Friday, March 15, 2013
With Syrian militants crossing back and forth across the northern Lebanon border, the Syrian foreign ministry has told Lebanon to put a stop to it or else face military strikes, reports Reuters via the Christian Science Monitor.
“Syrian forces have so far exercised restraint from striking at armed gangs inside Lebanese territory,” says the Syrian diplomatic cable, adding that “patience is not unlimited.” The Syrian war has driven about a million Syrians seeking shelter into Lebanon, a country of 4 million people.
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Thursday, March 14, 2013
Four Central African soldiers were killed in a key southern town in an attack blamed on Seleka rebels, a military source said on Tuesday.
The troops died during an early morning raid on Bangassou, on the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo, on Monday, just hours after a pre-dawn assault on the town of Gambo, which also lies in the south.
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Pro-Pakistan Hizbul Mujahideen militant outfit today claimed responsibility for the attack on a CRPF camp in Srinagar that left five security personnel and two ultras dead.
A spokesman of the Hizb called a local news agency to claim responsibility for the attack. The outfit would carry out similar attacks in future also, the Hizb spokesman said in a telephonic call to the news agency.
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Tuesday, March 12, 2013
A Pro-government tribal militia based in the southern province of Abyan confirmed on Monday it managed to crack-down on one al-Qaeda cell in the region.
A tribal leader told the press on Sunday his men had sussed out and destroyed an important terror cell near the city of Jaar. Jaar was invaded by al-Qaeda militants back in 2011 when it remained under the group’s control for months. It took a large scale military operation to outroot Islamist militants in the province.
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Falkland Islanders have overwhelmingly voted in favor of remaining part of Britain.
Of the 1,517 people who polled in a two-day voting in referendum on whether they want to be part of Britain or Argentina, all but three acknowledged British sovereignty, reports said.
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