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The Kurdish-Arab alliance of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have reported new gains in the south and south-eastern suburbs of Hasakah, northeast Syria, at the expense of the extremist group of Islamic State (ISIS), local activists reported on Saturday.
The joint forces had announced an extended military campaign to liberate the entire province Hasakah three weeks ago. Since then, the SDF has recaptured large areas across the province amid an unprecedented decline by ISIS.
Somali Govt troops and their allied African Union troops have repelled an al-Shabaab attack after heavily armed militants attacked their convoy near Wajid town, south of Bakol region.
The confrontation broke out Saturday morning when the militants with al-Shabaab waylaid the allied troops while conducting a security patrol in the villages nearby Wajid town, reports said.
At least 10 people were killed and dozens more injured in a suicide bomb attack by suspected members of Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram, security sources have said.
The attack happened in the far north region of Cameroon, and is the latest deadly attack in the region as Boko Haram militants target the country along with Chad, Niger and Nigeria.
The district chief of Achin, Haji Ghalib, said that the insurgents attacked security check post in Abdul Khel area. In retaliation, security forces killed a dozen Daesh militants and wounded several others.
He said the clash lasted for several hours in which three security personnel sustained injuries.
More than 600 militants were killed by Russian cruise missiles in Syria’s Deir ez-Zor province, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said on Friday.
“The terrorist gangs suffer major losses. Over 600 militants were killed as a result of a cruise missile strikes on one of the targets near Deir ez-Zor,” Shoigu told President Vladimir Putin.
At least 18 dead bodies were found inside the Radisson Blu hotel in the Malian capital of Bamako on Friday after an attack that was claimed by an armed group affiliated with Al-Qaeda.
While over 150 hostages were believed to have been held at one point during the siege, Mali’s Security Minister Salif Traore said no more hostages were being held at the hotel, which was attacked by gunmen also armed with grenades and subsequently stormed by Malian special forces. Two gunmen were killed in the subsequent government raid, according to the Malian military.
170 hostages have been taken at the Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako, Mali. Jihadist terrorists stormed the hotel this morning and have already killed 3 people.
The hotel is regularly used by tourists and airline crews including Air France.