Tag: Rebels

8 UN peacekeepers killed in DR Congo

DR CONGO: Eight United Nations peacekeepers were killed in an operation against a rebel militia in eastern DR Congo, the UN Security Council said...

Syrian rebels complete withdrawal of heavy weapons from Idlib

  ISTANBUL: Syrian rebels completed the withdrawal of heavy weapons from the frontline in Idlib on Monday, under the deal between Russia and Turkey to...

Syria rebels reject Russia presence in planned buffer zone

BEIRUT: A key rebel alliance in Syria's Idlib has said it was opposed to the deployment of Russian forces in a demilitarised zone to...

Rebels ambush South African peacekeepers in Congo Ebola zone

GOMA: Two South African peacekeepers were wounded in a rebel ambush near the epicenter of an Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo,...

Russia says Syria has right to chase rebels out of Idlib

MOSCOW: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday the Syrian government had every right to chase militants out of the rebel-held enclave of...

Syria rebels destroy bridges in anticipation of offensive

  BEIRUT: Syrian opposition fighters blew up bridges Friday linking areas they control to government-held territories in northwestern Syria in anticipation of a military offensive...

South Sudan president Kiir grants Machar, other rebels amnesty

  JUBA: President Salva Kiir granted a general amnesty to rebels in South Sudan's civil war, including his former deputy Riek Machar, as a rights...

Two pro-freedom militants, four Indian soldiers killed in Kashmir shootout

SRINAGAR: Two pro-freedom militants and four Indian soldiers were killed on Tuesday in a gunbattle along the Line of Control (LoC) in Occupied Kashmir...

Rebels reach north Syria after south evacuations

MOREK: Hundreds of rebel fighters and their families arrived Saturday in northwestern Syria after their evacuation from a southern province under a deal with...

Syrian rebels begin evacuating Golan frontier

BEIRUT: Syrian rebels began evacuating the border with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on Friday, a witness and a war monitor group said, leaving for...

Syria rebels surrender heavy arms in Daraa city

DAMASCUS: Syrian rebels in the southern city of Daraa were surrendering their heavy weapons to government forces on Saturday, state media said, under a...

South Sudan rebels reject peace deal reinstating Machar

  JUBA: South Sudan rebels on Monday rejected a peace plan to reinstate insurgent leader Riek Machar as vice president, saying it failed to dilute...

South Syrian rebels lay down arms as Assad seizes crossing

AMMAN/BEIRUT: South Syrian rebels said they had agreed on Friday to lay down arms in a Russian-brokered deal that appeared to surrender Deraa province...

Syria rebels return to talks with Russia after strikes pummel south

DARAA: Rebels in Syria's battered south were returning to talks with government ally Russia on Thursday after the most intensive bombing campaign yet in...

Syria rebels split over Russia-brokered surrender deals in south

BEIRUT: Rebels in southern Syria were sharply divided Monday over whether to accept deals offered by government backer Russia that would see regime forces...

Communist rebels tell Philippine’s Duterte: No more talks

MANILA: A Philippine communist rebel leader says the insurgents can no longer hold peace talks with President Rodrigo Duterte's administration and it is better...

Syria regime warns Daraa rebels with air-dropped leaflets

DARAA: Syrian aircraft on Friday dropped leaflets on the southern province of Daraa, urging the rebels who control most of it to lay down...