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Military and medical officials say that dozens of fighters have been killed in the past 24 hours in battles outside the Yemeni capital between forces loyal to the internationally-recognized government, backed by a Saudi-led coalition, and Shiite rebels.
Officials say Tuesday that battles for control of the mountainous town of Sarwah, east of the capital, have intensified as pro-government forces aim to break a months-long stalemate and clear the way toward Sanaa.
At least 30 PKK terrorists were killed in airstrikes carried out by Turkish jets in northern Iraq Sunday, the military announced Monday, Anadolu reported.
Taliban terrorists claimed responsibility for two bomb blasts Monday near the Afghan Ministry of Defense in Kabul that killed nearly two dozen people.
Saleem Rasooli, head of Kabul hospitals, told CNN at least 24 people had been killed in the attack — which also injured 91 others.
At least 11 soldiers were killed as Libyan government forces pushed deep into the last Daesh stronghold in the northern Sirte city.
Akram Kleo, a spokesman for the Musrata hospital, said 11 corpses were admitted to the hospital on Saturday.
More than 100 members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militant group have been killed or wounded in clashes with Turkish army forces in the restive southeastern part of the country, Milliyet newspaper reported.
Turkish military said in a statement on Saturday that over 100 PKK militants had been “neutralized” during the clashes, without specifying how many were killed and how many wounded.
Libyan forces show weapons they said they captured from ISIS militants during a battle in Sirte, Libya August 31, 2016. (Reuters)
Forces loyal to Libya’s Government of National Accord (GNA) said Saturday they have launched a new attack on ISIS diehards in the coastal city of Sirte.
“We are attacking the last Daesh positions in district three,” a GNA fighter told AFP, using an Arabic acronym for ISIS. The GNA forces media center confirmed on Facebook that the attack had begun.
Two bombs killed at least 13 people and wounded dozens outside a court complex in northwest Pakistan on Friday, a rescue official said, hours after militants killed two people in a Christian neighborhood in the same region.
Both attacks were claimed by Jamaat-ur-Ahrar, a breakaway Pakistani Taliban faction believed to be behind some of the past year’s deadliest attacks, including last month’s bombing of lawyers in the city of Quetta that killed 74 people.