Armenian armed forces have launched a missile attack on Azerbaijan’s second-largest city Ganja and Mingacevir.
The missile strikes late on Friday hit busy areas in and around the city centre of Ganja, where casualties have been reported.
Saturday, 17 October, 2020
Armenia: Armenian missiles target residential areas in Azerbaijan’s Ganja
Friday, 16 October, 2020
Syria: Syrian Kurds release over 600 Islamic State (IS) linked prisoners
The Kurdish-led forces controlling Syrian Kurdistan (Rojava), the Kurdish northeast Syria, on Thursday freed more than 600 Syrian prisoners detained over links to the Islamic State jihadist group.
The 631 detainees had been held on terrorism charges and were the first batch released in an amnesty deal announced recently following calls from Arab tribes in eastern Syria.
Thursday, 15 October, 2020
Mali: Dozens killed in spate of attacks in central Mali
Suspected Islamist militants killed 25 people including 13 soldiers in multiple attacks in central Mali, burning down an army base and ambushing troops sent as reinforcements, the army and local authorities said on Tuesday.
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The attacks were the deadliest since the Aug. 18 military coup that overthrew President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, and came just days after scores of jailed militants were freed by the interim government in a prisoner swap.
Wednesday, 14 October, 2020
Nagorno-Karabakh: Nagorno-Karabakh death toll rises despite cease-fire
The death toll continues to rise in clashes between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces over the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region, despite a cease-fire and warnings of a humanitarian crisis.
Ethnic Armenian officials in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region reported 17 military deaths on Monday, raising the military death toll to about 540 since renewed fighting started on Sept. 27.
Tuesday, 13 October, 2020
Somalia: Al-Shabaab militants killed in police station attack in Jalalaqsi
At least two al-Shabaab militants were on Saturday night killed in Jalalaqsi, following an attack that targeted a police station, officials said, in the increasing wave of violence instigated by the militants, who have been wreaking havoc in the Horn of Africa nation.
Officials said the militants, in dozens, attacked a police station within the town in Somalia, leading to a fierce gunfight with the Somali Police who were manning the town, that lasted for several hours leading to casualties as several others sustained injuries.
Monday, 12 October, 2020
Azerbaijan: 7 dead and 33 injured in Ganja after shelling by Armenian forces
At least seven dead bodies were recovered from debris after what Baku described as shelling of Ganja conducted by the Armenian forces, one day after a ceasefire between the two sides had been due to take effect, Azerbaijan’s foreign ministry said on Sunday.
Sunday, 11 October, 2020
Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed to cease-fire in Nagorno-Karabakh
Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed to a cease-fire in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region beginning at noon Saturday.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov made the announcement in Moscow in the early hours Saturday after mediating 10 hours of talks between the two sides.