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At least 40 militant fighters of the Islamic State (ISIS) were killed on Saturday in clashes with the western-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
Leadership of the SDF reported in a statement that ISIS militants launched on Sunday a new offensive against their headquarters in the vicinity of Tishreen Dam in northeastern Aleppo.
Ethiopian security forces have killed at least 140 people taking part in mass anti-government demonstrations since November, activists say, according to US-based Human Rights Watch (HRW).
The protests have been sparked by fears that a plan to expand the capital’s administrative control into the Oromia region will displace Oromo farmers.
A soldier and two civilians were killed during clashes with the terrorist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in Şırnak’s Cizre district on Thursday night, while a soldier was killed and five others injured in clashes in Diyarbakır’s Sur district on Friday.
A specialized sergeant was killed during the clashes in Cizre on Friday and two brothers were killed during clashes in the same district on Thursday night.
At least 30 terrorists were killed and several others were injured in military air strikes in Shawal Valley of North Waziristan Agency.
According to official sources, the strikes were carried out in the Datta Khel tehsil of North Waziristan, destroying at least six terrorists’ hideouts.
Arakan Army troops on parade in Laiza, Kachin State, in April 2014. (Photo: Moe Myint / The Irrawaddy)
Myanmar’s army says it has fought skirmishes against a Buddhist insurgent group in impoverished Rakhine state, losing several soldiers to sniper attacks.
The military, known as the Tatmadaw, has clashed 15 times with Buddhist Arakan Army rebels since 28 December, when it “cleared the area, acting on intelligence that AA insurgents were preparing to invade”, the army-run Myawadi news agency said, according to the government-owned New Light of Myanmar.