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15Jan/16

the Splendid Hotel in Ouagadougou

Security forces battle Islamist gunmen holding hostages in hotel

January 15, 2016WorldAl-Qaeda, Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, Blaise Compaore, Burkina Faso, Chad, Counter-insurgency, Decades, Insurgency in the Maghreb, Islamic fundamentalism, Islamic terrorism, Mali, Man-made disasters, Military history by country, Northern Mali conflict, Operation Barkhane, Organizations designated as terrorist by Canada, Organized crime, Ouagadougou, Pan-Islamism, Sahel, Terrorism in Yemen, War on Terrorsmbale

Suspected Islamist fighters hold hostages at a hotel used by foreigners in Burkina Faso’s capital, in an attack claimed by Al Qaeda.

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08Sep/15

How the UK carried out its first drone execution of British citizens abroad

September 8, 2015WarAGM-114 Hellfire, Aviation, Cardiff, Central Intelligence Agency, David Cameron, Drone strike, Drone strikes in Pakistan, General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper, International terrorism, Iraqi insurgency, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, Kuwait, NEXT MEDIA, Prime Minister, Raqqa, Reyaad Khan, Ruhul Amin, Signals intelligence, Synthetic aperture radar, Syria, Terrorism, Terrorism in Yemen, the Telegraph, United Kingdom, Unmanned aerial vehicle, Unmanned combat aerial vehicle, Violence, War on Terrorsmbale

UK (Next Media) – The UK killed two British citizens fighting with ISIS in Syria in a drone strike last month, the first time Britain’s prime minister has authorized the killing of British citizens in a drone strike abroad.
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26Mar/15

Saudi Arabia and Arab allies have launched air strikes in Yemen against Houthi fighters

March 26, 2015WarAbd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, Adel al-Jubeir, Aden, Asia, Decades, House of Saud, Houthi insurgency in Yemen, Houthi movement, Houthis, In Yemen, Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict, its Gulf Arab, Middle East, Military, Military history by country, Operation Scorched Earth, Politics, president, Sanaa, Saudi Arabia, Shia insurgency in Yemen, Terrorism in Yemen, United States, War/Conflict, Washington, Washington, DC, Yemen, Yemen against Houthi, Yemeni Civil War, Yemeni Crisis, Zaydismbale

Saudi Arabia and its Gulf Arab allies have launched a military operation involving air strikes in Yemen against Houthi fighters who have tightened their grip on the southern city of Aden where the country’s president had taken refuge.
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