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As world leaders met in Berlin Sunday to chart a way forward for peace in Libya, forces of warlord Khalifa Haftar have been violating a week-old cease-fire around the capital Tripoli.
Periodic gunshots have been heard south of the Libyan capital, and black smoke can be seen rising, according to reports on the ground.
Yemen’s president told the military it needs to be on high alert and ready for battle after Iran-backed Houthi militia killed at least 70 soldiers and wounded 150 more in a missile and drone attack on a training camp in Yemen on Saturday, in one of the deadliest attacks of the five-year-old civil war.
The attack “confirms without doubt that the Houthis have no desire for peace”, Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi said, in a statement on Yemen’s state news agency SABA.
Somali government forces fended off an attack by the al-Shabaab militant group near the capital city of Mogadishu Friday night, local authorities said, Garowe Online reports.
The al-Qaeda-linked militants attacked Afgoye town in Lower Shabelle region, about 30 km southwest of Mogadishu from different directions, in an attempt to overrun a military camp run by SNA.
The Syrian regime and Iran-backed terror groups on Friday launched a ground offensive in Aleppo province which was designated as a de-escalation zone.
Yemeni military troops have started withdrawing from the southern Abyan Province according to local reports, in compliance with an agreement between the internationally recognized government of Yemen and the southern separatists, known as Southern Transitional Council (STC).
Unnamed military sources told Al-Masdar Online news that Army vehicles arrived at Ataq City, in the southeast province of Shabwah, from Abyan Province on January 14.