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Indonesian police kill two militants during raid on house in Java

EghtesadOnline: Indonesian police killed two suspected Islamist militants in a house in West Java on Sunday, a police spokesman said, in the latest in a series of raids aimed at preventing planned attacks in the Muslim-majority nation.
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Publish Date:25/December/2016 | 11:41

Philippines' Duterte says didn't seek U.S. support in city siege

EghtesadOnline: President Rodrigo Duterte said on Sunday he did not seek support from Washington to end the siege of a southern Philippines town by Islamist militants , a day after the United States said it was providing assistance at the request of the government.
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Publish Date:11/June/2017 | 24:36

U.S. joins battle as Philippines takes losses in besieged city

EghtesadOnline: U.S. special forces have joined the battle to crush Islamist militants holed up in a southern Philippines town, officials said on Saturday, as government forces struggled to make headway and 13 marines were killed in intense urban fighting.
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Publish Date:10/June/2017 | 13:08

Afghans plan to double special forces from 17,000 as threats grow - sources

EghtesadOnline: Afghanistan plans to double the number of elite special forces from 17,000 troops, officials said, part of a long-term strategy to bolster units stretched and exhausted by persistent attacks from Taliban insurgents and other Islamist militants .
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Publish Date:29/March/2017 | 03:50