Four FARC guerrillas have been killed in fighting in Colombia this weekend, the army said.
The rebels died in clashes with army troops in Arauca, Meta and Cauca provinces.
Sunday, 20 April, 2014
Colombia: 4 Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebels killed in fighting against army
Tuesday, 1 April, 2014
Colombia: National Liberation Army (ELN) rebels recruit girls
The National Liberation Army (ELN), Colombia’s second-biggest guerrilla group, is recruiting girls to charge extortion payments from illegal miners and is giving them weapons, El Tiempo newspaper has reported.
The newspaper said that in a rebel video, which the Colombian army says it seized during a raid on an ELN jungle camp last January, around 15 girls aged 13 to 17 are shown holding AK-47 assault rifles and M-60 machine guns. They are dressed in camouflage uniforms with ELN insignia.
Tuesday, 21 January, 2014
Colombia: Military claims 14 Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebels killed in raid
The Colombian military has said it killed 14 FARC rebels in a raid on a camp near the Venezuelan border. The leftist fighters were reportedly from a unit responsible for an ambush that killed 14 soldiers in August.
The bodies of those killed during the raid were shown to reporters in Aruca state on Monday. The air and ground attack on the FARC camp located near the town of Tame, in a rural area near the border with Venezuela, was carried out Sunday night, the military said in a statement.
Sunday, 8 December, 2013
Colombia: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebels attack kills 9 people
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos says nine people, including civilians, military and a police officer, died in an attack on a police post that’s being blamed on rebels.
Santos says 23 civilians, 12 police and three troops were wounded in the attack in the community of Inza in Cauca department. He has offered a reward worth about $26,000 for information for leading to the capture of those responsible.
Thursday, 29 August, 2013
Syria: Great Britain and France seek more time to weigh military strike on Syria
U.S. efforts to forge an international coalition to support a military strike on Syria faced fresh uncertainty Thursday, as British Prime Minister David Cameron confronted a political fight in Parliament over military action and France called for a delay until U.N. inspectors finish their work on the ground.
Speaking in the House of Commons, Cameron pledged that Britain would take no action until the United Nations had reviewed a report from weapons inspectors, who are in Syria examining the sites of an alleged chemical attack last week that left hundreds dead.