Greece: Greece has agreed to recognize Macedonia as Republic of North Macedonia
Greece has agreed to recognize Macedonia under the name ‘Republic of North Macedonia or “Severna Macedonja”, a Greek government official said on Tuesday.
Friday, June 15, 2018
Thursday, June 14, 2018
Yemen: Saudi-led coalition launches an assault on Hodeidah under Houthi control
Troops backed by a Saudi-led coalition on Wednesday launched an assault on Yemen’s main port city of Hodeidah, in the biggest battle of a three-year war between an alliance of Arab states and the Iran-aligned Houthis.
Coalition warplanes and warships were carrying out strikes on Houthi fortifications to support ground operations by Yemeni troops massed south of the Red Sea port, the internationally recognized Yemeni government in exile said in a statement.
Wednesday, June 13, 2018
Sudan: Sudanese army and Sudan Liberation Movement-Abdel Wahid al-Nur (SLM-AW) rebels resume fighting in Darfur
On Tuesday, violent clashes broke out between Sudanese government forces and fighters of the Sudan Liberation Movement-Abdel Wahid al-Nur (SLM-AW) in the Central Darfur State, forcing thousands of civilians to flee their villages.
A Sudanese official told Sudan Tribune that SLM-AW fighters recently regained control of several positions in Jebel Kali and Badia areas, adding this development forced the Sudanese army to mobilize more than 2,000 troops including the Rapid Support Forces to retake these areas from them.
Tuesday, June 12, 2018
Syria: Islamic State (ISIS) militants have withdrawn from al-Boukamal after days of fierce clashes
After days of deadly clashes, ISIS militants have withdrawn from the key city of al-Boukamal on the Euphrates River in Syria’s Deir ez-Zor province, a conflict monitor reported.
ISIS launched consecutive attacks on Friday against regime forces and their allied Iranians and members of Lebanese Hezbollah in the al-Boukamal area. At least 48 of the regime forces and their allies died in 72 hours of clashes, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported.
Monday, June 11, 2018
Afghanistan: 10 soldiers killed in fresh clashes with Taliban in Kunduz province
At least 10 Afghan soldiers were killed and five others wounded after Taliban insurgents attacked joint security checkpoints in Afghanistan’s northern Qala-e-Zal district, Kunduz province Monday, sources said.
The clashes started early Monday morning after militants launched coordinated attacks on security checkpoints in Aaq Tipa locality of the district in provincial capital Kunduz, Sayyed Asadullah Sadat, a provincial council member, told Xinhua.