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The leftist rebel group Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) ordered its armed wing, New People’ s Army (NPA), to resume offensive operations against the Philippine military and other government security forces in central Philippines.
The CPP gave out the order after the ceasefire declared by the Executive Committee-Regional Committee in Eastern Visayas on Nov. 12 ended on Jan. 12. The two-month truce was in effect in areas struck by typhoon Haiyan, locally known as Yolanda.
The United Nations today reported a new rebel attack in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as the region continues to suffer from deadly violence even after the defeat of a major dissident group, the M23, over a month ago.
In the latest violence, Mayi Mayi Sheka fighters attacked Pinga, in North Kivu province, but left after a 30-minute gun fight with the Congolese Armed Forces (FARDC), the UN peacekeeping force in the DRC (MONUSCO) reported.
The jihadist fighters of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) have retaken Al-Bab, north-east of Aleppo, from other rebel groups over the past few hours.
Government troops in South Sudan are advancing on the flashpoint town of Bor, the last state capital still in rebel hands, an army spokesman says.
‘Bor is still in the hands of the rebels but our forces are still moving towards it,’ Colonel Philip Aguer said on Monday.
Bor, situated some 200 kilometres (125 miles) north of Juba and capital of the restive Jonglei State, has already changed hands three times since fighting broke out in South Sudan one month ago.
Four soldiers have been killed in an attack by tribal militiamen in Hadramout province, in south-east of Yemen.
Army post has been attacked near Chehr, military sources referred it, blaming a coalition of local tribes.
Kenya’s military has killed more than 30 al-Shabaab militants and commanders in Somalia, a spokesman said, in a major air strike across the border following the Islamists’ attack on a Nairobi shopping mall last year.
Kenyan fighter jets hit a camp at Garbaharey in the Gedo region on Thursday, where the militants, who profess links to al-Qaeda, were holding a meeting, the military said.
At least 45 rebels fighters from four different brigades were killed today in a series of clashes in Homs, with the biggest toll coming during an ambush in a government-held district.
“They were killed as they tried to launch an operation to end the siege of Homs,” noted the pro-rebel Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The city remains divided between rebel and government-held areas, and activists have complained the rebel-held areas are struggling to get access to food.