Editing 2010s (section)

====International wars====
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! style="width:130px;"| Name
! style="width:110px;"| Start date
! style="width:110px;"| End date
! Description
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| [[Israeli–Palestinian conflict]]
* [[2014 Israel–Gaza conflict]]
| 14 May 1948

* 8 July 2014
! style="background: #ececec; color: #2C2C2C;" | ''Ongoing''
* 26 August 2014
| Conflict between [[Jewish]] and [[Arab]] communities in [[Israel]] and the [[West Bank]] has been ongoing since 1948.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/middle_east/03/v3_ip_timeline/html/default.stm |title=A History of Conflict |work=BBC News |access-date=26 June 2016 |archive-date=20 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110420155956/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/middle_east/03/v3_ip_timeline/html/default.stm |url-status=live}}</ref> After Israel occupied the West Bank, it began making [[Israeli settlement|settlements there]], which has been an obstacle to the peace process.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8364815.stm |title=Israeli settlement plan denounced |date=18 November 2009 |work=BBC News |access-date=26 June 2016 |archive-date=5 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190305212607/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8364815.stm |url-status=live}}</ref> Tensions also remained high as [[Hamas]], which controls the [[Gaza Strip]], has been launching rockets and cross-border raids into Israeli territory, to which Israel has responded with force.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/idfs-operation-protective-edge-begins-against-gaza/2014/07/08/ |title=IDF's Operation "Protective Edge" Begins Against Gaza |last=Bear |first=Shalom |date=8 July 2014 |website=The Jewish Press |access-date=26 June 2016 |archive-date=10 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140710004714/http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/idfs-operation-protective-edge-begins-against-gaza/2014/07/08/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| [[Nagorno-Karabakh conflict]]
*[[2016 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict]]
*[[2018 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes]]
|February 1988

* 1 April 2016
* 20 May 2018
!''Ongoing''
* 5 April 2016
* 27 May 2018
|The region of Karabakh has been disputed over the [[Republic of Artsakh]], which is supported by the Armenian government. A ceasefire was held in 1994. From 1–5 April 2016, clashes began along the [[Nagorno-Karabakh line of contact]] with the [[Artsakh Defence Army]], backed by the [[Armenian Armed Forces]] on one side and the [[Azerbaijani Armed Forces]] on the other. A ceasefire was reached on 5 April between Azerbaijan and Armenia in Moscow. From 20 to 27 May 2018, clashes in former [[no man's land]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kucera |first=Joshua |date=30 May 2018 |title=Azerbaijani military advances on tense Nakhchivan-Armenia border {{!}} Eurasianet |url=https://eurasianet.org/azerbaijani-military-advances-on-tense-nakhchivan-armenia-border |access-date=24 December 2020 |website=[[Eurasianet]] |archive-date=11 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181011013937/https://eurasianet.org/azerbaijani-military-advances-on-tense-nakhchivan-armenia-border |url-status=live}}</ref> in the [[Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic]], an [[Enclave and exclave|exclave]] of Azerbaijan, led to Azerbaijan reoccupying [[Günnüt]] and several other strategic villages and positions.<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 June 2018 |title=Azerbaijan makes territorial gains in Nakhchivan as fighting with Armenia flares |url=https://www.intellinews.com/azerbaijan-makes-territorial-gains-in-nakhchivan-as-fighting-with-armenia-flares-143803/ |access-date=24 December 2020 |website=[[bne IntelliNews]] |archive-date=20 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120222722/https://www.intellinews.com/azerbaijan-makes-territorial-gains-in-nakhchivan-as-fighting-with-armenia-flares-143803/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="goble">{{cite web |title=Azerbaijan makes territorial gains in Nakhchivan as fighting with Armenia flares |url=http://www.intellinews.com/azerbaijan-makes-territorial-gains-in-nakhchivan-as-fighting-with-armenia-flares-143803/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621042857/http://www.intellinews.com/azerbaijan-makes-territorial-gains-in-nakhchivan-as-fighting-with-armenia-flares-143803/ |archive-date=21 June 2018 |access-date=20 June 2018 |website=intellinews.com |date=20 June 2018}}</ref>
|-
| [[War on terror]]
* [[War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)|War in Afghanistan]]
* [[Iraqi conflict|Iraq conflict]]
*[[Drone strikes in Pakistan]]
*[[American military intervention in Somalia (2007–present)|American intervention in Somalia]]
*[[American intervention in Libya (2015–2019)|American intervention in Libya]]
| 11 September 2001

* 7 October 2001
* 20 March 2003
* 18 June 2004
* 7 January 2007
* 13 November 2015
!''Ongoing''
* 15 August 2021
* ''Ongoing''
* 4 July 2018
* ''Ongoing''
* 30 October 2019
| Motivated by the [[September 11 attacks|9/11 attacks]], the [[United States]] and other governments started a large scale effort to eliminate [[terrorism]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2003/02/20030214-7.html |title=President Bush Releases National Strategy for Combating Terrorism |date=14 February 2003 |access-date=10 October 2018 |archive-date=12 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012063823/https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2003/02/20030214-7.html |url-status=live}}</ref> With support from [[NATO]], the United States [[United States invasion of Afghanistan|invaded]] [[Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (1996–2001)|Taliban-controlled Afghanistan]] and overthrew the government.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cleveland.com/nation/index.ssf/2009/12/obamas_speech_on_adding_30000.html |title=Updated: Obama speech balances Afghanistan troop buildup with exit pledge |date=1 December 2009 |agency=Associated Press |access-date=26 June 2016 |archive-date=15 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715002711/http://www.cleveland.com/nation/index.ssf/2009/12/obamas_speech_on_adding_30000.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Two years later, on the pretext that the government of [[Saddam Hussein]] had [[weapons of mass destruction]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/09/23/1064082978207.html |title=Pilger claims White House knew Saddam was no threat |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=23 September 2003 |access-date=26 June 2016 |archive-date=6 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111206195957/http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/09/23/1064082978207.html |url-status=live}}</ref> the United States and a coalition of partners [[2003 invasion of Iraq|invaded Iraq]] and overthrew Hussein,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/baghdad_04-09-03.html |title=Online NewsHour Update: Coalition Says Iraqi Regime Has Lost Control of Baghdad – April 9, 2003 |date=1 December 2010 |access-date=26 June 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101201163438/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/baghdad_04-09-03.html |archive-date=1 December 2010}}</ref> after which the U.S. occupied the country.<ref>{{Cite book |first=Ali A. |last=Allawi |title=The Occupation of Iraq: Winning the War, Losing the Peace |publisher=Yale University Press |date=2007 |author-link=Ali A. Allawi}}</ref> However, insurgencies remained active in both countries, long after the invasions.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html |title=World Briefing {{!}} Asia: Afghanistan: Taliban Leader Vows Return |first=Carlotta |last=Gall |date=13 November 2004 |newspaper=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |access-date=26 June 2016 |archive-date=9 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209030954/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[2011 military intervention in Libya]]
| 19 March 2011
| 31 October 2011
| Following [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973]], a [[NATO]]-led coalition launched an air campaign backing [[Anti-Gaddafi forces|anti-Gaddafi rebels]] against [[Muammar Gaddafi]]'s [[History of Libya under Muammar Gaddafi#Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (1977–2011)|government]] in the [[Libyan Civil War]].
|-
| [[Russo-Ukrainian War]]
* [[Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation|Annexation of Crimea]]
* [[War in Donbas (2014–2022)|War in Donbas]]
| 20 February 2014

* 20 February 2014
* 6 April 2014
! style="background: #ececec; color: #2C2C2C;" | ''Ongoing''
* 26 March 2014
* 24 February 2022
| After the fall of Ukrainian president [[Viktor Yanukovych]], Russian soldiers took control of strategic positions in the Ukrainian territory of [[Crimea]] and subsequently annexed the region after a [[2014 Crimean status referendum|controversial referendum]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://tass.ru/en/russia/724785 |title=Putin signs laws on reunification of Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol with Russia |publisher=[[ITAR TASS]] |date=21 March 2014 |access-date=21 March 2014 |archive-date=20 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150320064852/http://tass.ru/en/russia/724785 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In the months that followed, demonstrations in [[Donbas]] escalated into an [[War in Donbas (2014–2022)|armed conflict]] between the [[government of Ukraine]] and Russian-backed separatist forces. On 24 February 2022, it concluded with the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]]
|-
| [[War against the Islamic State]]
| 13 June 2014
! rowspan="2" style="background: #ececec; color: #2C2C2C;" | ''Ongoing''
| In late 2013, a terrorist organisation called the [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]] began making rapid advances and territorial gains in [[Iraq]] and [[Syria]]. It [[Fall of Mosul|captured Mosul]] in June<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/10/iraq-sunni-insurgents-islamic-militants-seize-control-mosul |title=Isis insurgents seize control of Iraqi city of Mosul |last=Chulov |first=Martin |date=10 June 2014 |website=The Guardian |access-date=26 June 2016 |archive-date=11 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140611031257/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/10/iraq-sunni-insurgents-islamic-militants-seize-control-mosul |url-status=live}}</ref> and made [[Raqqa]] its capital.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2014/06/isis_announces_formation_of_ca.php |title=ISIS announces formation of Caliphate, rebrands as 'Islamic State' |work=The Long War Journal |date=29 June 2014 |access-date=26 June 2016 |archive-date=4 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404155146/https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2014/06/isis_announces_formation_of_ca.php |url-status=live}}</ref> Various international coalitions led by the [[International military intervention against ISIL#US-led coalitions|United States]], [[Opération Chammal|France]], [[Russia–Syria–Iran–Iraq coalition|Russia]], and [[Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition|Muslim states]] and with aid from dozens of countries were formed to help fight the militants.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://time.com/3273185/isis-us-nato/ |title=U.S. Forms Anti-ISIS Coalition at NATO Summit |last=Nicks |first=Denver |magazine=Time |access-date=26 June 2016 |archive-date=12 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181012154609/http://time.com/3273185/isis-us-nato/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/14/middleeast/islamic-coalition-isis-saudi-arabia/index.html |title=34 Islamic nations form coalition to fight terrorism |first1=Ed |last1=Payne |first2=Salma |last2=Abdelaziz |publisher=CNN |access-date=26 June 2016 |archive-date=7 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507082417/https://www.cnn.com/2015/12/14/middleeast/islamic-coalition-isis-saudi-arabia/index.html |url-status=live}}</ref> By December 2017, ISIL had lost all of its territory in Iraq and 95% of its territory in Syria,<ref>{{Cite web |last=McKay |first=Hollie |date=5 December 2017 |title=Trump, Mattis turn military loose on ISIS, leaving terror caliphate in tatters |url=https://www.foxnews.com/world/trump-mattis-turn-military-loose-on-isis-leaving-terror-caliphate-in-tatters |access-date=24 December 2020 |website=[[Fox News]] |archive-date=14 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201214072628/https://www.foxnews.com/world/trump-mattis-turn-military-loose-on-isis-leaving-terror-caliphate-in-tatters |url-status=live}}</ref> and was militarily and territorially defeated on 23 March 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Najjar |first=Farah |date=23 March 2019 |title=ISIL 'caliphate' totally eliminated: SDF |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/3/23/isil-defeated-in-final-syria-victory-sdf |access-date=24 December 2020 |website=[[Al Jazeera Media Network|Al Jazeera]] |archive-date=20 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221020182626/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/3/23/isil-defeated-in-final-syria-victory-sdf |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| [[Saudi-led intervention in the Yemeni civil war]]
| 26 March 2015
| During the [[Yemeni civil war (2014–present)|Yemeni civil war]], [[Saudi Arabia]], [[United Arab Emirates]], and other countries invaded parts of Yemen in order to depose the [[Houthi]]-controlled government.
|-
|[[Turkish involvement in the Syrian Civil War]]
* [[Operation Euphrates Shield]]
* [[Turkish military operation in Idlib Governorate]]
* [[Operation Olive Branch]]
* [[2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria]]
| 5 December 2011

* 24 August 2016
* 7 October 2017
* 20 January 2018
* 9 October 2019
!''Ongoing''
* 29 March 2017
* ''Ongoing''
* 9 August 2019
* 25 November 2019
| During the [[Syrian Civil War]], [[Turkey]] invaded parts of northern [[Syria]] in order to combat the [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]] and the [[Syrian Democratic Forces]], fostering and funding the [[Syrian National Army]] of the [[Syrian Interim Government]], culminating in its [[2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria|2019 offensive into northeastern Syria]] in which over 300,000 civilians were displaced<ref name="auto15">{{Cite web |date=16 October 2019 |title=Turkish military operation east Euphrates kills more than 70 civilians so far and forces nearly 300 thousand people to displace from their areas |url=http://www.syriahr.com/en/?p=144078 |access-date=24 December 2020 |website=[[Syrian Observatory for Human Rights]] |archive-date=23 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023125656/http://www.syriahr.com/en/?p=144078 |url-status=live}}</ref> and dozens more killed,<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 October 2019 |title=Teröristlerin saldırılarında 20 sivil şehit oldu, 170 kişi yaralandı |url=https://www.bursadabugun.com/haber/teroristlerin-saldirilarinda-20-sivil-sehit-oldu-170-kisi-yaralandi-1191643.html |access-date=24 December 2020 |website=Bursada Begün |language=tr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=13 October 2019 |title=Kurdish politician among nine civilians executed by Turkish-backed fighters in Syria |url=https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/syria/kurdish-politician-executed-by-turkish-backed-fighters-in-syria-1.7970427 |access-date=24 December 2020 |website=[[Haaretz]] |archive-date=14 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201214225856/https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/syria/kurdish-politician-executed-by-turkish-backed-fighters-in-syria-1.7970427 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=10 October 2019 |title=About 10 citizens were killed or injured due to rocket shelling carried out by the forces of "Jarabulus Military Council" on the city of Jarabulus north-east of Aleppo |url=https://www.syriahr.com/en/143248/ |access-date=24 December 2020 |website=[[Syrian Observatory for Human Rights]] |archive-date=25 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025231242/https://www.syriahr.com/en/143248/ |url-status=live}}</ref> prompting a controversial reaction worldwide in response to reported human rights violations<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 October 2019 |title=Damning evidence of war crimes by Turkish forces and allies in Syria |url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2019/10/syria-damning-evidence-of-war-crimes-and-other-violations-by-turkish-forces-and-their-allies/ |access-date=24 December 2020 |website=[[Amnesty International]] |archive-date=2 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191202081923/https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2019/10/syria-damning-evidence-of-war-crimes-and-other-violations-by-turkish-forces-and-their-allies/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=10 October 2019 |title=India slams Turkey for its 'unilateral military offensive' in northeast Syria |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/india-slams-turkey-for-its-unilateral-military-offensive-in-northeast-syria/articleshow/71520852.cms |access-date=24 December 2020 |website=[[The Times of India]] |archive-date=13 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191013011531/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/india-slams-turkey-for-its-unilateral-military-offensive-in-northeast-syria/articleshow/71520852.cms |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=15 October 2019 |title=Turkey-Syria offensive: US sanctions Turkish ministries |work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-50050264 |access-date=24 December 2020 |archive-date=22 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022174804/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-50050264 |url-status=live}}</ref> and resettlement of [[Kurds in Syria|Kurds]] which has been viewed as possible [[ethnic cleansing]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cockburn |first=Patrick |date=15 November 2019 |title=Erdogan's ethnic cleansing of the Kurds is still happening now – and we have Trump to thank |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/erdogan-turkey-kurds-border-syria-war-trump-ethnic-cleansing-a9204581.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/erdogan-turkey-kurds-border-syria-war-trump-ethnic-cleansing-a9204581.html |archive-date=1 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=24 December 2020 |website=[[The Independent]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Candar |first=Cengiz |date=30 September 2019 |title=Erdogan's Syria plan: Resettling the Syrian refugees or ousting Kurds from their land? |url=https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2019/09/turkey-syria-united-states-erdogan-plans-for-east-euphrates.html |access-date=24 December 2020 |website=[[Al-Monitor]] |archive-date=12 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112005731/https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2019/09/turkey-syria-united-states-erdogan-plans-for-east-euphrates.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Evans |first=Dominic |date=8 October 2019 |title=Turkey's plan to settle refugees in northeast Syria alarms allies |work=[[Reuters]] |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-turkey-refugees-graphi-idUSKBN1WN28J |access-date=24 December 2020 |archive-date=14 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191014035235/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-turkey-refugees-graphi-idUSKBN1WN28J |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| [[2019 India–Pakistan border skirmishes]]
| 14 February 2019
| 22 March 2019
| After a [[2019 Pulwama attack|suicide car bombing]] on 14 February 2019 where 40 Indian security personnel are killed,<ref>{{citation |first1=Michael |last1=Safi |title=Dozens of Indian paramilitaries killed in Kashmir car bombing |date=15 February 2019 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/14/indian-paramilitaries-killed-in-suicide-car-bombing-in-kashmir |work=The Guardian |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404033022/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/14/indian-paramilitaries-killed-in-suicide-car-bombing-in-kashmir |access-date=4 April 2019 |archive-date=4 April 2019 |first2=Azhar |last2=Farooq |url-status=live}} Quote: "'We will give a befitting reply, our neighbour will not be allowed to de-stabilise us,' Modi said ..."</ref> the [[Indian Air Force]] launches [[2019 Balakot airstrike|airstrikes]] on purported [[Terrorist training camp|terrorist camps]] in [[Muzaffarabad]] and [[Chakothi]] areas of [[Azad Kashmir|Pakistan-administered Kashmir]], and [[Balakot]] in mainland [[Pakistan]], leading to said standoff.<ref>{{citation |first1=Joanna |last1=Slater |title=Pakistan captures Indian pilot after shooting down aircraft, escalating hostilities |date=27 February 2019 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/pakistan-says-indian-fighter-jets-crossed-into-its-territory-and-carried-out-limited-airstrike/2019/02/25/901f3000-3979-11e9-a06c-3ec8ed509d15_story.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190315093125/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/pakistan-says-indian-fighter-jets-crossed-into-its-territory-and-carried-out-limited-airstrike/2019/02/25/901f3000-3979-11e9-a06c-3ec8ed509d15_story.html |access-date=30 March 2019 |archive-date=15 March 2019 |first2=Pamela |last2=Constable |author2-link=Pamela Constable |url-status=live}} Quote: The two days of tit-for-tat airstrikes ... the first since 1971, were triggered by a 14 Feb terrorist bombing in Indian-controlled Kashmir that killed 40 Indian security personnel."</ref> Also involved was [[Jaish-e-Mohammed]], a Pakistani [[Militant|militant group]] that took responsibility for the bombing and the purported target of Indian attacks.
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[[File:Ruins of Donetsk International airport (16).jpg|thumb|left|The [[War in Donbas (2014–2022)|war-torn]] [[Second Battle of Donetsk Airport|ruins]] of [[Donetsk International Airport]] in late December 2014]]
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[[File:Territorial control of the ISIS - 12-31-2014.svg|left|thumb|In red: the area controlled by the [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]] (ISIL) ''proto-state'' in December 2014]] 
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[[File:Mosul in ruins after war.jpg|thumb|Devastation in [[Mosul]]'s old city after recapture from ISIL in 2017]]
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