Five yemeni soldiers have been killed and another has been injured in ambush in Shabwa, province south of Yemen.
Security services sources reported it.
Tuesday, 5 August, 2014
Pakistan: Army airstrikes in North Waziristan kill 30 militants
At least 30 suspected militants were killed and six of their hideouts destroyed in fresh air strikes carried out by fighter jets in Datta Khel, Marsikhel, and Kamsham areas of North Waziristan tribal region, the ISPR sources said.
However, these claims could not be independently verified as journalists have limited access to the restive tribal agency.
Ukraine: Fighting between separatists and government troops reaches rebel-held Donetsk
Fighting in eastern Ukraine reached the main rebel stronghold of Donetsk on Tuesday as separatists and government troops exchanged rocket fire in neighborhoods on the edge of the city.
In a western district of Donetsk, rockets apparently fired from a government position landed in the courtyard of a one-story house, killing an elderly resident.
Monday, 4 August, 2014
Iraq: Prime Minister orders air strikes to support Kurdistan’s Peshmerga army battling ISIS jihadists
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Monday ordered the airforce to provide support to Kurdish Peshmerga forces battling jihadists in the north of the country, army spokesman Qassem Atta said.
“The commander in chief of the armed forces has issued orders to the leadership of the airforce and the army’s aviation units to provide air support to Peshmerge forces,” he said in a statement.
Ukraine: More than 400 ukrainian soldiers cross border into Russia, but Moscow and Kiev give 2 different reasons
Ukrainian soldiers crossed into Russian territory Sunday, but Kiev said Monday they were forced there after running out of ammunition. Moscow is offering another version: The soldiers deserted the Ukrainian army.
Russia gave more than 400 Ukrainian soldiers safe passage into its territory overnight, and only 180 of them asked to be returned to Ukraine, Vasiliy Malayev, head of the border patrol in Russia’s Rostov region, told the Associated Press.
Sunday, 3 August, 2014
Israel: Israel prepares to end offensive in Gaza Strip
The Israel Army has been preparing to halt its offensive in the Gaza Strip.
Israeli infantry and armored units have been withdrawing from the Gaza Strip amid plans to suspend the offensive against Hamas and its Palestinian militia allies.
Lebanon: 11 soldiers and 30 militants killed in east Lebanon
At least 11 Lebanese Army soldiers were killed and 13 were taken hostage in Arsal, during clashes between the Army and Syrian armed groups that have so far killed 30 militants, according to security sources.
Army chief, Gen. Jean Kahwagi, confirmed in a press conference that 10 soldiers had died and 13 were missing, saying they were most likely kidnapped. Shortly after the army commander spoke a Lebanese sergeant, Yehia Dirani, died in clashes near Arsal’s technical institute, bringing the death toll to 11.