On Thursday, a local source in Nineveh province said, that the paramilitary Kurdish Peshmerga forces repelled a violent attack on western Mosul and killed 30 elements of the ISIS group.
Friday, 30 January, 2015
Iraq: Kurdish Peshmerga forces repel ISIS attack, killed 30 militants western Mosul
Ukraine: Pro-russian rebels overrun Vuhlehirsk town in east
Ukraine’s military conceded Thursday that its forces had been overrun by Russian-backed separatist forces in another town in their battle to hold onto a strategically valuable railway hub.
A soldier wounded in combat for the town, Vuhlehirsk, said armored vehicles and tanks were used in the attack on government positions, forcing a hasty retreat.
Defense Ministry spokesman Vladislav Seleznyov said fighting is now under way to expel the rebels from Vuhlehirsk.
Thursday, 29 January, 2015
Egypt: Sinai Province, the Islamic State Egypt wing, claims attacks that killed 27 people
Islamic State’s Sinai wing claimed responsibility for attacks that killed at least 27 on Thursday night, the group said on its official Twitter account.
A series of tweets from the Sinai Province’s Twitter account claimed responsibility for each of the four attacks that took place in North Sinai and Suez provinces, in some of the worst anti-state violence Egypt has seen in months.
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Army in new offensive against Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) rebels
The army in the Democratic Republic of Congo announced Thursday a fresh offensive against Rwandan ethnic Hutu rebels after weeks of heavy international pressure to act.
But the military operation was being conducted without the assistance of the UN mission in the troubled central African country.
Chad: Chadian army captures Malumfatori Nigerian town from Boko Haram militants
Chad’s army has driven Boko Haram militants out of Malumfatori town in north-eastern Nigeria, a senior official from Niger has told the BBC.
The reported capture of the town, which lies near the borders of Chad and Niger, follows two days of fighting.
Sudan: Sudanese army suffered historic defeat in South Kordofan by Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N)
Secretary-general of the rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) Yasir Arman (Photo: Reuters)
The secretary-general of the rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N), Yasser Arman, said its forces had inflicted an historic defeat on the Sudanese army (SAF) in South Kordofan state.
In an interview with the London-based Alquds Alarabi newspaper on Wednesday, he said the pro-government militias known as the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have mutinied against the Sudanese army in Talodi garrison in South Kordofan.
Wednesday, 28 January, 2015
Nigeria: Scores killed by Boko Haram in renewed attacks on villages in Adamawa State
People fleeing from Boko Haram attacks in Mubi, Adamawa State. (Twitter)
Scores of residents of Michika and Madagali villages have reportedly been killed by Boko Haram insurgents who launched series of attacks on about seven villages, local and security sources confirmed.
The towns fell into the hands of the insurgents last years but were recaptured by government troops.