Holdout rebels clashed this week with the Sudanese army in North and Central Darfur states, as the African mediation prepare to resume talks for a comprehensive cessation of hostilities in Addis Ababa.

The spokesperson of the Sudan Liberation Movement –Abdel Wahid al-Nur (SLM-AW), Mustafa Tamboor told Sudan Tribune they repelled a military convoy of the Sudan Armed Forces that attempted to enter into Jaldo a rebel-held area in central Darfur state last Thursday.

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Afghan police said Taliban militants have shot dead at least 12 workers clearing mines in the southern Helmand Province on December 13.

Farid Ahmad Obaid, a spokesman for the provincial police chief, said the attack happened near the former British military base of Camp Bastion.

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A newly formed organization, the Shura Mujahidin Council (SMC), urged today the Libyan Islamist militias to form a coalition to confront the offensive announced by the government of Prime Minister Abdallah al Thinni.

SMC, made up of unknown members, issued a statement accusing Al Thinni and the militia of the self-called Libyan National Army (LNA) of destroying the city of Benghazi, while urging all opposition forces to join in a single organization.

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Yemeni troops on Saturday shot dead five Al-Qaeda suspects disguised as women who fired at a soldier during a checkpoint inspection of their Saudi-bound bus, officials said.

Another suspect was wounded along with the driver in the shooting at Harad, a town 15 km from the Saudi border, the officials said, adding two of those killed were Saudis.

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The YPG (People’s Defense Units) Press Centre has released a written statement providing information about the offensives against the ISIS groups in Kobanê, Serêkaniyê and Jazaa.

YPG announced that the attacks by the ISIS gangs aiming the occupation of Kobanê continued on the 88th day.

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