Pakistan’s counter-terrorism department says police have killed five suspected separatists in a raid on their hideout in southwestern Baluchistan province.
A statement from the department says Monday’s raid took place in the Mastung district.
Wednesday, 10 March, 2021
Pakistan: Police kill 5 suspected Baluch Liberation Army (BLA) separatists in southwest
Afghanistan: 20 security force members killed and wounded in 24 hours
As the summer fighting season approaches, the scale of war and violence continues to rise in Afghanistan. The latest figures show that at least 20 members of the Afghan security forces were killed and wounded in the past 24 hours in five provinces of the country.
The casualties were reported in Ghazni, Daikundi, Badakhshan, Khost and Balkh provinces.
Tuesday, 9 March, 2021
Sudan: Ethiopia provides military support to People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-al-Hilu) rebels led by Abdel Aziz al-Hilu in Blue Nile state
The Ethiopian government has recently supplied weapons and ammunition to a Sudanese rebel group to attack a border town in the Blue Nile State, said the official news agency SUNA on Sunday.
The attacks by the Ethiopian army-backed militiamen on the border area and the counter-attacks by the Sudanese forces undermined the good entente between the two countries when Addis Abbas in December 2020 claimed the ownership of al-Fashaga which lies within Sudan’s international boundaries.
Monday, 8 March, 2021
Yemen: Saudi-led coalition launches air raids on Sanaa
The Saudi-led military coalition battling Yemen’s Houthi movement has said it conducted air raids on Houthi military targets in Sanaa and other regions after the group launched armed drones towards Saudi Arabia.
“The military operation targets Houthi military capabilities in Sanaa and a number of other provinces,” the coalition said in a statement carried by Saudi state media on Sunday.
Sunday, 7 March, 2021
Yemen: At least 90 combatants between government forces and Houthi rebels have been killed in fighting in Marib in last 24 hours
Fierce fighting between Yemeni pro-government forces and Iran-backed Houthi rebels has killed at least 90 combatants on both sides in the past 24 hours, government military sources said Saturday.
The Shiite rebels launched an offensive last month to seize Marib, the last stronghold in northern Yemen of pro-government forces who are backed by a Saudi-led military coalition.