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At least 16 soldiers of the army loyal to Tobruk government were killed and another 11 wounded in clashes in Benghazi with parliament forces of the rival government in Tripoli Wednesday, security personnel told EFE.
Four militias belonging to rival Islamist groups Majlis al Shura and Zwara Benghazi, with links to Tripoli, died in the fighting in Boatni in which fighter jets loyal to Tobruk also participated.
The Egyptian Interior Ministry said Monday that a senior commander in the Islamic State extremist group has been killed in a shoot-out in northern Cairo.
Ashraf al-Gharabli was the head of the extremist group’s operations in Cairo, northern Egypt and the western desert oases, the ministry said.
The Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) and the Somali National Army (SNA) have said they killed nine Al-Shabaab terrorists at Jungal, 30 kms North West of Bardhere.
In a press statement from the Ministry of Defence, the terrorists were pursued by the KDF soldiers and killed, impounding nine AK 47 rifle, five IEDs and assorted ammunition.
The Nigerian Army said on Friday that it had cleared nine more suspected Boko Haram terrorists camps in its operations in Borno.
Col.Tukur Gusau, the Media Coordinator of Operation Lafiya Dole, said this in a statement in Maiduguri.
A car bomb targeting a policeman’s club in the Egyptian city of El Arish killed six people and wounded 10 on Wednesday, security sources said.
Islamic State’s Egypt affiliate, Sinai Province, claimed responsibility for the attack, which it described as a suicide bombing.
The group has killed hundreds of soldiers and police since the army toppled Islamist President Mohamed Morsi in 2013 after mass protests against his rule.
The Nigerian Army said it cleared a suspected Boko Haram camp on Sunday and killed four insurgents in Duwabafi village of Borno State.
This is contained in statement by Sani Kukasheka, the acting director, Army Public Relations, on Monday in Maiduguri.
Suicide attackers have struck a popular hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu, leaving 15 people dead.
Sunday’s fatalities reportedly included politicians, businessmen, other civilians and members of the security forces.
The death toll also includes the six attackers, senior security official Mohamed Hassan said.