Officials say that at least four soldiers have been killed in a border skirmish between Azerbaijan and Armenian troops.
Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry said one of its troops had been killed in combat.
Monday, 26 December, 2016
Afghanistan: 500 Helmand residents take up arms against Taliban
Several residents of the Helmand province in Afghanistan have picked up arms against Taliban in a bid to defend their province and support the security forces.
According to the members of the uprising forces, the number is at least 500 and they are from different districts, reports the Tolo News.
Sunday, 18 December, 2016
Burma-Myanmar: Army attacks Kachin Independence Army (KIA) headquarters
Myanmar government forces have started launching attacks on the headquarters of the military wing of one of the country’s ethnic rebel groups, the group said on Saturday.
Tang San, a battalion commander with the Kachin Independence Army, said government forces have been using “fighter jets and heavy weapons continuously'’ on the headquarters in northeastern Mynamar since early Friday.
Tuesday, 13 December, 2016
Burma-Myanmar: Arakan Army says 10 government soldiers killed in renewed clashes
The Arakan Army (AA) has ramped up its clashes against government forces in western Burma and the Bangladesh border region since the start of November, killing 10 Burma Army soldiers and wounding dozens more, the AA claimed in a statement on Monday night.
Throughout November and December, the AA had only one of its own soldiers killed and one injured, the AA statement read. However, despite the rising number of clashes between the Burma Army and AA, neither side issued any prior statements on the military skirmishes over the past two months.
Saturday, 10 December, 2016
Philippines: Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) clashes with retreating Maute group members
Moro Islamic Liberation Front fighters providing support to government troops, engaged withdrawing members of the Islamic State-inspired Maute group along the boundary of Lanao del Sur and Maguindanao on Friday.
Maj. Filemon Tan Jr., spokesperson of the Western Mindanao Command, said two MILF men were wounded in the fighting as well as an undetermined number of the Maute group followers.