Wars in the World

Wars and Main Events on 2012

• January

  • 01

    • Puntland: 2 Puntland soldiers dead in fighting with Atom’s militias near Bosaso

  • 02

    • Ethiopia: Hundreds of ethiopian troops crossed into Somalia

  • 03

    • South Sudan: Born a new rebel group (SSPLM/SSPLA) in South Sudan that accuses the Government of corruption and marginalization

    • Ethiopia: Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) ends war and embraces the unity for Ethiopia

  • 04

    • Ethiopia: Born new Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) splinter group called Jijirama-OLF

    • Syria: Army deserters killed at least 18 members of President’s security forces in province of Deraa

  • 05

    • South Sudan: Hundreds dead in tribal clashes between Lou Nuer and Murle in Pibor town

    • Democratic Republic of Congo: Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), rwandan Hutu rebels, killed 26 people

  • 06

    • Burma-Myanmar: Kachin Independence Army (KIA) clashed with army to defend mountain base in Lwaigyai

  • 07

    • Israel: Thousands of US troops are being deployed to Israel

    • Somalia: Havy fighting erupts in Gedo and Lower Juba regions between TFG KDF ASWJ and Ras Kamboni forces against al-Shabaab

  • 09

    • Burma-Myanmar: Army offensive against Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) in Hpakan forces more people to flee

  • 10

    • Pakistan: Bodies of 10 soldiers recovered from Orakzai, Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility

  • 12

    • Colombia: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebels willing to reopen talks

    • Burma-Myanmar: Burma signs cease-fire with Karen National Union (KNU) rebels

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  • 13

    • Somalia: Created a new federal state inside Somalia called “The Unity and Salvation Authority of the SSC Regions of Somalia”

  • 15

    • Burma-Myanmar: New Mon State Party (NMSP) will not discuss ceasefire until fighting ends in Kachin State

  • 16

    • Yemen: Al-Qaeda militants, Islamic Jihad Group, capture Rada’a town

  • 17

    • Somaliland: Army takes control of Buhodle town

    • Somalia: 4 killed and 7 wounded in a battle between Kenyan army and al-Shabaab fighters in Gedo region

  • 18

    • Somaliland: Fights between troops and residents continue in Buhodle

  • 19

    • Mali: Troops fought off offensive of Northern Mali Tuareg Movement (MTNM)

  • 21

    • Somalia: al-Shabaab hit by major Amisom offensive

  • 22

    • India: 13 Jharkhand policemen killed in maoists naxalites of Communist Party of India (CPI) ambush

    • Syria: Army’s deserters had seized control of Duma town

    • Nigeria: More than 100 killed in Kano in a series of attacks by radical group of Boko Haram

  • 23

    • Colombia: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) destroyed a radar, killed 1 policeman

  • 24

    • Libya: Qaddafi loyalists seize Bani Walid, clashes with National Transitional Council (NTC) forces

    • India: 700 militants belonging 9 separatist groups surrendered in Assam

  • 26

    • Yemen: Stability backs to Rada’a after hundreds of al-Qaeda militants left the town

  • 27

    • Yemen: Clashes between shiite muslim Houthis rebels and Salafi sunni islamist group killed at least 22 people

  • 28

    • Mali: Government blames Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and Azawad National Liberation Movement (MNLA) rebels to launch new attacks in north

    • Somaliland: Clashes between Somaliland forces and a separatist militia SSC of Khaatumo State in Buhodle, killed 40 people

  • 29

    • Burma-Myanmar: Army redeploys troops to Kachin State frontline

  • 30

    • Sudan: Chinese company attacked in South Kordofan by Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N)

  • 31

    • South Sudan: South Sudan Liberation Army (SSLA) and South Sudan Democratic Army (SSDA) threatened to prevent the construction of new oil pipeline, threatening ‘theaters of war’

• February

  • 01

    • Yemen: Clashes continue in north Yemen between shiite al-Houthi rebels and sunni tribal men, at least 19 killed

    • Pakistan: 8 soldiers and 35 terrorists killed in Kurram firefight

  • 02

    • Burma-Myanmar: New Mon State Party (NMSP) army agrees initial ceasefire terms

    • Burma-Myanmar: Shan State Army-North (SSA-North) signs ceasefire

  • 03

    • Philippines: 15 terrorists of Abu Sayyaf and Jemaah Islamiyah islamist groups killed by army air strike

  • 04

    • Syria: At least 337 dead in army’s attack on Homs

  • 05

    • Somalia: Kenyan army airstrike kills 100 al-Shabaab fighters

    • Pakistan: Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed to have killed 35 soldiers in Margat battle

  • 06

    • Somaliland: Somalia’s terrorists are invading Somaliland

    • Afghanistan: An Haqqani Network leader detained in Khost province

  • 07

    • Syria: At least 47 people killed by syrian troops in different cities

    • Burma-Myanmar: Karen National Union (KNU) rebels deny signing a cease-fire

  • 08

    • Somaliland: Army overpowers surprise attack from militia in Buhodle

    • South Sudan: South Sudan geared for war with Sudan

  • 10

    • Turkey: 1 soldier and 13 Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants killed in Turkey’s southeast

    • Somalia: Al-Shabaab islamist group formally joins al-Qaeda

  • 11

    • Mali: National Movement for the Liberation of the Azawad (MNLA) tuareg rebels seized Tinzawaten town

    • Sudan: Sudan and South Sudan sign a non aggression pact

    • Syria: Army intensifies assault on the central cities of Homs and Hama

  • 12

    • Burma-Myanmar: Army attacks Shan State Army-South (SSA-South) base

  • 13

    • Perù: Artemio, Shining Path rebel leader, captured wounded in San Martin

    • Ogaden: 15 ethiopian soldiers killed by Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) unit near Babili

  • 15

    • Syria: Homs under massive attack as shiite fighters help Assad regime

    • Yemen: Supporters of al-Sharia, islamic militants linked to al-Qaeda, behead three spies

  • 16

    • Colombia: Army kills Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) Front 62 commander Dumar

    • Puntland: Rebel fighters loyal to Sheikh Mohamed Said Atom’s Galgala militia killed 20 Puntland soldiers

  • 17

    • Somalia: 14 al-Shabaab fighters killed in southwestern Somalia attack

  • 18

    • Mali: The battle of National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) for nation’s north

  • 19

    • Chechnya: Killed Ibragimkhalil Daudov leader of islamist group Caucasus Emirate with other 19 rebels and 11 policemen

  • 20

    • Burma-Myanmar: Karen National Union (KNU) breakaway signs peace deal

  • 21

    • Nigeria: Security forces killed 8 islamist Boko Haram militants in Maiduguri

  • 22

    • Somaliland: Group of Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) militia attempt to cross into Ethiopia from Somaliland

  • 24

    • Somalia: Government and ethiopian troops captures parts of Baidoa town from al-Shabaab militants

    • Iraq: Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) linked to al-Qaeda claimed attacks of yesterday

  • 26

    • Syria: At least 100 killed as army bombards opposition strongholds

  • 27

    • Colombia: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) announces to release all hostages and abandon kidnapping

    • United Kingdom: Great Britain’s battle plan for war with Iran

  • 28

    • South Sudan: Juba signs peace agreement with South Sudan Democratic Movement/Army (SSDM/A) rebel group of George Athor

• March

  • 01

    • Puntland: Army seize supplies to Galgala militias loayal to Sheik Atom

  • 02

    • Somalia: Al-Shabaab base captured outside Mogadishu by government troops and African Union forces

  • 04

    • Syria: Assad’s forces execute 47 army deserters dumping their bodies in lake al-Seeha

  • 05

    • Yemen: 55 killed in clashes between army and al-Qaeda militants in Abyan province

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  • 07

    • Syria: Syrian forces attack town of Herak

    • Libya: Eastern region of Cyrenaica declared a semi-autonomous state

  • 08

    • Syria: Syria sends reinforcements to Idlib

  • 10

    • Israel: Gaza militants fire rockets into Israel after IDF kills leader of Popular Resistance Committees (PRC)

  • 12

    • Somalia: Ethiopia will withdraw troops from Somalia by end of April

  • 13

    • Syria: Opposition speaks on new massacre in Homs

  • 14

    • Somalia: Talks betwen Khaatumo State, Transitional Federal Governmen (TFG) and Somaliland

  • 15

    • Syria: Syrian troops take control of north-western city of Idlib

  • 16

    • Ethiopia: Ethiopian forces destroy three Eritrean military camps

  • 17

    • Eritrea will not fight Ethiopia

  • 19

    • Colombia: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) kill 11 soldiers in northeast attack

  • 20

    • Iraq: 50 killed in Iraq blasts, claimed by terrorist group Islamic State of Iraq (ISI)

  • 21

    • Somalia: Somali and ethiopian forces clashed with al-Shabaab in Baidoa

  • 22

    • Mali: Soldiers angry about rebellion in north cut off state TV and radio firing guns into air in capital

    • Mali: Soldiers overthrow government

  • 23

    • Yemen: Shelling in Abyan kills 29 al-Qaeda militants

    • Iran will attack United States or Israel to defend itself

  • 24

    • Turkey: Turkish forces kill 15 kurdish women fighters

  • 25

    • Burma-Myanmar: Army breaches ceasefire again

  • 27

    • Somalia: Ahlu Sunna Wal-jamaca (ASWJ) forces seize strategic town of El-Bur in central Somalia

    • Sudan: Mini-war on north-south Sudan borders leads to cancellation of Bashir’s trip to Juba

  • 28

    • Syria: Annan says Syria accepts peace plan as troops enter Lebanon to fight rebels

  • 30

    • Libya: Clashes between rival libyan tribes claim more lives

  • 31

    • Mali: Tuareg rebels take second key Mali town of Gao

• April

  • 01

    • Mali: National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) rebels say they have surrounded Timbuktu

  • 02

    • Somaliland: Army vanquish surprise attack from militia loayal to Ali Khalif Galayr in Buhodle

  • 03

    • Syria: Syria to pull back troops from populated areas by April 10

  • 04

    • Somaliland: Captured 67 militiamen in the recent fighting of Buhodle are transferred to Burco prison

  • 06

    • Mali: National Movement for the Liberation of the Azawad (MNLA) rebels ended military operations and created Azawad state

    • Mali: Tuareg declare Azawad independent

  • 07

    • Somalia: Somali troops and ethiopian forces seize 2 towns from al-Shabaab in Bay region

  • 08

    • Syria: The death toll exceeds 150 this Saturday, the situation gets worse before the ceasefire

  • 09

    • Nigeria: New wave of attacks by Boko Haram leave 7 dead

  • 10

    • Yemen: At least 40 al-Qaeda militants and 7 troops killed in Abyan in two days of fighting

    • Mali: Army has regrouped in the town of Mopti

  • 11

    • Sudan: Sudan vows response after surprise lost of Heglig town taken by South Sudan’s People Liberation Army (SPLA)

  • 12

    • Somalia: Al-Shabaab islamists move north into Puntland

  • 13

    • Sudan: Sudanese warplanes drop bombs in Bentiu town in South Sudan

  • 14

    • Sudan: South Sudan army repulse Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) attempt to retake Heglig

  • 15

    • Syria: Army bombed for an hour the city of Homs on the third day of the cease-fire

    • Afghanistan: Multiple attacks on Kabul, talibans of Haqqani Network claims spring offensive

  • 16

    • Sudan: Khartoum, South Sudan government is an enemy

  • 17

    • Somalia: Allied troops advance on Afmadow in Lower Juba region

  • 18

    • Syria: Troops bombard Homs and other rebel areas, killed more than 50 people

  • 19

    • Sudan: Khartoum accuses South of attack on new front in Sudan

    • Iraq: Police arrest 11 suspected militants of Southern State of Al-Qaeda group

  • 21

    • South Sudan: President Kiir orders army SPLA out of disputed Heglig

  • 22

    • Yemen: 25 al-Qaeda militants killed in clashes in Abyan province

  • 23

    • Israel: Drums of war beat again, Israel’s military ready to hit Iran

  • 24

    • South Sudan: Over 1000 South Sudanese soldiers killed by Sudan army in Heglig’s battle

  • 25

    • South Sudan: President Salva Kiir says Sudan has declared war

    • Puntland: Armed Forces conduct anti al-Shabaab operation at Galgala Mountains

  • 27

    • Burma-Myanmar: Shan State Army-North (SSA-North) ordered to move out of Burma army’s way

  • 28

    • Syria: Syrian forces and rebels clashed in coastal city of Latakia

  • 29

    • Peru: Shining Path rebels kill 3 members of security forces

  • 30

    • 21 dead in attacks against christians in Kenya and Nigeria, accuses on al-Shabaab and Boko Haram

• May

  • 01

    • Yemen: 18 al-Qaeda militants killed in fighting

    • Democratic Republic of Congo: Troops loyal to Bosco ‘Terminator’ Ntaganda have taken multiple towns

  • 02

    • Syria: 12 people killed overnight by Syrian security forces

    • Afghanistan: 2 taliban leaders detained in Kandahar and Ghazni provinces

  • 03

    • Burma-Myanmar: Kachin Independence Army (KIA) escalates attacks on government

  • 04

    • Dagestan: Casualties grow in Makhachkala capital twin blasts

    • Pakistan: At least 20 killed and 46 injured in Bajaur suicide blast

  • 06

    • Uganda: Uganda deployed additional 1700 troops in volatile Somalia

  • 07

    • Yemen: Killed al-Qaeda leader Fahd Al-Quso along with several militants

    • Yemen: Al-Qaeda kills 32 Yemeni troops after leader eliminated in air raid

  • 08

    • Somalia: Story of al-Shabaab’s children soldiers

  • 09

    • Afghanistan: 22 talibans killed in Paktika province

  • 10

    • Sudan: Armed Forces liberates Geraida, Kefen Debi and Kefen Kingi towns

    • Darfur: Sudan says regained control of a Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) rebels-held town

  • 11

    • Syria: In Damascus two car bomb attacks caused 55 dead and 372 injured

  • 12

    • Burma-Myanmar: Burmese army threatens to wipe out the Kachin Independence Army (KIA)

  • 13

    • Syria: Al-Nusra Front claims deadly attacks in online video

    • Somalia: Al-Shabaab fighters arrived in Mudug and Galmudug regions

  • 14

    • Uganda: Army nabs Caesar Achellam, top Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) commander

    • Syria: Rebels kill 23 soldiers in Rastan

  • 15

    • Lebanon: North Lebanon clashes between opponents and supporters of Syrian President Bashar Assad escalate, killed 5

  • 16

    • Yemen: At least 42 killed in offensive on islamist insurgents of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

  • 17

    • Spain: Government rejects request for talks with Basque separatist group Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA)

  • 18

    • Burma-Myanmar: Kachin Independence Army (KIA) creates new battalion near Pangwa

  • 19

    • Democratic Republic of Congo: DRC troops shell March 23 Movement (M23) rebel bases

  • 20

    • Somalia: Government and kenyan forces fight against al-Shabaab in Lower Juba region

    • Syria: Violent clashes between army and rebels in capital Damascus

  • 21

    • Yemen: Clashes between al-Qaeda militants and soldiers in Jaar city

  • 22

    • Yemen: Ansar al-Sharia claims bombing that killed almost 100 soldiers and wounding about 300 in the capital

  • 23

    • Colombia: Defense Minister says Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) are hiding in Venezuela

  • 25

    • South Sudan: South Sudan army says was attacked by Popular Defence Forces (PDF) rebels and Sudan army in border areas

  • 26

    • Syria: At least 50 killed including 13 children in clashes in Houla town

  • 27

    • Mali: National Movement for the Liberation of the Azawad (MNLA) and Ansar Dine declared the Islamic Republic of Azawad

  • 28

    • Sudan: Sudan ready to withdraw its troops from Abyei region

  • 29

    • Yemen: Military rejects Ansar al-Sharia cease-fire offer

    • Mali: No fusion between tuareg of National Movement for the Liberation of the Azawad (MNLA) and Ansar Dine, group linked to al-Qaeda

  • 30

    • Sudan: Army withdrew from Abyei region, confirm United Nations

  • 31

    • Somalia: Kenyan forces captured Afmadow from al-Shabaab militants

• June

  • 01

    • Syria: Free Syrian Army (FSA) rebels give ultimatum to Bashar al-Assad

  • 02

    • Somalia: Djibouti peacekeepers arrive in central town of Beledweyne

  • 04

    • Darfur: Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) rebels attacked army garrison in North Darfur

    • Gaza Strip: Israel launched a new airstrikes on Gaza, one injured

  • 05

    • Syria: More than 100 syrian soldiers killed over the weekend

    • Libya: Al-Awfia brigade occupy Tripoli airport, clashes as government forces retake control

  • 06

    • Yemen: Clashes continue in Abyan between Ansar al-Sharia and army troops

  • 07

    • Nagorno-Karabakh: 9 soldiers killed and 2 wounded in Nagorno-Karabakh clashes since June 4

  • 08

    • Democratic Republic of Congo: At least 19 people killed in clashes between army and Mai Mai fighters in North Kivu

  • 09

    • Nigeria: Blast at police station kills many in Maiduguri, Boko Haram islamist sect has not yet claimed attack

  • 10

    • Mali: National Liberation Movement of Azawad (MNLA) and Ansar Dine clashed, created new group Patriots’ Resistance Movement for the Liberation of Timbuktu against secession of Azawad

  • 11

    • Syria: Army kills at least 35 people in shelling in Homs

  • 12

    • Burma-Myanmar: Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP) signs ceasefire with government

  • 13

    • Yemen: Army and popular committees retake control of towns of Zinjibar and Jaar hunting Ansar al-Sharia militants

  • 14

    • Iraq: At least 53 killed and scores injured in spate of attacks against shiite pilgrims

  • 15

    • Ogaden: 50 ethiopian soldiers killed, Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) claimed

  • 16

    • Yemen: Army and popular committees retake last militant-held town of Shuqra in south

  • 17

    • Somaliland: Army seize Tukaraq town in Sool region in the hands of militia loyal to Khaatumo State separatist group

  • 18

    • Nigeria: 25 killed in bomb blasts in Kaduna and Zaria churches, not claimed by Boko Haram. 80 wounded in riots between christians and muslims

  • 19

    • Nigeria: Boko Haram claims Nigeria churches deadly attacks

  • 20

    • Gaza Strip: In retaliation to killing 6 in Gaza, Ezzedeen Al-Qassam Brigades (EQB) hits Israel with 12 homemade projectiles

  • 21

    • Burma-Myanmar: Burma army and Kachin Independence Army (KIA) battle in five different places in Shan state

  • 22

    • Turkey: 8 Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) fighters and 10 soldiers killed in clashes in Hakkari province

  • 23

    • Somalia: Government forces clashed with al-Shabaab near Mogadishu

  • 24

    • Turkey: New air strikes on Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) rebels in Iraq

  • 25

    • Darfur: Group loyal to Sudan Liberation Army-Minni Minnawi (SLA-MM) defeated searching to enter in Jebel Mara

    • Pakistan: 10 soldiers killed in cross-border attack in Dir district

  • 26

    • Syria: Second day of bombardment on Deir ez-Zor, 22 dead

  • 27

    • Syria: Free Syrian Army (FSA) launched an attack on a Republican Guard military base in Damascus

  • 28

    • Mali: Islamists of Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa (MUJWA) seize Gao town from National Movement for the Liberation of the Azawad (MNLA) tuareg rebels

    • Afghanistan: Insurgents attacks kill 10 policemen

  • 29

    • India: 20 naxalites rebels killed in clashes with Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in Chhattisgarh

  • 30

    • Mali: National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) tuareg rebels driven out of Timbuktu by armed islamist group Ansar Dine

• July

  • 01

    • Libya: Tribal clashes in Kufra city kill 47 and more than 100 wounded in 3 days

  • 02

    • Turkey: Army sends six F-16 jets to syrian border

  • 03

    • Somalia: Al-Shabaab attack somali troops in Hudur, capital of Bakool region

    • Iraq: More than 40 people killed in a series of attacks

  • 04

    • Afghanistan: 61 taliban rebels killed in several towns

  • 05

    • Iran: Iran threatens swift retaliation on U.S. bases and on Israel during military drill

    • Burma-Myanmar: Shan State Army-North (SSA-North) to Naypyitaw: “stop attacks or truce terminates”

  • 06

    • Democratic Republic of Congo: M23 rebels in east seize strategic village cutting road to Rwanda-Uganda border post

    • Democratic Republic of Congo: Almost 600 soldiers flee into Uganda after M23 rebels clashes

  • 07

    • Yemen: Airstrikes kill 3 al-Qaeda militants and injure 7 between Abyan and Shabwa provinces

  • 08

    • Burma-Myanmar: Shan State Army-North (SSA-North) agrees to withdraw from 2 bases

  • 09

    • Democratic Republic of Congo: M23 rebel chief pledges to withdraw from captured towns

  • 10

    • Gaza Strip: Israeli jets strike base of Al-Ansar Brigades, no injuries

  • 11

    • Democratic Republic of Congo: UN peacekeepers help DRC troops to protect Goma against M23 fighters

    • Pakistan: Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) talibans threat new attacks in Punjab

  • 12

    • Somalia: Al-Shabaab fighters have defected in Puntland

    • Democratic Republic of Congo: UN and government troops have shelled M23 rebel positions

  • 13

    • Syria: Over 250 people killed in a new massacre in the village of Tremseh in Hama province

    • France: France warns of armed intervention in Azawad (Mali) against al-Qaeda

  • 14

    • Burma-Myanmar: Kachin Independence Army (KIA) claims to have captured 30 child soldiers among government troops

  • 16

    • Syria: Heavy clashes between rebels and regular troops have erupted in Damascus yet

  • 17

    • Uganda: Ugandan security forces heavily deployed on Uganda - Democratic Republic of Congo border

    • Syria: Syrian rebels start ‘liberate Damascus’ operation

  • 18

    • Afghanistan: Residents in Laghman province start fight against talibans

  • 19

    • Syria: Clashes in Damascus between rebels and forces loyal to President Bashar Assad

    • Syria: Rebels seize border posts with Turkey and Iraq

  • 20

    • India: Ajay Ganju, leader of Maoists Naxalites of Communist Party of India (CPI), killed in Jharkhand’s Chatra district

    • Syria: Assad forces regain control of Midan district in Damascus

  • 21

    • Syria: New clashes between troops and rebels in Aleppo

  • 22

    • Syria: Violence continues in country’s main cities

  • 23

    • Iraq: Wave of shooting and bombing attacks kill 90 people and wounds 64

  • 24

    • Syria: Rebels try to take control of Aleppo from the army

  • 25

    • Darfur: Sudan Armed Forces repulse and kill 50 rebels of Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) in East Darfur

  • 26

    • Syria: Rebels and regime forces clash in Aleppo

  • 27

    • Philippines: Clashes between army and Abu Sayyaf islamic militants leave 14 dead

    • Syria: Clashes on the border with Jordan, army attacked a jordanian watchtower, 3 soldiers wounded

  • 28

    • Syria: Rebel leader says his men are ready to take on Assad’s forces in fight for Aleppo

    • Syria: Army has started assault on Aleppo

  • 29

    • Syria: Rebels resist in the battle for Aleppo

    • Somalia: 26 al-Shabaab fighters killed in clashes with government forces in Gedo region

  • 30

    • Syria: Syrian troops said they had recaptured Aleppo district

    • Syria: Rebels seize military base outside Aleppo

  • 31

    • Turkey: 100.000 turkish soldiers move toward Syria border

    • Syria: Rebels attacked two police stations in Aleppo killing 40 policemen

• August

  • 01

    • Burma-Myanmar: 5 burmese troops killed by Kachin Independence Army (KIA) bomb attack

    • Yemen: Al-Qaeda attacks Jaar town, 4 soldiers killed

  • 02

    • Syria: Rebels use tank to bomb a military air base in Aleppo

  • 03

    • Mali: Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) ready to send troops in Mali

    • Burma-Myanmar: Army launches military operation against Shan State Army-South (SSA-South)

  • 04

    • Syria: Heavy fighting renews in Damascus and Aleppo

  • 05

    • Turkey: Clashes with Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) rebels in Hakkari province, 11 rebels and 6 soldiers killed

  • 06

    • Egypt: Salafist groups overrun egyptian army outpost killing more than 10 soldiers and trying to enter in Israel

  • 07

    • Chechnya: At least 3 soldiers killed in Grozny suicide blast, blamed islamist militants of Caucasus Emirate group

    • Somaliland: Peace talks begin in Ainaba between Somaliland and Sool, Sanag, Cayn (SSC) rebels

  • 08

    • Colombia: New right-wing paramilitary group Black Eagles declare war against FARC and ELN in northeastern Colombia

    • Syria: Army tanks penetrate rebel stronghold in Aleppo

  • 09

    • Burma-Myanmar: Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) and government’s militia fought, kille 4 soldiers

    • Syria: Rebel stronghold of Salaheddin in Aleppo falls to Assad’s forces

  • 10

    • Somalia: Kenyan jets bomb al-Shabaab base in southern Somalia

  • 11

    • Syria: Army repels attack by rebels on Aleppo international airport

    • Syria: Syrian and Jordanian forces clashed along the border

  • 12

    • Syria: Syrian troops kill several insurgents in Deir al-Zour

    • Israel: Iran boosts ability to attach nuclear warheads on missiles

  • 13

    • Nigeria: Nigerian security forces kill 20 Boko Haram militants in shootout in Maiduguri

  • 14

    • Syria: Syrian troops battered rebellious neighbourhood of Saif al-Dawla in Aleppo

  • 16

    • Israel: Blogger Richard Silverstein publishes Israel’s Iran ‘Attack Plan’

  • 17

    • Iraq: 53 killed and more than 250 people wounded in a wave of attacks

  • 18

    • Syria: Syrian forces pounded opposition hubs in Aleppo, Homs and Damascus

  • 19

    • Peru: Shining Path rebels kill 5 soldiers in ambush

  • 20

    • Ingushetia: Terrorist attack kill 7 policemen, blamed islamist militants who seek independence from Moscow

  • 21

    • Burma-Myanmar: About 10 government battalions surrounding Shan State Army-North (SSA-North) base

  • 22

    • Lebanon: Fighting in northern city of Tripoli for second night, 7 killed and around 100 wounded

    • Syria: Heavy fighting between army and rebels in Aleppo

  • 23

    • Turkey: 4 soldiers killed and 2 wounded in Hakkari province, blamed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)

    • Somaliland: Thousands of ethiopian troops deployed along Somaliland border

  • 24

    • Turkey: Army has killed 16 Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) kurdish fighters in a raid in Hakkari

    • Darfur: Sudan denies Sudan Liberation Movement of Mani Arkoi Minnawi (SLM-MM) rebels’ claim of killing 11 army soldiers in Darfur ambush

  • 25

    • Pakistan: 8 Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants killed by army in Orakzai

  • 26

    • Syria: More than 200 reportedly dead in a suburb outside Damascus

  • 27

    • Syria: A Syrian military helicopter downed in a ball of fire in Damascus clashes

  • 28

    • Somalia: Somali and African Union forces seized coastal city of Merca after al-Shabaab militants fled

  • 29

    • Burma-Myanmar: Thousands flee as army started offensive against Kachin Independence Army (KIA)

  • 30

    • Georgia: 3 georgian soldiers and 11 members of an armed group from Dagestan killed in clash

  • 31

    • Syria: Rebels attacked 2 military airports in the northern province of Idlib

• September

  • 01

    • Georgia: Troops remain in border area with Russia after deadly clash

    • Syria: Rebels launched attacks on 2 air bases

  • 02

    • Afghanistan: 8 armed insurgents killed in Badghis

    • Mali: Islamic extremists of Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO) seize control of key town of Douentza

  • 03

    • Somalia: African Union and somali troops take Miido town in Lower Juba, 36 al-Shabaab members killed

  • 04

    • Turkey: 30 dead in clashes between Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) rebels and turkish forces

    • Colombia: Armed forces kill 10 Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas

  • 05

    • Syria: Army continues attacks on Aleppo, 5 killed

    • Somalia: Residents flee al-Shabaab-held Kismayo port town after shelling by kenyan navy

  • 06

    • Peru: A Shining Path guerrilla commander killed in a firefight with the army and police

  • 07

    • Colombia: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebels propose cease-fire be observed during peace talks

    • Syria: Iran sends elite troops to aid Bashar al-Assad regime

  • 08

    • Sudan: Dozens killed in clashes between Sudan army and 2 rebel groups SPLM-N and JEM

  • 09

    • Iraq: Dozens killed in a wave of bomb attacks across Iraq, blamed al-Qaeda

  • 10

    • Syria: Army shells central Aleppo district of Bustan al-Basha

    • Yemen: Government says key al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) chief Said al-Shihri killed

  • 11

    • Ethiopia: Government started peace talks with Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) rebels

  • 12

    • Burma-Myanmar: Kachin Independence Army (KIA) claims that the government army is shelling villages around Laiza

  • 13

    • Libya: U.S. sends marines and warships to Libya after al-Qaeda attack killed U.S. ambassador Chris Stevens and 3 others

  • 14

    • Somalia: Government forces backed by AMISOM troops capture Harbole town near Kismayo

  • 15

    • Mali: Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) deliberate an armed intervention in Mali

    • South Sudan: 10 soldiers killed and 50 missing, military boat sinks cause by friendly fire

  • 16

    • Turkey: 75 Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants killed in an army’s offensive in Hakkari province

  • 17

    • Syria: Troops fully purge Midan district in Aleppo from armed militias

    • Yemen: 3 soldiers killed and several others wounded in a blast in Hadhramout governorate

  • 18

    • Somalia: AMISOM and Government forces capture al-Shabaab bases outside Kismayo

    • Turkey: 7 soldiers killed and 63 others wounded by Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) rebels attack in Bingol

  • 19

    • Nigeria: Killed Boko Haram spokesman killed and arrested 2 other members

    • Syria: Rebels seize control of a border crossing on Turkish frontier, pulling down Syrian flag

  • 20

    • Afghanistan: A taliban commander killed in NATO air attack in Helmand province

    • Burma-Myanmar: United Wa State Army (UWSA) releases Shan State Army-South (SSA-South) troops detained for 6 weeks

  • 22

    • Puntland: Puntland forces carry out security operations against al-Shabaab in Galkayo

  • 23

    • Lebanon: Free Syrian Army (FSA) entered in Lebanon and attacked Lebanon Army post

    • Libya: All Benghazi militia will be under National Army control, others to be disbanded

  • 24

    • Turkey: 1 policeman and 1 soldier killed in two separate attacks by Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) rebels

    • Mali: Reached a partial agreement over deployment of 3300 Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) troops

  • 25

    • Iran: US-Israel attack could spark World War III, warns general of Iran Revolutionary Guards

    • Syria: Syrian regime claims to have retaken control of Arkoub district in Aleppo

  • 26

    • Somalia: Government offers new deal to al-Shabaab rebels

  • 27

    • Syria: Rebels launch 2 bomb attacks on military headquarters in Damascus

  • 28

    • Syria: Rebels in decisive Aleppo offensive

    • Somalia: Kenyan and African Union soldiers capture somali key port city of Kismayo

  • 29

    • Somalia: Al-Shabaab fighters abandon Kismayo their last stronghold in the country

  • 30

    • Syria: Troops claim significant advances in Aleppo

• October

  • 01

    • Somaliland: Army repel attack by Sool, Sanag, Cayn (SSC) militia in Kashaale

    • Syria: Syrian government forces shell rebels in east Damascus

  • 02

    • Syria: Violence rages around Aleppo souks

  • 03

    • Syria: Hezbollah commander and several other fighters killed in Syria

    • Turkey: Syrian artillery shells fallen in Turkey, 5 killed and 10 wounded in Akcakale town

  • 04

    • Turkey: Turkish artillery fire hits various Syrian military targets in Idlib

  • 05

    • Syria: Syrian warplanes bomb the rebel district of Khaldiyeh in Homs

  • 06

    • Syria: Rebels shot down army helicopter and seized military base

    • Turkey: Exchange of fire between Turkey and Syria in fourth day of fighting

  • 07

    • Somalia: Government soldiers clashed with al-Shabaab in Gedo region, dozens killed

    • Philippines: Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels reach peace deal with government

  • 08

    • Nigeria: Army kills 30 Boko Haram suspected terrorists in a gun battle in Yobe state

  • 09

    • Sudan: Mortars attack by Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) rebels on South Kordofan capital

    • Thailand: 11 dead in muslim militants attacks

  • 10

    • Syria: Rebels take key town of Maaret al-Numan on Damascus and Aleppo road

  • 11

    • Burma-Myanmar: 3 Burma soldiers killed in clash with Kachin Independence Army (KIA) in Shan state

  • 12

    • Ingushetia: Mujaheddin unit attacked russian military convoy in Sunzha district

  • 13

    • Somalia: Ethiopian troops mass in Luuq town in Gedo province

    • Pakistan: Suicide blast killed at least 15 people near Peshwar, blamed Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) group

  • 14

    • Israel: 2 terrorists of Mujahideen Shura Council (MSC) killed in two Israeli Air Force strikes in Gaza Strip

  • 15

    • Somalia: Somali and African Union (AU) forces secure southern towns from al-Shabaab rebels

    • Pakistan: Over 100 militants attacked a pakistani police station, killed 6 policemen

  • 16

    • Ogaden: Ogaden National Liberation Army (ONLF) special forces freed hundreds of civilians from Ethiopian army detention centers

  • 17

    • Nigeria: 24 Boko Haram militants shot dead by soldiers in Maiduguri

    • Somalia: Fights erupted between somali and AMISOM forces against al-Shabaab militants near Burhakaba

  • 18

    • Sudan: Clashes in South Kordofan, 15 Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) rebels killed by army

  • 19

    • Libya: Army has begun assault on Bani Walid town

  • 20

    • Yemen: 14 soldiers and 12 al-Qaeda insurgents killed in battle

  • 21

    • Colombia: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebels kill 5 soldiers

  • 22

    • Russia: 49 islamist rebels killed in anti-terror operation in Ingushetia, Dagestan and Chechnya

  • 23

    • Israel: Ezzedeen Al-Qassam Brigades (EQB) and Popular Resistance Committees (PRC) militants killed in Israeli airstrikes

    • Ethiopia: Heavy clashes breakout between Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) and Ethiopian forces

  • 24

    • Sudan: Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) rebels shelled Kadugli capital of South Kordofan killing 2 children

    • Russia: Police kill two islamist militants in Tatarstan

  • 25

    • Libya: Government forces take control of Bani Walid

  • 26

    • Afghanistan: 1 of 4 italian soldiers wounded in a firefight with Afghan insurgents in Farah has died

  • 27

    • Democratic Republic of Congo: Mai Mai rebels kill 2 park rangers and 1 soldier in Virunga National Park

  • 28

    • Syria: Syrian ceasefire undermined by shelling of cities

  • 29

    • France: Izaskun Lesaka, Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (Eta) separatist leader arrested by French police

    • Israel: 20 rockets hit south since Sunday night, Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades (EQB) claimed responsibility

  • 30

    • Colombia: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebels kill 6 policemen

  • 31

    • Syria: More than 120 people killed in clashes Tuesday between army and rebels

• November

  • 01

    • European Union: EU considers sending 200 troops to train Mali army

    • Burma-Myanmar: Government and Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) agree to continue political negotiations

  • 02

    • Syria: Rebels kill 78 soldiers

  • 03

    • Syria: Video shows syrian rebels killing prisoners, apparently soldiers or pro-government militiamen

    • Syria: Armed forces repel terrorist attack on Taftanaz airport in Idlib

  • 04

    • Sudan: Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) rebels claim killing 70 government soldiers in battle in South Kordofan

  • 05

    • Somalia: Al-Shabaab fighters attack with mortars Kismayo port

  • 06

    • Syria: Car bomb in Hama kills 50 pro-regime fighters and air strike kill 20 rebels

  • 07

    • Somaliland: Army clashed with Khaatumo rebels in Hudun

  • 08

    • Burma-Myanmar: 1 army major and 7 soldiers killed during recent clashes with Kachin Independence Army (KIA)

  • 09

    • Sudan: Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) rebels claim to have downed 1 warplane

  • 10

    • Yemen: Clashes between a tribal leader and pro-army Popular Resistance Committees (PRC) militiamen leave three injured in Abyan

  • 11

    • Israel: Southern Israel under attack by rockets fired by Palestinian Islamic Jihad

  • 12

    • Mali: A bloc of West African nations agree to send 3000 troops to free north Mali

  • 13

    • Israel: After 160 rockets land on southern Israel in two days, pressure builds for Gaza ground operation

    • Syria: A Syrian fighter jet bombed the town of Ras al-Ain for a second day, close to Turkish border

  • 14

    • Burma-Myanmar: Army soldiers killed in two separate clashes with Kachin Independence Army (KIA)

  • 15

    • Israel: Israeli missile kills Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades military chief

    • Israel: Attacks resume after Israeli assault killed Hamas army wing leader

  • 16

    • Israel: Israeli troops move toward Gaza border as rockets threaten Tel Aviv

  • 17

    • Mali: Tuareg MNLA rebels launched an offensive to retake Gao from MUJAO islamists

    • Democratic Republic of Congo: Clashes erupted between army and M23 rebels in North Kivu

    • Israel: Israeli air strikes hit Hamas headquarters, possible ground invasion in Gaza

  • 18

    • Gaza Strip: Israeli bombardments on Gaza since Wednesday left 60 killed and 550 injured

  • 19

    • Democratic Republic of Congo: M23 rebels advance to outskirts of Goma

    • Colombia: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebels announce ceasefire until January 20 2013

  • 20

    • Rwanda: Rwanda accuses Democratic Republic of Congo of shelling border town of Gisenyi

    • Democratic Republic of Congo: M23 rebels seized control of the airport and entered in Goma

  • 21

    • Gaza Strip: 4 more killed in Gaza as truce delayed

    • Syria: An army unit clashed with an armed terrorist group near Damascus

    • Egypt: Egypt announces truce between Israel and Hamas since this evening

  • 22

    • Democratic Republic of Congo: M23 rebels threaten to march to Kinshasa

    • Syria: Fighters claim control of Mayadeen army base in Deir al-Zour province

  • 23

    • South Sudan: 20 killed in clashes between army and rebels loyal to David Yau Yau in Jonglei State

    • Afghanistan: More than 100 armed taliban killed or arrested

  • 24

    • Democratic Republic of Congo: M23 rebels push on after repelling counter-attack by government forces

  • 25

    • Somalia: Clashes between armed militias and kenyan forces in port city of Kismayo

    • Spain: Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA) may disband if it can negotiate release of prisoners

  • 26

    • Spain: Government rejects talks to negotiate Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA) disarmament and dissolution

    • Mali: Algerian jihadists join north Mali islamists ranks

  • 27

    • Syria: Warplanes bombard rebel headquarters in Atima near Turkish border

  • 28

    • Democratic Republic of Congo: M23 rebels pledge to leave Goma by friday

    • Afghanistan: 3 taliban militants killed by Afghan and NATO forces in Helmand

  • 29

    • Syria: Rebels claim they shot down fighter jet with a missile

  • 30

    • Mali: Ansar Dine islamist group captured Lere town near Mauritania border

    • Palestine: UN welcomes new State of Palestine gaining observer status

• December

  • 01

    • Syria: Fierce fighting closes Damascus airport for second day

    • Democratic Republic of Congo: M23 rebels begin Goma pullout

  • 02

    • Ogaden: Ogaden National Liberation Army (ONLA) commando attacked military base in Qabridahar town

    • Somaliland: Skirmishes in Sool region between army and Khaatumo militias as polling gets underway

  • 03

    • Puntland: Government strongly condemns Somaliland’s newest military provocation

    • Colombia: Army kills 20 Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas in a military raid

  • 04

    • Democratic Republic of Congo: Troops have returned in Goma

    • Sudan: Government and Justice and Equality Movement-Military Council (JEM-MC) to hold talks for peace in Darfur

  • 05

    • Mali: Ansar Dine and Tuareg Azawad National Liberation Movement (MNLA) rebels agree to respect national unity

    • Afghanistan: Afghan army kills a taliban leader in Kunar province

  • 06

    • Puntland: Government forces repel al-Shabaab attack near Galgala

  • 07

    • Syria: Activists tell Damascus residents to prepare for the zero hour

    • Puntland: 11 troops die in al-Shabaab attack in Bari Province

  • 08

    • Syria: Rebels declare Damascus airport now military target

    • Burma-Myanmar: Government troops use military helicopters against the Kachin Independence Army (KIA)

  • 09

    • Syria: Clashes between rebels and government forces in Maarat Al Numaan

  • 10

    • Somalia: Somali and AU forces capture the city of Jowhar from al-Shabaab

    • Syria: Al-Nusra Front rebels seize key army base in Aleppo

  • 11

    • Senegal: Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance (MFDC) rebels free 8 army prisoners

    • Mali: New coup d’Etat by army in Mali, arrested Prime Minister Diarra

  • 12

    • Burma-Myanmar: Increase of conflict between government army and Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA)

  • 13

    • Sudan: Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army North (SPLM/A-N) rebels say repulsed government attack on South Kordofan village

    • Burma-Myanmar: Chin National Front (CNF) rebels sign 27 point agreement with Burma government

  • 14

    • Afghanistan: 22 armed rebels killed by army

    • Burma-Myanmar: Clashes between Kachin Independence Army (KIA) rebels and army as it has tried to open a new front

  • 15

    • India: 8 guerrillas naxalites maoists killed by security forces, 9 others arrested in Kanker district

  • 16

    • Syria: 103 killed as troops hit rebels near Damascus

  • 17

    • Syria: Al-Tawheed Brigade capture second major army installation in Aleppo

  • 18

    • Sudan: Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) rebels down military Antonov plane in South Kordofan

  • 19

    • Syria: Rebel armed militia take control of Yarmouk camp for Palestinian refugees in Damascus

    • Syria: New bombardments on palestinian camp of Yarmouk

  • 20

    • Burma-Myanmar: Burma army suffered more than 60 casualties in Kachin State offensive

  • 21

    • Mali: UN authorizes African military intervention in Mali

  • 22

    • Somalia: 8 killed in fight between army and Ras Kamboni fighters in Kismayo

  • 23

    • Mali: Islamist groups Ansar Dine and National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) agree to work together for stability in the country’s north

  • 24

    • Syria: Air strike kills dozens of Syrians in bread line in Halfaya town

  • 25

    • Afghanistan: 28 taliban rebels killed

  • 26

    • Yemen: 17 killed in clashes between army and tribesmen in Marib province

  • 27

    • Central African Republic: Seleka rebel coalition seize Kaga-Bandoro town in latest offensive

  • 28

    • Pakistan: Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) talibans attacked 3 checkpoints, killing 2 soldiers and kidnapped 22 others

  • 29

    • Somaliland: Platoon belonging to the Khaatumo militia surrendered to army

  • 30

    • Central African Republic: Seleka rebels have entered in Sibut town

  • 31

    • Syria: Offensive of government forces in Homs, killed hundreds of civilians