Heavy fighting broke out across Benghazi last night at around 2 am, reportedly between Saiqa Special Forces and Ansar Al-Sharia. At least four soldiers are known to have been killed.

A member of Saiqa Special Forces Brigade told the Libya Herald the worst of the fighting took place outside the headquarters of Benghazi Security Directorate in the city’s Hawari district. He claimed that clashes erupted after Saiqa blocked the road around the directorate following an incident there involving Ansar Al-Sharia earlier in the night. The exact reason for the violence remains unclear.

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Two Ukrainian helicopters were shot down Friday as Ukraine launched its first major offensive against the pro-Russia forces that have seized government buildings in the east. The Kremlin said Kiev’s move against the insurgents “destroyed” hopes for peace in the region.

Fighting broke out around dawn near Slovyansk, a city 160 kilometers (100 miles) from the Russian border that has become the focus of the armed insurgency against Ukraine’s interim government. Two helicopter crew were killed in the crashes, both sides said, and a pro-Russia militiaman was reported killed.

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The military and security troops have killed an al-Qaeda leader called “Abu Muslim al-Uzbeki”, an official source said Thursday.

The troops backed by aircrafts killed also six other militants of al-Qaeda and destroyed three vehicles, the source said, adding that many militants were arrested, including one surveillance operative.

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The rebel Movement for the Democratic Forces of Casamance (MFDC) in southern Senegal has declared a unilateral truce to sue for dialogue with the government, APA can report Wednesday.In an interview with a local radio station in Dakar, MFDC leader Salif Sadio said he hoped the ceasefire will enhance the prospects for lasting peace after more than thirty years of separatist rebellion in the province.

Mr. Sadio said the truce followed talks with officials of the government led by President Macky Sall at the Vatican recently.

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Twin car bombs claimed by jihadists on a government-held district of Syria’s third city Homs killed at least 100 people, mostly civilians, a monitoring group said Wednesday, sharply raising an earlier toll.

Tuesday’s attack was the deadliest of its kind in Homs since the Syrian conflict erupted three years ago, and came as government forces make a new attempt to overrun the handful of remaining rebel enclaves in the city centre.

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The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) announced on Tuesday the liberation of the town of Abri, SPLM-N’s base and HQ at Kualeeb ranges in Nuba Mountains (South Kordofan). The recapture of the town comes as part of the “decisive summer operations” to end insurgency in the area.

SAF spokesperson, Al Sawarmi Khalid Saad, in statement said the town of Abri derives its importance from the fact that it is a link between the Kuwaleeb Mountains and Kauda, the rebel stronghold.

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Yemen army launched a ground offensive against al-Qaeda in different areas in south of country. Military sources referred it.

The operation comes ten days after a series of air raids that, according army, have killed sixty terrorists.
L’operazione arriva dieci giorni dopo una serie di raid aerei che, secondo l’esercito, hanno ucciso una sessantina di terroristi.

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