Tag: #Clashes
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Senegal Clashes Kill One After Opposition Leader Arrest
Senegal clashes have killed one after an opposition leader was arrested.
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Over 60 fighters killed in clashes in Yemen between rebels
Dubai, Feb 26 (AFP/APP): Over 60 fighters were killed in clashes in Yemen Friday between Iran-backed Huthi rebels and government forces in the strategic northern province of Marib, government sources said. The dead included 27 pro-government forces and 34 Huthi rebels, a government source told AFP, adding it was the “most violent” day of clashes since fighting erupted…
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Clashes in Spain over Virus Restrictions for Second Night
There have been clashes in Spain over virus restrictions for the second night.
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Armed villagers guard strategic gateway to Nagorno-Karabakh
LACHIN CORRIDOR, October 27 (Online): Wearing camouflage and holding Kalashnikov rifles, volunteer villagers patrol a winding river in a Nagorno-Karabakh valley, defending a strategic area between the disputed region s capital and Armenia. Cannons are heard firing nearby at regular intervals as they too stand guard, covering the noisy gurgle of the Hakari river that…
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Putin says deaths from Karabakh fighting ‘nearing 5,000’
Moscow, Oct 22 (AFP/APP):Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that almost 5,000 people had died in more than three weeks of fighting between Armenian forces and Azerbaijan’s army over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. “According to our data, the number of deaths on both sides is almost 2,000, that is, the total number of deaths is…
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India to return Chinese soldier?
BEIJING, Oct 19 (APP):India may return a detained Chinese soldier because the soldier very likely got lost at the border. China and India are currently communicating on the matter, to which India is holding a relatively positive attitude. China and India previously reached an agreement on the matter and the two sides are moving toward…
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Failed talks, battlefield impasse: Karabakh faces long war
Tbilisi, Oct 17 (AFP/APP):Three weeks of indiscriminate shelling, hate-filled rhetoric and sluggish diplomacy over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh province have yielded no decisive breakthroughs and instead fuelled fears of a gruelling fight of attrition. Azerbaijan and the Armenian separatists who control its Karabakh region have been locked in a bitter impasse over the fate of the…
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Pakistan rejects Armenian PM’s allegations about Pak special forces
ISLAMABAD, Oct 17 (APP):Pakistan on Saturday rejected Armenian Prime Minister’s allegations referring to some unsubstantiated reports about involvement of Pakistani special forces alongside Azerbaijani army in the ongoing conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan. “We categorically reject these baseless and unwarranted comments by the Armenian Prime Minister. President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan has also clarified his…
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Armenia, Azerbaijan clash over Karabakh as Russia urges halt
Stepanakert, Azerbaijan, Oct 12 (AFP/APP):Russia on Monday urged Armenia and Azerbaijan to immediately start observing a ceasefire agreed over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region as intense fighting between the two Caucasus rivals cast fresh doubt over the accord. Armenia and Azerbaijan have for the last two weeks engaged in bitter clashes over Nagorno-Karabakh, a breakaway region…
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In war-hit Karabakh capital, residents inspect destroyed homes
Stepanakert, Azerbaijan, Oct 11 (AFP/APP):Guennadi Avanessian had a big two-storey house at 28 Saroyan Street, with a wooden terrace and vines laden with dark grapes. But his comfortable middle-class home in a well-off street in the capital of war-hit Nagorno-Karabakh region has been smashed to pieces during the conflict between neighbouring Azerbaijan and Armenia. “I…