Saturday, October 17, 2015
Three Turkish soldiers and 28 Kurdish militants have been killed in air strikes and clashes over the past two days in Turkey’s predominantly Kurdish southeast, the military said on Saturday, two weeks before an election.
The soldiers were killed in clashes with Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants in Daglica, in the province of Hakkari, where six others were wounded. The military said it had killed 17 PKK members in a ground operation, which it said was ongoing, to flush out the attackers.
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Friday, October 16, 2015
“The military operation has started in rural southern Aleppo,” a pro-government source in Syria said.
Rami Abdulrahman, director of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said there were heavy clashes near the Jebel Azzan region, about 12 km (8 miles) south of Aleppo city, control of which is divided between government forces and rebels.
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Former Tuareg rebels in northern Mali and rival pro-government armed groups said they sealed a peace deal on Thursday to end hostilities after days of talks.
Mali was hit by violence between the two sides in August and September despite a peace deal signed earlier this year.
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Thursday, October 15, 2015
Nine Taliban insurgents were killed and some areas of the Tagab district retaken by security personnel as a result of an operation in central Kapisa province, officials said on Thursday.
Poza Padshah, Badar Aab, Seh Darakh and Puza-i-Tatarkhel areas of Tagab were cleared of insurgents on Wednesday evening during an operation by security personnel, the provincial police chief said.
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The forces of the newly formed Interim administration of Galmudug have wrested full control of Amara village in southern Mudug region, after battle with al-Shabaab militants, reports said.
Reports indicate that al-Shabaab fighters left the area after they were overpowered by Galmudug state forces. The casualties of the fighting is yet unclear and residents say the situation is under control.
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