Puntland Government strongly condemns Somaliland’s newest military provocation in parts of Puntland State by dispatching Somaliland forces from the western part of Sanaag region towards Puntland constituencies and its security forces stationed in Dhahar District. Local constituencies have staged protests against Somaliland’s military aggression.

Earlier this month, the same unit of Somaliland forces arrived in Huddun district of Sool region, intimidating Puntland constituencies to forcefully participate in Somaliland’s local elections.

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Heavy Fighting has taken place in the Hudun district of Sool between Somaliland armed forces and khaatumo militias which are being supported Puntland forces.

Somaliland army Chief General Shaqaale in a press statement said the army had repulsed an offensive launched by the militia on the eastern fringes of Hudun town aimed at scaring voters taking part in the electoral Process.

We have inflicted a heavy blow on the enemy said General Shaqaale in the brief statement

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Reporting reaching the Ogaden Online service desk from Qabridahar confirm Ogaden National Liberation Army (ONLA) commando attacks at the main Ethiopian Military base in Qabridahar town.

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Rebels started to retreat from Congo’s eastern provincial capital on Saturday after an attempt to garner ammunition at the airport failed and their original pullout was postponed, a U.N. official said.

Trucks full of M23 rebels drove along the road that leads out of Goma toward Kibumba, where the rebels are supposed to settle following an agreement reached in Kampala last week with nations bordering Congo. M23 soldiers were cheering as they did a final tour in the city center.

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The main road connecting the Syrian capital of Damascus with the city’s airport was open but no flights were operating on Friday, according to the opposition group, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

Fighting again between rebels and forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad disrupted much of the capital and there was no Internet service throughout much of Syria for a second-straight day.

Fighting killed another 31 people across the country on Friday, according to an opposition group that counts casualties.

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The UN General Assembly overwhelmingly approved a resolution on Thursday to upgrade Palestine to a “non-member state” at the United Nations, implicitly recognizing a Palestinian state.

There were 138 votes in favor, nine against and 41 abstentions.

Addressing the assembly in New York ahead of the vote, President Mahmoud Abbas said the UN bid was the last chance to save the two-state solution.

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Ansar Dine, an Islamist group linked to al-Qaeda has moved into a town near Mali’s border with Mauritania after separatist Tuareg rebels withdrew without a fight, an Islamist spokesman said on Thursday.

Islamist fighters from several groups have taken over an initial uprising by Tuareg MNLA rebels since an uneasy alliance of armed groups seized control of the north in March after a military coup paralyzed the central government.

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