Boko Haram staged an overnight assault on a border town in Niger, residents said Sunday, the second time the nation has come under attack by the extremists since Friday.
Saturday, 7 February, 2015
Yemen: After taking power, Houthi Shiite rebels criticized for their coup d’etat as protests grow
A day after taking power, Shiite rebels in Yemen found themselves increasingly under pressure Saturday as thousands protested against their rule and a group of nearby countries denounced their “coup.”
The leader of the Houthi rebels, Abdel-Malak al-Houthi, gave an impassioned speech defending dissolving Yemen’s parliament Friday as the only response to a power “vacuum” — one his group created by besieging the country’s president, who later resigned.
Syria: Syrian Kurds of Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) seize dozens of villages from Islamic State militants
Syrian Kurdish fighters have seized dozens of villages from Islamic State group jihadists around the town of Kobani in Syrian Kurdistan on the Turkish border, expanding their control in the area, a monitor said Friday.
The Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) had captured 101 villages around Kobani since seizing it from IS on January 26 after four months of fighting, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
Friday, 6 February, 2015
Niger: Boko Haram militants attack military base in Niger
Islamist militant group Boko Haram, attacked a military base in eastern Niger, expanding its reign of terror across the region, witnesses said on Friday.
It is the first time the Nigeria-based insurgents launched an assault in Niger, after infiltrating northern Cameroon for the past few months, killing dozens of people.
Egypt: Army airstrikes kill 27 militants of Sinai Province rebel group in Sinai
Egyptian military air strikes killed 27 Islamic militants in Northern Sinai early on Friday, in one of the biggest security operations in the region months, security sources said.
Apache helicopters targeted militants from Sinai Province, a group that pledged allegiance to Islamic State, the ultra-hardline militants who have seized swathes of Iraq and Syria, the sources said.