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Monday, 8 October, 2018

Turkey: Turkish army neutralizes 9 Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) terrorists in northern Iraq

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The Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) neutralized nine Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) terrorists, who were preparing for an attack, in northern Iraq’s Zap and Avashin-Basyan regions in air operations during the last two days, according to a statement.

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Sunday, 7 October, 2018

Afghanistan: 25 Taliban and 10 policemen killed in clashes in Wardak province

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At least 10 policemen were killed in clashes with Taliban fighters in the central Afghan province of Wardak, officials said on Sunday, amid fighting to wrest control of arterial highways a day after Taliban fighters blew up bridges.

The Taliban set fire to a government building in Wardak’s Sayeed Abad district and killed the district police chief along with nine other policemen on Saturday night, a senior police official said.

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Saturday, 6 October, 2018

Syria: Two Syrian rebel groups begin withdrawing weapons from Idlib

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Two Syrian rebel groups began withdrawing their heavy weapons Saturday from a northwestern area of the country where Russia and Turkey have agreed to set up a demilitarized zone, opposition activists said.

Rami Abdurrahman of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the Free Idlib Army and Failaq al-Sham started removing artillery and mortar pieces from areas close to the town of Maaret al-Numan.

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Democratic Republic of the Congo: Ugandan Allied Democratic Forces (UADF) rebels kill 4 soldiers and 2 civilians in a Beni attack

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A rebel attack on an army post in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo left six people dead, civilian and military sources said on Friday, October 5.

The Ugandan Allied Democratic Forces is suspected of having carried out Thursday night’s attack in the city of Beni, which sits near the DRC border with Uganda.

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Thursday, 4 October, 2018

Egypt: Egyptian forces kill Daesh leader and 15 militants in Sinai Peninsula

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The Daesh Takfiri terrorist group has announced the death of one of its leaders in Egypt’s restive Sinai Peninsula, where security forces also shot dead 15 militants in a separate encounter.

The terrorist group said in a recent message on Telegram that the Egyptian army killed Abu Hamza al-Maqdisi in an air raid. Maqdisi had been in charge of planning and training for the terrorist group in Sinai.

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