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The spokesman of the Armed Forces, Al-Sawarmi Khalid Saad, announced that the Armed Forces repulsed remnants of the forces of the rebel Justice and Equality Movement at Karkada and Um-Shuwaika areas in East Darfur State.
Col. Al-Sawarmi said that the forces of the Justice and Equality have escaped and as a retaliatory act they attacked Tabon area by different weapons.
Fierce fighting is taking place in Syria’s second city, Aleppo, say reports, as rebel fighters try to take control from the army.
Pro-government troops are bombarding the city with shells and rocket fire, and there are reports that helicopter gunships are being used.
Officials say a wave of shooting and bombing attacks in Baghdad and north of the Iraqi capital have killed around 90 people and wounded scores of others.
The attacks included strikes at a military base near the town of Dhuluiyah and in the city of Taji.
Bombings and shooting attacks also occurred in Saadiyah, Khan Beni Saad, Kirkuk, Tuz Khurmatu, and Dibis, all north of the capital.
Violent clashes continued on Sunday in neighborhoods of Aleppo and Damascus, Syria’s two main cities, as Syrian government forces fought to regain control over areas that rebels claimed to have seized in recent days.
Activists reported heavy street battles for a third day in several Aleppo neighborhoods, where urban warfare erupted for the first time this week. One video posted on YouTube, which could not be confirmed independently, showed heavy black smoke spiraling out of one quarter, while a rebel commander on another video said the battle to free the northern city of government soldiers had begun in earnest.
Heavy clashes between troops and rebels raged into a second day in Syria’s second city Aleppo on Saturday, activists said, while a tense calm reigned in Damascus after days of fierce fighting.
The fighting in Aleppo came a day after the United Nations Security Council voted unanimously to grant a “final” 30-day mandate extension to a troubled observer mission charged with overseeing a peace plan for Syria.
The soldiers of the Syrian army regained control of the Midan district in the capital Damascus, announced Friday the state television. The opposition confirmed the information, as the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights (SOHR) stated that government forces backed by tanks entered Midan.
Militant Khaled al-Shami, based in Damascus, said the rebels have carried out a “tactical” withdrawal Friday morning to spare civilians from further bombardments. Heavy fighting between rebels and soldiers took place in the capital for five days.
A Maoist leader, who carried Rs 17 lakh on his head, was killed by security forces in Chatra district’s Kunda forest, the police said on Friday.