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Russian security forces killed 49 militants in a long-term, sweeping operation across Russia’s volatile north Caucasus. Nine of those killed were considered to be “odious” guerilla commanders in the drive to carve out an Islamist state in the region.
The “large-scale and massive” September-October operation in several republics in the region involved forces from both the Federal Security Service and the Interior Ministry, Russia’s National Antiterrorism Committee (NAK) said on Sunday.
Five soldiers have been killed by FARC rebels in the south of Colombia, a regional army commander said Saturday.
According to the commander of the 27th Jungle Brigade, the five men were killed and three more were injured by a roadside bomb detonated by guerrillas.
At least 14 soldiers and 12 operatives of al-Qaeda were killed early on Friday when suicide bombers attacked a military base in south Yemen, military sources and local residents said.
The attack started at dawn when five suicide bombers infiltrated the base about five miles east of Shuqrah in the southern province of Abyan, military sources said.
Two suicide bombers blew themselves up and the three others were killed in clashes with the government forces in the 115th Brigade command building.
Ground forces have begun a full-scale assault against Bani Walid in a major escalation of clashes that began on Tuesday.
The attack marks the apparent termination of efforts to find a peaceful solution to the crisis, with further casualties on both sides being reported throughout today, Thursday.
“We have started to enter Bani Walid and we are not far away from the centre of the town”, said army spokesman Mohammed El-Gandus. “If we win this fight, Libya will finally be free.”
Report says clashes have erupted between Sudan’s army and rebels in the oil-producing state of South Kordofan, on Monday, a week after the rebels had shelled the state capital near the border with South Sudan.
15 rebels have been killed and several rebels have been wounded foolowing the attack near South Kordofan’s main city Kadugli on Sunday says Sudanese army spokesperson Al-Sawarmi.
Fierce clashes has erupted on Tuesday between Somali forces backed by AU peacekeeping soldiers and al-Shabaab militants in the main road linking Mogadishu to Baidoa city, reports said.
The combat reportedly sparked this morning as Somali and AMISOM forces moved closer to the rebel-held Burhakaba city, just about 180 Km northwest of Mogadishu.
Despite using grenades, rocket propellers and improvised bombs to battle Nigerian soldiers in multiple attacks in Maiduguri, 24 Boko Haram militants died in the counter attack by the Joint Task Force (JTF) on Operation Restore Order (ORO).