Members of the Colombian armed forces have killed 10 FARC guerrillas in combat, the country’s defense minister said Monday.
The rebels were killed in combat in the southern departments of Guaviare and Caqueta departments.
Tuesday, 4 September, 2012
Colombia: Armed forces kill 10 Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas
Turkey: 30 dead in clashes between Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) rebels and turkish forces
Kurdish rebels wielding rocket launchers and machine-guns attacked a security base in southeast Turkey, triggering a firefight that left 30 people dead, local officials said Monday.
Ten soldiers were killed and seven wounded in the attack in the province of Sirnak, the local government said, while other sources said about 20 members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) were also killed.
Sunday, 2 September, 2012
Somalia: African Union and somali troops take Miido town in Lower Juba, 36 al-Shabaab members killed
African Union and Somali forces captured the town of Miido in an overnight battle that began Friday evening (August 31st), killing 36 al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab militants, the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) announced.
Miido is situated 16 kilometres south of Afmadow, which was recently secured by AMISOM troops.
Mali: Islamic extremists of Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO) seize control of key town of Douentza
Islamic extremists have seized control of the strategic town of Douentza, moving much closer to government-held territory in central Mali.
Residents say that early on Saturday morning, a convoy of pick-up trucks carrying bearded men entered the town, about 800 kilometres northeast of the capital, Bamako.
Although far from the capital, Douentza is only 190km from Mopti, which marks the line-of-control held by the Malian military.
Islamist leader Oumar Ould Hamaha said the Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa (known by the French acronym MUJAO) had seized Douentza after a brief standoff with the local self-defence militia, which formerly controlled the town.
Afghanistan: 8 armed insurgents killed in Badghis
Eight armed insurgents were killed and tens other wounded in combined operation of Afghan and NATO forces in the Moqor district of Badghis province.
Sharafuddin Majidi spokesman of Badghis governor said to BNA, the national army and NATO forces conducted combined operation in the Abshara village, Moqor district where armed rebels were gathered and wanted to carry out terrorist activities.
Saturday, 1 September, 2012
Syria: Rebels launched attacks on 2 air bases
Syrian rebels launched deadly attacks on the military Saturday in a campaign increasingly targeting its air power, as President Bashar Assad’s traditional ally Russia said it was “naive” to expect him not to fight back.
Rebel fighters captured the main air defense building in Albu Kamal on the Iraqi border, the Syrian Observatory for Human Right said, adding that “preliminary reports” suggested they had seized ground-to-air missiles that could boost their ability to down government aircraft.
Friday, 31 August, 2012
Georgia: Troops remain in border area with Russia after deadly clash
Georgian troops remain in an area close to the Russian border in the Kakheti region where, according to the officials, three servicemen and 11 suspected militants died in an armed clash on August 29.
The last time when the Interior Ministry provided update about the ongoing operation was late afternoon on Wednesday when it said that six remaining gunmen were “surrounded” by the Georgian troops.
Secretary of Georgian National Security Council, Giga Bokeria, said late on Wednesday that the remaining group of gunmen was “localized”.