0942 GMT May 24, 2022
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US President Joe Biden has ordered the reestablishment of a US troop presence in Somalia to help local authorities combat the Al-Shabaab militant group, a senior American official told reporters Monday.
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The Kremlin said on Wednesday it could not de-escalate tensions with the West over Ukraine due to a large concentration of Ukrainian forces near its border.
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The president of Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, Nechirvan Barzani, says the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) supports a decision made by the central government in Baghdad concerning the withdrawal of US military forces from the country.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi has told the US secretary of state to send a delegation to Iraq tasked with formulating a mechanism for withdrawal of US troops from Iraq, according to a statement released Friday.
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Thousands of Ukrainians have marched in Kiev, decrying a mooted pullback of troops fighting pro-Russia forces in the east and calling for victory in the five-year war.
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A withdrawal of NATO forces from Afghanistan could see the country falling back under the strict rule of the Taliban, German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer said on Saturday.
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International Desk
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US President Donald Trump has rejected any "need" for additional troop deployments in the Middle East after reports claimed the Pentagon was considering sending up to 10,000 troops to the region.
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Moscow and Damascus jointly called on Washington to end its military presence on Syrian soil and let Syrian government forces and allied Russian troops evacuate civilians from a refugee camp near Jordan.
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The United States military has made a large troop deployment to military bases near the Iraqi city of Kirkuk, causing outcry among the local population.
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A US military member has been killed and four others were wounded after they came under fire in Somalia during an operation against the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab militant group.
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President Vladimir Putin on Monday ordered the partial withdrawal of Russian troops from Syria, during a surprise visit to the war-torn country.
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Turkey's foreign minister on Thursday scolded Greece and Greek Cypriots to ‘wake up from their dream’ that Ankara will withdraw all of its troops from Cyprus and give up military rights there as part of any deal to reunify the ethnically-divided island.
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The Nigeria troops fighting Boko Haram terrorists inside Sambisa forest killed 15 terrorist and rescued 41 women and children held hostage.
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Germany is considering dispatching troops to Tunisia under to allegedly help train soldiers in the fight against Daesh Takfiri group.
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