Government air strikes on a rebel-held village east of Damascus today killed 32 civilians, including six children, a monitoring group said, denouncing what it called a massacre.
Sudan: Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM-N) captures new position in South Kordofan
The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM-N) claimed they captured a new position from the government forces near Talodi town in South Kordofan state.
In a statement released extended to Sudan Tribune, SPLM-N spokesperson Arnu Ngutulu Lodi, said on Wednesday morning their fighters “managed to liberate Talodi-Alnuba village after the capture of an out-post of the Sudanese army, located west of Talodi town”.
Thursday, 22 January, 2015
Ukraine: Donetsk airport falls into hands of pro-Russia separatists
Ukrainian officials said Thursday that their forces have retreated from the main portion of the airport at Donetsk, a key turning point in an eight-month battle with Russian separatist forces that has turned the facility into a hulk of twisted metal and shattered glass.
“Taking into account the danger and in order to save lives, … it was decided yesterday to move out of the terminal’s territory and to the new lines,” Vladyslav Seleznyov, spokesman for the Ukrainian Armed Forces, said at a briefing.
Wednesday, 21 January, 2015
Afghanistan: Defense Ministry says 23 taliban killed in latest Afghan army operations
Afghanistan’s Defense Ministry says government forces have killed 23 Taliban militants during operations in three different parts of the country.
In a statement early on January 21, the ministry said the militants were killed during the previous 24 hours in the southern province of Kandahar, the northern province of Kunduz, and in Kapisa Province just north of Kabul.
Ukraine: Russia sends 9.000 troops into Ukraine, says Petro Poroshenko
Russia has sent more troops into Ukraine than at any time since the crisis began, deploying 9,000 soldiers inside its neighbour, according to the Ukrainian leader.
Petro Poroshenko, the president of Ukraine, said Russia had also dispatched 500 tanks and other armoured vehicles over the border. A total of five Russian infantry battalions are now believed to be inside eastern Ukraine.