Tag: fighters
Less than 3 000 IS fighters remain in Iraq and Syria
The United States-led international coalition fighting Islamic State estimates fewer than 3,000 fighters belonging to the hardline Sunni militant group remain in...
Suspected al Shabaab attackers kill three in Lamu
Suspected members of Somalia's al Shabaab Islamist group beheaded at least three men in an attack on a Kenyan village, authorities said,...
Fighters from Chad and Darfur feeding off Libyan turmoil
Hundreds of fighters from Chad and Sudan's Darfur region are feeding off instability in Libya, battling for rival factions, seeking to build...
Libyan wounded flown to Russia
Around 70 soldiers from the forces of Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar have been sent to Russia for treatment, in one of the...
Niger and Chad armies kill 38 Boko Haram fighters
Soldiers from Niger and Chad have killed 38 Boko Haram fighters during operations following attacks by the Nigerian Islamist group on two...
South Sudan fighters to receive medical care at UN DR Congo...
Hundreds of fighters loyal to South Sudanese opposition leader Riek Machar have been transferred within neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo for medical...
Egypt arrests alleged “terrorist” who fought in Syria
Egypt has arrested a veteran of the Syrian civil war on suspicion of planning terrorist acts inside Egypt, the state news agency...
Libya’s army tells militias, protesters to free up oil ports
Libya's army told former militia fighters and protesters to end their occupations of oilfields and ports and allow crude exports to restart,...
Fighters, radar, marine patrols top Asia’s military wish-list
Singapore hosted military brass from across Asia this week at the region's biggest arms and aerospace bazaar, almost 70 years to the...
Islamist commander sees Libyan fighters keeping weapons
Fighters who toppled dictator Muammar Gaddafi in Libya's uprising will keep their weapons for now to aid in security, an Islamist commander...
Libya oil fields face guerrilla war threat
Pro-Gaddafi fighters may resort to hit-and-run guerrilla attacks against Libyan politicians, foreign workers and oil installations in the remote southwestern Fezzan district...
Libyan forces plan “final” attack on Sirte
Bullet-ridden cars carrying terrified, ill and hungry civilians crawled out of Muammar Gaddafi's home town as anti-Gaddafi fighters said they were planning...
Police, missile defence top Tripoli security priorities
The main security challenge for Tripoli is integrating the fighters who toppled Muammar Gaddafi into the police force to build the revolution's...
Ivory Coast to disarm 10,000 fighters by year-end: govt
Ivory Coast's government will demobilise 10 000 gunmen by the end of the year, state media reported as it tries to re-establish...
