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The Iraqi army says its forces have taken control of the strategic northern town of Shirqat from ISIL, in a military operation launched ahead of a push to recapture the armed group’s stronghold of Mosul.
Security forces began the operation to oust ISIL (also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, or ISIS) on Tuesday, backed by both Iraqi and US-led coalition aircraft.
An Eritrean opposition group, Red Sea Afar Democratic Organization (RSADO) on Wednesday said that Yemen’s Houthi group have attacked the international Airport of Assab, a port city in the Southern Red Sea Region of Eritrea.
Ibrahim Haron, leader of the armed opposition group told Sudan Tribune that Houthi forces stationed in the island of Hanish and Zagar have also attacked the headquarters of the Eritrean naval forces in Assab by firing mortar rockets thereby causing a serious damage.
At least 19 civilians were killed on Wednesday when a Saudi-led coalition air strike hit a house in western Yemen, according to residents, medics and a local official.
Fighter jets of an Arab alliance aiming at a Houthi-held presidential palace in the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah hit a house in a neighborhood populated by workers adjacent to the palace, a resident told Reuters.
At least 40 troops from a multinational force were killed as the Islamic State’s West Africa Province (Iswap), or more commonly known as Boko Haram, destroyed a convoy of the African Coalition Crusader forces in Malam Fatori in northeast Nigeria.
The group claimed responsibility for the attack and Associated Press reported that it posted a communiqué to this effect on social media.
Clashes between the Tatmadaw and the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army - Kyaw Htet (DKBA-KH) in Karen State have resulted in the displacement of about 4,000 people since early September, state media reported on 21 September.
Militants armed with guns and grenades killed 17 soldiers in a raid on Sunday on an army base in Kashmir, the worst such attack for more than a decade in the disputed Himalayan region.
The rebels broke into the base near the town of Uri before dawn and lobbed the grenades at tents and barracks housing the soldiers before opening fire, an army officer said requesting anonymity.
Forces of Ibrahim Jodran’s so-called Petroleum Facilities Guard have launched a counter attack on Dignity Operation militia groups in the oil crescent region to regain control of the oil terminals, which they lost last week.
Backed by other rival groups to Dignity Operation, the PFG advanced from Nofaliya town towards the oil terminals early on Sunday under a military operation called “Dispersive Illusion.” As soon as they approached Sidra oil terminal, fierce clashes erupted with Dignity Operation militias who later fled the scene and withdrew to Ras Lanuf, around 30 km east of Sidra.