Kurdish forces, supported by US aviation, launched an offensive to retake the control Mosul dam, most important in Iraq, in ISIS jihadist hands last August 7.
High kurdish army official referred it.
Friday, 15 August, 2014
Ukraine: Ukrainian forces destroyed a Russian armoured convoy
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says his forces have destroyed part of a Russian armoured convoy that crossed into eastern Ukraine, adding: “We won’t tolerate any invasion.”
Military officials in Kiev said they tracked the vehicles, including armoured personnel carriers, from the border and then attacked with artillery.
Iraq: Clashes continue between Kirkuk Resistance Units (KRU) and ISIS gangs around Jalawla
Clashes are continuing between the Kirkuk Resistance Units and ISIS gangs in the area between Jalawla and Khanaqin.
After fighting yesterday the ISIS gangs were forced to withdraw to Jalawla. War planes also bombed Jalawla.
Nigeria: Boko Haram members abduct 100 young men in Borno State
There were indications on Thursday that members of the terrorist Islamic sect, Boko Haram, might have abducted about 100 young men from Doron Baga, a community in Borno State.
There were fears also that the abducted young men were being forcefully conscripted by the insurgents.
Somalia: At least 14 killed as Government forces and African Union forces attack insurgents in Mogadishu
African peacekeepers and Somali troops battled militants in a suburb of Mogadishu on Friday, launching a joint offensive that killed at least 14 people, police said.
The attack was part of an armed campaign by government forces and African Union peacekeepers in response to a recent surge in gun and bomb attacks in Mogadishu by militias, primarily the al Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab group.
Thursday, 14 August, 2014
Pakistan: Airbases in Quetta targeted, six militants killed
Armed militants attacked Pakistan Air Force’s Samungli Air Base in Quetta, the capital of volatile Balochistan province, on Thursday night, an official said.
Security forces killed six militants, while thwarting an attack at Samungli Air Base in Quetta.
Wednesday, 13 August, 2014
Syria: As Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) violence worsens, Deir Ezzor’s tribes prepare for fight
After the Sunni militants reportedly execute more than 20 members of the Sheitaat, tribes in the province are gearing up to take on ISIS. Are they strong enough to stop the advance?
On Sunday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition-backed monitoring group, said that fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria had beheaded two men from the Sheitaat tribe, in the Deir Ezzor village of Shaafa, on the banks of the Euphrates. It also said 19 other Sheitaat fighters had been executed by the group earlier in the week.