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Syrian civil war: The Government of Turkey announces the initiation of the Afrin offensive and begins shelling Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)...
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On January 20, 2009, Barack Obama was inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States, becoming the first African American to...
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2018 Inter-Continental Hotel Kabul attack
A group of four or five gunmen attack The Inter-Continental Hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan, sparking a 12-hour battle. The attack kills 40 people and...
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