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Russia and Iran have given fresh warning to the United States and its allies against a military intervention in Syria.
The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that such an intervention could have “catastrophic consequences for the region and called on the international community to show “prudence” over the crisis.
Colombia’s largest rebel group FARC has killed 13 soldiers in the northeast of the country, the National Army said Saturday.
In a press release, the army said the soldiers were killed in an “act of terrorism” in Tame, a municipality in the northeastern Arauca department.
A White House official says the U.S. has a “range of options” if it decides to act against Syria’s alleged use of chemical weapons.
The official commented on Saturday as President Barack Obama met with his top national security advisers to discuss the Syrian government’s alleged use of chemical weapons on civilians in a Damascus suburb.
Peru’s President Ollanta Humala said that security forces killed three high-ranking Shining Path members in southern Andean region of Ayacucho.
Humala told TV Peru that Alejandro Borda Casafranca, alias “Alipio,” and Martin Quispe Palomino, alias “Gabriel,” accused of being the number one and two in the Shining Path, were killed in a shootout with Peruvian security forces.
Colombia’s rebel group FARC killed at least 17 soldiers in combat in the northeast of the country, said the army Saturday. Fourteen others were reported missing.
The fighting took place on the border of Fortul and Tame, two municipalities in the troubled Arauca department where the FARC and fellow-rebel group ELN have strong presence.