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          Sudan plans to privatise army-owned companies 'soon'

          MENAJune 04, 2022
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          100 days of war: UK defence chiefs pinpoint Russian failure in Ukraine

          UKJune 03, 2022
          Egypt's military has beefed up its forces in North Sinai, where ISIS-affiliated militants have been waging an insurgency. Reuters

          10 militants killed in North Sinai, Egypt's military says

          EgyptMay 29, 2022
          Ukrainian servicemen of the Territorial Defence Forces fire an anti-tank grenade launcher as they take part in a training exercise in Dnipropetrovsk. Reuters

          Belarus sends troops to border with Ukraine

          UKMay 16, 2022
          Ukrainian soldiers pictured with an anti-aircraft missile system near Sloviansk, in eastern Ukraine. AFP

          Russia suffers heavy losses in Kharkiv at hands of 'highly motivated Ukrainians'

          UKMay 12, 2022
          A soldier sits beside a tomb during the funeral of an Egyptian officer who was killed in the May 7 attack. Reuters

          Egypt says five soldiers killed in clashes with militants in Sinai

          EgyptMay 11, 2022
          Egyptian soldiers and police, often backed by fighter jets and helicopter gunships, have been fighting militants in northern Sinai for years. Reuters

          Egypt’s military says officer and 10 soldiers killed in militant attack in Sinai

          EgyptMay 07, 2022
          Iraqi military officers discuss security operations over a 'wargaming' table at Iraq's Permanent Joint Operations Centre in Basra. AFP

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          May 04, 2022
          Ukrainian soldiers walk by a trench during tactical exercises at a military camp in the Zaporizhzhia region of the country. Reuters

          MoD: Russia loses quarter of combat power in nine weeks of Ukraine war

          UKMay 02, 2022
          Ukrainian soldiers gestures on an armoured engineering vehicle carried on a tank transporter near Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, on April 30, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP)

          Russia shoots down Ukrainian bombers

          EuropeMay 01, 2022
          Soldiers from US Army Garrison Italy return a birthday cake to Meri Mion in Vicenza, northern Italy. Photo: US Army / AP

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          USApril 28, 2022
          Chief of General Staff, General Sir Mark Carleton-Smith, has called on the UK to increase its number of troops. Shutterstock

          British Army chief calls for UK to invest in a larger army due to Ukraine conflict

          UKApril 13, 2022
          South Sudan President Salva Kiir and his deputy Riek Machar meet at the State House in Juba. AFP

          South Sudan president integrates rival's officers into unified army command

          WorldApril 13, 2022
          Security forces in Iraq, where corruption in the military is in the spotlight. AFP

          TV show taken off air for lampooning Iraqi army corruption

          IraqApril 06, 2022
          Soldiers patrol the street in Khartoum in January, but the military presence has returned to the capital. Reuters

          Sudan military denies coup as soldiers take to the streets

          MENAMarch 10, 2022
          French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes Senegal's President Macky Sall (R) prior a meeting on the Sahel in Paris on February 17, 2022. - President Emmanuel Macron meets with African leaders ahead of an expected announcement that France is withdrawing its troops from Mali after an almost decade-long deployment to battle a jihadist insurgency. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP)

          France and allies announce troop withdrawal from Mali

          UKFebruary 17, 2022
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