US transfers 11 Yemeni detainees from Guantanamo Bay prison to Oman | Human Rights News
Amnesty International welcomed the transfer but said Guantanamo would remain a ‘glaring, longstanding stain’ on human rights in the US.
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Al-Qaeda
How ‘war on terror’ was fought, won in Southeast Asia – for now | Conflict News
Medan, Indonesia – In the early 2000s, the potential for terror attacks in Southeast Asia appeared dramatically different from today.
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UN: 5 staff members kidnapped in Yemen last year released | Al-Qaeda News
All ‘five colleagues’ who were kidnapped 18 months ago are in good health, spokesman for UN chief Antonio Guterres says.
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Sahel ‘at a crossroads’ as armed groups gain sway in Africa: UN | ISIL/ISIS News
International community criticised after joint force battling armed groups left without sufficient funding and other needed support. Efforts to combat
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Malian president’s chief of staff, three others killed in ambush | Al-Qaeda News
Rebels linked to al-Qaeda and ISIL have been active in parts of Mali and the Sahel for more than a
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Burkina Faso halts France 24 broadcasts after al-Qaeda interview | Media News
Relations between Paris and Ouagadougou have deteriorated sharply since the Burkinabe military seized power in a coup in October. Burkina
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Iraq war: ‘The media ended up being lapdogs, not watchdogs’ | Media
From: UpFront Twenty years on from the start of the Iraq war, we look at how the US and UK
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Saudi engineer released from Guantanamo prison camp after 21 yrs | September 11 News
Never charged with a crime, Ghassan Al Sharbi, 48, returns to Saudi Arabia after being held for 21 years at
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Mali court sentences man to death over UN peacekeeper deaths | Courts News
The peacekeeping mission has recorded 281 deaths of its soldiers since it became operational in Mali in 2013. A court
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France agrees to withdraw troops from Burkina Faso within a month | Armed Groups News
The move comes after the Sahel country’s military rulers demanded that Paris withdraw its forces. France will withdraw its troops
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