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That attack, which killed 20 people, caused the government to instate a state of emergency which has been in place more or less ever since.

French soldiers killed or captured about 20 jihadists in Mali's restive north where a French soldier was killed on April 5.

In a deadly confrontation that erupted during one of the raids in the Tataouine governorate, four policemen were killed when a militant detonated his explosives belt after a firefight erupted.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said more than 60 air raids targeted the Abu Duhur military airport in Idlib province which Al-Nusra and allied Islamist fighters seized in September.