Sunday, 27 May, 2018
With the support of the UAE Armed Forces operating as part of the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen, the Yemeni National and Tihama Resistance Forces, and the Giants’ Brigades continued advancing towards the Al Jah area in the Bayt Al Faqih District, reaching within 50km of the strategic Hodeida port. This comes amid an unprecedented state of confusion, panic and collapse in Al Houthi militia defences and ranks, as a result of the surprise military operations.
The resistance forces found - during the combing and purging operations - very large quantities of weapons, ammunitions and military equipment and vehicles after the militia fled Al Mugris and the farms they were hiding in within the Tahita district.
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Friday, 25 May, 2018
Fighting between Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland region and breakaway Somaliland has killed dozens of soldiers, according to a witness and a military commander who spoke of a “hellish” outbreak of violence.
The clashes on Thursday morning appeared to be a resumption of more than 10 years of periodic conflict between Puntland and Somaliland over the disputed Sool region.
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Thursday, 24 May, 2018
The armies of breakaway Somaliland and Puntland early Thursday engaged each other in heavy fighting, reports said.
Both sides reportedly employed light and heavy guns near Tukaraq District, about 1,100km northwest of the Somali capital Mogadishu.
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Wednesday, 23 May, 2018
Forces loyal to Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar engaged in fierce clashes around Derna, as two soldiers were killed in a car bomb and another was abducted from a checkpoint.
The fighting south-west of Derna was the most intense since Haftar’s Libyan National Army (LNA) stepped up its campaign to take control of Derna, said Milad al-Zwai, spokesman for the LNA’s Special Forces.
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Tuesday, 22 May, 2018
At least 16 people have been reported killed and more than 30 wounded in an explosion in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, as the Taliban pushed ahead with their annual spring offensive across the country.
There was some confusion about the cause of the May 22 blast.
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