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At least 15 suspected al-Qaida militants were killed in the battles with the army in the Louder city of Abyan on Monday, a day after two dozens were reported killed by drone attacks in the province, the Yemeni official agency Saba reported.
Security officials in Abyan told Yemen Post that seven troops were also killed.
Seven persons, including a 7-year-old girl, were killed in a new wave of attacks by Boko Haram in Nigeria.
During the night in the north-eastern city of Dikwa, the Islamic terrorists killed a policeman, a civilian and a local politician the Nigerian army reported. The command attacked a police station, a bank and a hotel but was repelled by soldiers, Lieutenant Colonel Sagir Musa, a spokesman for the Combined Task Force for the state of Borno explained.
Syrian forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad killed about 156 people nationwide on Saturday, about half of them were civilians, the Revolution Council reported, as the regime in Damascus intensified its brutal crackdown on the opposition three days ahead of U.N. deadline to pull back and end the violence.
Monitoring groups said most of the killings occurred in Hama, Homs and Aleppo. The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported more than 60 people were killed in the Homs suburb of Latamna alone, which came under heavy bombardments by army tanks.
Somali government troops backed by Ethiopian forces on Friday captured two strategic towns in the south of the horn of African nation after al-Shabaab fighters fled the area, residents and officials said.
The towns of Bur-Hakaba and Qadsax-dhere, Bay region in the southwest of the country fell into government hands without any fighting with al-Shabaab fighters who left the town hours before the troops entered, residents said.
National Movement for the Liberation of the Azawad (Mnla), fondamental component of tuareg rebellion in Mali, today has proclaimed the independence of Azawad.
Spokesman Mossa Ag Attaher ha indicated to want to respect “borders with neighboring states”.
Mali’s MNLA separatist rebels said they had ended their fight to create an “Azawad” state on the edge of the Sahara on Thursday after achieving their goal, according the group’s website.
The rebels, battling alongside Islamist militants who want to impose sharia, or Islamic law, swept through northern Mali last week, pushing government forces from Kidal, Gao and Timbuktu, the three northern regions of Mali that the MNLA says will form the new state.
Somaliland army has transferred 67 militia men that were captured in the recent attempted suprise attack that Khaatumo militia launched against Somaliland forces but however were vanquished by Somaliland forces.
The captured militia accompanied by their commander are currently being held at Burco City Prison as they wait to be relocated to Mandheer Prison outside of Berbera.