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Seven civilians were injured Wednesday in fighting between the Tatmadaw (military) and the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) in northern Shan State, a state legislator said.
Nan Khin Htar Ye, MP for Theinni township, said the victims included five women and two men.
Turkey launched its long-mooted offensive in northeast Syria on Wednesday, defying an international outcry over the threat posed to US-backed Kurdish forces and the campaign against Islamic State.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the operation – code named Peace Spring – would “eliminate the terror threat towards our country” from Kurdish militants and Islamic State jihadis.
Turkey’s military struck the Syrian-Iraqi border to prevent Kurdish forces using the route to reinforce northeast Syria, as Ankara prepared to attack there following a surprise U.S. troop pullback, Turkish officials told Reuters on Tuesday.
Turkey says it is ready to advance into northeast Syria now that the United States has begun withdrawing troops from the Turkey-Syria frontier in an abrupt policy shift by U.S. President Donald Trump widely criticized in Washington as a betrayal of America’s allies, the Kurds.
The Libyan Army forces under the command of the Presidential Council’s government said they are still in control of Al-Aziziya district in southern Tripoli and the area from the district to Al-Sabea after heavy clashes with Khalifa Haftar’s forces that attacked from two different frontlines.
The Libyan Army added in a statement that Volcano of Rage Operation forces had full control over the area from Al-Aziziya to Al-Sabea after Haftar’s forces had retreated, adding that they had seized four armored vehicles, including one form the UAE, and captured nine fighters.
Rwandan security forces have killed 19 “terrorists” blamed for an attack that resulted in the deaths of 14 people, police said.
The initial attack on Friday was reportedly carried out by ethnic Hutu rebels in the north of the country.