians, had flooded…					
				
			