In bombardments and clashes between egyptian armed forces and jihadists, in northern Sinai have been killed “17 terrorists” in zone between Sheikh Zuweid and Rafah.
Ukraine: Azov Battalion spearheads Ukrainian counter-offensive
Ukraine’s Azov Battalion, famed for its near-suicidal bravery and ultra-nationalist views, is spearheading a Ukrainian counter-offensive along the country’s Black Sea coast today.
Posting a picture of their troops on Feb. 10 outside Pavlopil town hall, some 35 kilometers northeast of their base in the strategic port city of Mariupol, the battalion said that it had also seized the villages of Oktyabyr and Shyrokyne on their way to assault the Russian and separatist-held city of Novoazovsk.
Monday, 9 February, 2015
Libya: Libyan army says has retaken main military base in Benghazi from islamist fighters
Libyan special forces said on Monday they had retaken the main military base in Benghazi from Islamist fighters that they have been battling since October, part of a wider struggle four years after the ousting of autocrat Muammar Gaddafi.
Special forces commander Wanis Bukhamada told Reuters by telephone that his troops had seized the army camp, on a road to the airport outside Libya’s second biggest city, as well as nearby offices belonging to state cellphone operator al-Madar.
Syria: ISIS pulls some forces and hardware from Aleppo
ISIS has withdrawn some of its insurgents and equipment from areas northeast of the Syrian city of Aleppo, rebels and residents say, adding to signs of strain in the Syrian provinces of its self-declared caliphate.
The group, which has recently lost ground to Kurdish and Syrian government forces elsewhere in Syria, has pulled fighters and hardware from several villages in areas northeast of Aleppo, they said. But it has not fully withdrawn from area.
Sunday, 8 February, 2015
Ukraine: 45 Ukrainian soldiers killed in past 24 hours
More than 40 Ukrainian soldiers were killed in fighting in Donbas in the past 24 hours, deputy head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) militia Eduard Basurin said Sunday.
“The losses of the military structures of the Ukrainian government in the past 24 hours were as follows: 11 tanks, eight of which were destroyed and three were captured… nine units of artillery, 11 cars. When it comes to personnel, 45 people were killed,” Basurin said.