Tag: Rebel
Sudan rebel front claims first attack in S Kordofan
Rebels in a “revolutionary front” aimed at toppling the Khartoum regime on Sunday claimed their first joint attack against government forces, but the army...
Rebels shoot dead five in Indian election violence
Rebels shot dead five people at a polling station in India’s northeast on Saturday as voting began in the first of five local elections...
25 dead as Shia rebels, tribesmen clash in Yemen
Twenty-five gunmen have been killed in three days of fighting between tribesmen and Shiite rebels in Yemen’s troubled north, an official said on Sunday.
The...
Sudan’s army kills Darfur rebel leader
Sudan’s army killed a key rebel leader from the Darfur region Sunday, state media reported, three days after anti-government forces said they had begun...
Philippine rebel violence
Suspected Muslim rebels shot dead three soldiers and five rubber plantation workers Sunday in the latest bout of violence that has killed dozens in...
Libya leaders mop up after deadly clashes in capital
Libya's new leadership on Saturday pressed a campaign to clear the capital of armed loyalists of Moamer Gaddafi after fierce gunbattles killed three people...
Syrian opposition opens meeting in Istanbul
The Syrian National Council (SNC), which is trying to unite opponents to the regime of President Bashar Assad, was holding negotiations behind closed doors...
Clashes as Egypt army chief, party leaders meet
Scuffles and stone-throwing broke out in Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Saturday as Egypt’s military chief of staff Sami Enan was due to meet party...
Gaddafi loyalists force NTC fighters to retreat from Sirte
Ferocious attacks by Gaddafi diehards forced fighters of Libya’s new rulers to retreat from the ousted strongman’s birthplace Sirte, where a tank shell killed...
Deputy chief of Kurdish rebel group killed: Iran
Iranian forces have killed the deputy commander of Iraq-based Kurdish rebel group PJAK, the Islamic republic’s elite Revolutionary Guards said in a statement on...
Russia recognises Libya’s rebel government
Russia on Thursday officially recognised Libya’s rebels as the governing authority in the country, the foreign ministry said in a statement.
“The Russian Federation recognises...
Rebel Abkhazia elects pro-Russian as new leader
Abkhazia elected a top politician who advocates firm ties with Russia as the new president of the rebel Georgian region after polls widely seen...
New flag hoisted on Libyan embassy in Islamabad
A new flag associated with the Libyan uprising has been hoisted on the Libyan Embassy in Islamabad and the old flag of Qaddafi era...
Battles in Tripoli as Kadhafi forces stage fightback
Fighting raged Wednesday near Moamer Kadhafi's Bab al-Azizya compound a day after it was captured by rebels, as loyalist troops staged a fightback and...
Libyan embassy in Syria sides with revolution
The Libyan embassy in Damascus on Monday declared that it was siding with the rebel body the National Transitional Council, whose fighters have swept...
Libya rebel chief fears bloodbath in battle for Tripoli
Libyan rebels fought on Thursday to close in on Tripoli and claimed to have seized a key refinery, as their chief said he feared...
Turkish jets bomb 60 Kurdish rebel targets
Turkish jets bombed 60 targets in northern Iraq used as bases by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) following an ambush by the outlawed group...