Tag: Forces
Armed forces continue rescue, relief in rain-hit province
At the end of the 33rd day of the rescue services of the Pakistan Army in the flood-affected areas of Sindh, 2,500 people were...
17 killed in attacks against Iraqi security forces
A spate of attacks appearing to target security forces in central and western Iraq on Wednesday killed at least 17 people, including five policemen...
Pro-Gaddafi forces kill 15 at Libya oil refinery
Muammar Gaddafi loyalists attacked an oil refinery on Monday, killing 15 guards, in an apparent attempt to disrupt a drive by Libya’s new rulers...
Syrian forces raid Hama, official resigns in protest
Syrian forces raided houses in Hama on Thursday, residents said, hours after the city's attorney general declared on YouTube he had resigned in protest...
Syrian forces kill 7 on Eidul Fitr, EU targets oil
Syrian forces killed seven people on the first day of the Eidul Fitr feast on Tuesday, activists said, a day after the EU moved...
Tripoli ‘under control’ of Gaddafi forces, son says
Tripoli is "under control" of the regime, a son of Libyan strongman Muammer Gaddafi claimed early Tuesday, after rebels said they had taken most...
Security forces kill 10 militants in Kurram Agency
At least 10 suspected militants were killed and two dins were destroyed by military forces in the Central Kurram Agency on Thursday.
Official sources...
Syrian forces make arrests sweep in stricken port city
Hundreds of Syrian security services raided homes in the port city of Latakia on Wednesday, pressing their crackdown on dissent in defiance of rising...
Libyan forces fire Scud missile, says US official
Forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi fired a Scud missile for the first time in the country's civil war, a US defence official said, after...
YDA forces PIMS admin out of office
The Young Doctor’s Association (YDA) at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) on Tuesday locked down the administration offices and forced the executive...
Armed forces capable to defend motherland: Kayani
Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Pervaiz Kayani, greeting the nation on the 64th Independence Day of Pakistan, has said that Pakistan is...
Security forces raid Bugti, Marri homes
Security forces raided and seized ammunition from the houses of former Balochistan CM Humayun Marri and his son-in-law Jamil Bugti. The police entered the...
Syrian forces kill 19, United States threatens more sanctions
Syrian forces killed at least 19 people in raids near the Lebanon border and in the country's Sunni tribal heartland, activists said, pursuing a...
Syrian forces kill 17 in Deir Ezzor
Security forces killed 17 civilians on Tuesday in Syria's eastern protest hub of Deir Ezzor and at least four others in other parts of...
Somali forces warily enter former rebel areas
Somali government forces backed by African Union troops moved cautiously on Sunday into areas of the famine-struck capital abandoned the day before by Shebab...
Syrian forces kill more than 50
Syrian security forces backed by tanks on Sunday killed 42 civilians in the city of Deir Ezzor and at least 10 more in the...
Syrian forces kill four in Homs province
Syrian security forces backed by tanks killed four civilians and wounded several others on Sunday in a protest crackdown on the town of Hula...