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The Syrian Arab Army carried out a powerful attack inside the Idlib buffer zone last night after monitoring the jihadist movements along the Hama axis.
According to a military source in the provincial capital of Hama, the Syrian Arab Army’s 11th Tank Division repeatedly struck the defenses of Jaysh Al-Izza near the town of Jinabrah after they were seen moving towards their front-lines.
The Nigerian Air Force, working in concert with the Nigerien Air Force provided support for Nigerian ground forces at the weekend and thwarted a Boko Haram Terrorist (BHT) attack at Gashigar in Borno.
Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, in a statement on Sunday said the operation was carried out on Saturday.
Tension and armed confrontations widened between the militias of Abdul Malik al-Houthi and his uncle, Abdul Azim al-Houthi, a Zaidi cleric in several areas in the governorates of Saada, Hajjah, Amran and Sanaa with both rallying their bases in many regions of Saada.
Tribal sources in Saada confirmed that Abdul Malik al-Houthi militias are still holding dozens of wounded followers of Abdul Azim al-Houthi who were kidnapped from hospitals.
Federal Member States in Somalia have announced the creation of a new force to fight the activities of al-Shabaab in the country.
According to a communiqué released on Thursday, Somalia’s Council of Interstate Cooperation has agreed to draw 1,000 soldiers from each Federal Member State, to “integrate and train them together for smooth, seamless and unified offensive against terrorists”.
Continuing armed conflicts between joint force of TNLA and SSPP/SSA troops and RCSS/SSA troops this week forced hundreds of villagers flee from their homes in Namtu township.