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South Sudanese army captured Nasir a rebel stronghold town in Upper Nile state and Bentiu, the capital of Unity State, the government and rebels confirmed to Sudan Tribune on Sunday.
The SPLA spokesperson Colonel Philip Aguer on Sunday told Sudan Tribune that Nasir which is on the north side of the Sobat River, 30 kilometres from the Ethiopian border,. is since this morning in the hands of the government forces.
The army today killed 40 Al-Qaeda suspects, mainly foreigners, and wounded dozens of others on day six of a major offensive in southern Yemen, military officials said.
Most of the “terrorists” were killed in Shabwa province during the ongoing operation against al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), the defence ministry said in text messages sent to journalists.
Around 60,000 people have fled towns in Deir Ezzor province of eastern Syria that have been the scene of fierce clashes between rival jihadists, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says.
The battle between al-Qaeda affiliate Al-Nusra Front and the breakaway Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has raged for four days despite an order from al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri to stop fighting.
The death toll from clashes between government forces and Abu Sayyaf bandits who launched a counterattack to regain control of a jungle training camp in Sulu has risen to 26, the military said yesterday.
Western Mindanao Command spokesperson Capt. Maria Rowena Muyuela said the latest field reports showed 25 Abu Sayyaf militants were killed and 24 of them wounded. On the government side, one Marine trooper died and 19 were wounded.
Authorities in India’s remote northeast called in the army to restore order and imposed an indefinite curfew after recovering seven more bodies Saturday that brought to 29 the number of Muslim villagers killed by separatist rebels in the worst outbreak of violence in the region in two years.
Army troops marched through the troubled areas of Assam state in a show of force after police said gunmen from the Bodo tribe, which has long accused Muslims of sneaking into India illegally from neighboring Bangladesh, went on a shooting rampage, setting ablaze Muslim homes and firing indiscriminately on civilians.
Heavy fighting broke out across Benghazi last night at around 2 am, reportedly between Saiqa Special Forces and Ansar Al-Sharia. At least four soldiers are known to have been killed.
A member of Saiqa Special Forces Brigade told the Libya Herald the worst of the fighting took place outside the headquarters of Benghazi Security Directorate in the city’s Hawari district. He claimed that clashes erupted after Saiqa blocked the road around the directorate following an incident there involving Ansar Al-Sharia earlier in the night. The exact reason for the violence remains unclear.
Two Ukrainian helicopters were shot down Friday as Ukraine launched its first major offensive against the pro-Russia forces that have seized government buildings in the east. The Kremlin said Kiev’s move against the insurgents “destroyed” hopes for peace in the region.
Fighting broke out around dawn near Slovyansk, a city 160 kilometers (100 miles) from the Russian border that has become the focus of the armed insurgency against Ukraine’s interim government. Two helicopter crew were killed in the crashes, both sides said, and a pro-Russia militiaman was reported killed.