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On April 3, 2017, the day Vladimir Putin was due to visit the city, a suicide bombing was carried out in the St. Petersburg metro, killing 15 people and injuring 64. An al-Qaeda affiliate, Imam Shamil Battalion, claimed responsibility.
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This air defense capability exists, even though it is limited. However, the resistance has this capability, and it can be developed and expanded. The extent of this capability, its range - we will leave it to the Americans to test it.
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On June 8, 2017, up to 70 soldiers were killed in an attack on a military base in the Somali region of Puntland, including the base’s commander and deputy commander. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility.
We have continuous meetings with our brothers in Hezbollah, both open and secret. Most meetings are secret maybe.
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On June 6, 2019, unidentified assailants opened fire on a paramilitary vehicle in Quetta, Pakistan, killing two troops before fleeing. Though no group claimed responsibility, Quetta is a target in a low-level insurgency by Baloch separatists.
People are talking about making concessions to America or others in order to become immune to the sanctions. This means severing the arm of our policy and this bargaining chip, so that, God forbid, they won’t slap us with sanctions if we display toughness.
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On June 2, 2019, a gunman with far-right ties shot and killed Walter Lübcke, a German politician and member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), in front of his home. Authorities later linked the suspect, who had issued death threats over YouTube, to members of neo-Nazi group Combat 18.
History hasn’t recorded this many suicide attacks before. Didn’t we fight for 20 years to establish an Islamic system?
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On May 30, 2020, militants attacked a cattle market in the village of Kompienga in northern Burkina Faso, killing 25 people and wounding several others. In a separate attack, armed groups targeted a humanitarian convoy in the northern village of Foube, killing five civilians and five military police, and injuring 20 people.
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On May 26, 2017, suspected ISIS gunmen opened fire on a convoy carrying Coptic Christians in central Egypt, killing 28 people and injuring 25 others on board.
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