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A local official in Afghanistan’s central province of Uruzgan warned that the entire province is in danger of falling to Taliban militants.
Mohammad Zaher Naderi, member of Uruzgan provincial council, said the province is on the verge of collapse with extensive assaults by the Taliban.
Syrian government forces closed the only road leading into and out of rebel-held parts of the northern city of Aleppo on Sunday, besieging hundreds of thousands of people and raising fears of a humanitarian crisis, opposition activists said.
The siege marks the biggest success for the government in Aleppo since rebels captured parts of the city in the summer of 2012. Aleppo, Syria’s former commercial center and the country’s largest city, has been contested since then.
The Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) troops on Friday, said it had successfully repelled Boko Haram terrorists’ attacks in Baga.
This is contained in a statement signed by Col. Muhammad Dole, the Chief Military Public Information Officer of the task force and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
At least 20 members of forces loyal to the Libyan unity government have lost their lives as they engaged in clashes with Daesh fighters in the northern city of Sirte.
The loyalists to the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) said in a statement that 105 of their troops were also injured in Friday’s fighting around the Ouagadougou conference hall complex, which serves as a command headquarters for Daesh militants in Sirte.
Turkish Prime Minister said that 2,839 soldiers and officers implicated in an overnight coup attempt have been arrested. At least 265 people have been killed, including 104 pro-coup participants, while 1,440 people were injured in military action in Istanbul and Ankara.
According to Prime Minister Binali Yildirim, those arrested included ordinary soldiers and high-ranking officers. He added that about 20 of those who planned the overnight coup were killed and 30 more were wounded.