Tag: Fighters
DR Congo army returns to Goma
DR Congo troops have entered the eastern mining city of Goma, two days after rebel M23 fighters withdrew in line with a regionally brokered...
Mullah Nazir orders out Mehsud Taliban fighters
Mullah Nazir, the main pro-government Taliban commander in South Waziristan, has ordered the Mehsud tribesmen and Mehsud Taliban fighters to evacuate the Ahmedzai Wazir...
Syria Islamist fighters in Aleppo reject new opposition
Islamist rebel groups in the Syrian city of Aleppo say they reject the new Western-backed opposition coalition. In an internet video, they denounced what...
Polio fighters struggle against myth and reality
They gathered in a small room in one of this city’s worst slums, a dozen mothers sitting cross-legged with toddlers and newborns on their...
‘Libya fighters seize ex-Gaddafi bastion’
Libyan pro-government forces on Wednesday seized control of Bani Walid, one of the last bastions of Moamer Kadhafi's ousted regime, an AFP correspondent in...
Six US fighter jets destroyed in Prince Harry base attack
Six US fighter jets were destroyed and two significantly damaged when insurgents stormed a heavily fortified Afghan base where Britain's Prince Harry is deployed...
British firm wins $1.1 bn deal to upgrade S. Korea jets
South Korea has selected British defence firm BAE Systems for a 1.3 trillion won ($1.1 billion) project to upgrade its ageing KF-16 fighter jets,...
‘New generation’ of tech-savvy Taliban fighters
Once seen as uneducated thugs, the Taliban are producing dangerous new fighters who use the latest digital technology to plan and publicise attacks against...
Turkey warns it would strike PKK fighters inside Syria
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused Syria of letting Turkey's Kurdish rebels operate inside the north of the country and warned that Ankara...
‘New generation’ of tech-savvy Taliban fighters
Once seen as uneducated thugs, the Taliban are producing dangerous new fighters who use the latest digital technology to plan and publicise attacks against...
Gurkhas’ adult children lose battle for right to move to UK
Four Nepalese families lost their British court battle on Friday for the right of Gurkha fighters’ adult children to settle in Britain with their...
Afghans, Pakistanis training Islamists in Mali: Niger
Jihadi fighters from Afghanistan and Pakistan are training Islamist groups in northern Mali, Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou warned Thursday, as world powers discussed military...
Afghan jihad said to attract fewer foreign fighters
The Afghan-Pakistan jihad is attracting fewer foreign fighters following the death of Osama bin Laden, the growing threat posed by US drones, and lack...
Libyan rulers say ready to forgive Gaddafi fighters
Libya’s new rulers said on Saturday they are ready to forgive the forces of slain dictator Moamer Gaddafi who battled rebels trying to topple...
US open to selling F-35 jet fighters to India
The United States expressed interest on Wednesday in selling its most sophisticated fighter to India, just six months after New Delhi rejected two older...
Anti-Gaddafi fighters pounded in fight for Sirte
Anti-Gaddafi forces took heavy losses as they pushed Wednesday towards the ousted despot's compound in his birthplace Sirte, while also being beaten back in...
Anti-Gaddafi fighters capture Sirte’s port
Anti-Gaddafi fighters overran Sirte’s port on Tuesday, scoring a strategic victory in their battle for control of the defeated Libyan leader’s birthplace, his loyalists’...
