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Over 1,200 former DRC rebels seek UN protection in Uganda

Over 1,200 members of a former rebel group of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have fled their detention camp in western Uganda and sought UN protection, the Ugandan army said.

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Turkey pledges to block foreign fighters from crossing into Syria

​Foreign fighters joining ranks of Islamic State (IS) in Syria and Iraq show threat to Turkey, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Tuesday.

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French jets destroy IS targets in Iraq's Kirkuk: Defense Ministry

​Two Rafale jets, alongside coalition planes, struck on Wednesday Islamic State (IS) targets in the northern Iraq of Kirkuk, France's defense ministry said.

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Syrian troops kill 8 al-Qaida fighters in south

A total of eight fighters of the al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front were killed during clashes with the Syrian government troops in the country's southern province of Daraa on Thursday, a monitoring group said.

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IS captures Kurds-bound weapons in Syria's Ayn al-Arab: activists

​The Islamic State (IS) militants captured one of the weapons shipments airdropped by the United States to the Kurdish fighters of the People Protection Units (YPG) in the city of Ayn al-Arab in northern Syria, a monitoring group said Tuesday.

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U.S. strikes kill 35 IS fighters in northern Syria: activists

​At least 35 fighters of the Islamic State (IS) militant group were killed Saturday by the strikes of the U.S.-led anti-terror coalition in northern Syria, the oppositional Syrian Observatory for Human Rights was cited by the pan-Arab al-Mayadeen TV as saying.

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U.S. concerned about hundreds of Westerners fighting with IS

Hundreds of Westerners, including a dozen or more Americans, are fighting with the Islamic State (IS) and posing a security challenge to the Western countries, the U.S. State Department said on Monday.

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Obama to convene Security Council summit on foreign terrorist fighters

​American Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power on Wednesday said that U.S. President Barack Obama will convene a Security Council summit on "growing and dangerous phenomenon" of foreign terrorist fighters.

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About 100 Australians fighting with extremists in Syria join terrorist group

There are about 100 Australians who are fighting with extremists in Syria have joined one of the world's deadliest terrorist group, The Australian newspaper reported Tuesday in its exclusive report.

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Philippine leftist guerrilla group vows to strengthen fighters

The Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA- NDF) vowed on Monday to increase its fighters to 25,000 and its guerrilla fronts to 180.

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Russian air forces to receive over 100 new warplanes in 2013

The Russian Air Force would receive more than 100 new warplanes and helicopters this year, a high ranking military officer said Wednesday.

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U.S. starts sending arms for Syrian rebels: media

The Central Intelligence Agency ( CIA) has started sending weapons to Jordan with a view to arming small groups of vetted Syrian rebels within a month, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.