Monday, 11 January, 2016
Four members of the security forces were killed and more than a dozen wounded in clashes with the terrorist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) over the weekend.
Three members of the security forces lost their lives when terrorists detonated hand-made explosives during heavy fighting in the central Sur district of Diyarbakır province on Sunday. One of those killed in the fighting in Sur, which has been under curfew since Dec. 2 due to military operations, was a police officer while two others were specialized sergeants in the Turkish army.
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Sunday, 10 January, 2016
Afghanistan security forces took control of Darqad district bordering Tajikistan on Sunday, an official said. “After days of clashes with the Taliban, the rule of law has been maintained,” Sanatullah Timor, provincial government spokesman, told Xinhua.
“The joint forces were working to find and defuse roadside bombs and landmines in the area,” Timor said. A total of 25 militants were killed and 20 others wounded during the cleanup operation that started on Friday night, the source said.
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At least ten Somali National Army soldiers were killed and scores wounded when al-Shabaab raided an army base near the strategic town of Baidoa, the regional capital of Baay, residents said.
Al-Shabaab fighters riding pick-up trucks and using rocket-propelled grenades have attacked a military outpost at Gof-Gadud village, just 30 kilometers east of Baidoa town early on Thursday morning.
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At least 40 militant fighters of the Islamic State (ISIS) were killed on Saturday in clashes with the western-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
Leadership of the SDF reported in a statement that ISIS militants launched on Sunday a new offensive against their headquarters in the vicinity of Tishreen Dam in northeastern Aleppo.
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Ethiopian security forces have killed at least 140 people taking part in mass anti-government demonstrations since November, activists say, according to US-based Human Rights Watch (HRW).
The protests have been sparked by fears that a plan to expand the capital’s administrative control into the Oromia region will displace Oromo farmers.
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