The Long War Journal (Site-Wide)
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- Taliban
threatens second provincial capital in Afghan south
- US military
kills 13 AQAP fighters in latest strikes in Yemen
- Soleimani’s
presence in Aleppo underscores strategy of crushing rebels
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Posted: 08 Sep 2016 09:01 AM PDT
Tarin Kot is the second provincial capital in the south that is
under direct threat of a Taliban takeover. Lashkar Gah in neighboring Helmand
province is also contested by the Taliban.
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Posted: 07 Sep 2016 06:37 PM PDT
All three strikes took place in the province of Shabwa, where
AQAP remains entrenched despite an offensive spearheaded by the United Arab
Emirates to dislodge the group from southern Yemen.
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Posted: 07 Sep 2016 03:39 PM PDT
Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary
Guard Corps (IRGC) Qods Force, was spotted in southern Aleppo on September 6,
inspecting the positions of Iraqi Shiite militia Harakat al Nujaba in advance
of assaults.
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