Tag: #Militants
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18 militants killed by Burkina Faso police
Ouagadougou, Nov 21 (AFP/APP): Burkina Faso authorities said 18 “terrorists” were killed when they attempted to attack a police base in the north of the country, where security services have been struggling to quell a rising militant revolt. “The attackers were repulsed thanks to a prompt response,” police said in a statement after Wednesday’s assault…
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24 Mali soldiers and 17 militants die in clashes in east
Bamako, Nov 19 (AFP/APP): Twenty-four Malian soldiers and 17 militants fighters were killed in clashes in the east of the country, the army said, as security in the west African nation deteriorates further. Mali and Niger forces were carrying out a joint operation when a patrol was attacked Monday by “terrorists” near the northeastern town…
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Egypt army reports killing 83 militants in North Sinai
Cairo, Nov 4 (AFP/APP): Egypt’s army said Monday it had killed 83 militants in clashes in the restive Sinai Peninsula, where an Islamic State group affiliate has waged a long-running insurgency. Security forces “eliminated 77 takfiris”, referring to Sunni Muslim extremists, who were found with stacks of weapons and ammunition in north and central Sinai,…
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Security forces kill 5 militants in E. Afghan province
AFGHANISTAN, Nov 4 (XINHUA/APP):Five Taliban militants have been killed in a special operation in Afghanistan’s eastern Logar province, provincial police said Monday. “Acting on a confirmed tip-off, the operation was launched by Special Operations Police Forces in Shina Qala village, Baraki Barak district, on Sunday. The security forces also destroyed four AK-47 guns and a…
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Afghan forces kill 33 militants in eastern province
GHAZNI,AFGHANISTAN, Oct 29 (XINHUA/APP):As many as 33 militants have been killed as government forces backed by fighting planes struck Taliban hideouts in parts of the eastern Ghazni province over the past 24 hours, said an army statement released here Tuesday. In the operations, which have covered Muqar, Ab Band, Gero and Andar districts of the…
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US takes custody of two ‘high-value’ militants from Syria Kurds
Two “High-value” Syrian Kurds militants have been taken into United States custody
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Mali army in major clash with militants
Bamako, Oct 2 (AFP/APP):At least 25 Malian soldiers have been killed and about 60 are missing after militants attacked two military posts in the country’s fragile central region, the Malian government said on Tuesday. The military camps came under attack on Monday at Boulkessy and Mondoro, towns near the border with Burkina Faso, and intense…
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U.S. launches strike in southern Libya as U.N. warns of escalation
CAIRO (Reuters) – U.S. forces said on Wednesday they killed 11 suspected militants in their second air strike in a week near the southern Libyan town of Murzuq, as the U.N. envoy warned of a growing risk of armed escalation and rights abuses in the country. The strike comes as rival factions have been locked…
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Afghan air raids kill more than 110 insurgents in northern region
KABUL, Sep 25 (XINHUA/APP):More than 110 militants have been killed and over four dozen others sustained injuries as fighting planes struck Taliban hideouts in Afghanistan’s northern Sari Pul, Jawzjan and Faryab provinces on Tuesday night, army spokesman in the northern region Mohammad Hanif Rezai said Wednesday. The sorties struck Taliban hideouts in Sari Pul’s Qashqari…