Tag: Rebels
Police, rebels among 7 killed in Chechnya church attack
MOSCOW: An attack on an Orthodox church Saturday in the mainly Muslim southern Russian republic of Chechnya killed two policemen and a civilian and...
19 dead in fighting between Myanmar army, rebels
RAKHINE: At least 19 people were killed on Saturday in northern Myanmar when ethnic rebels attacked security force posts and a casino in an...
Myanmar’s northern offensive against rebels sparks youthful revolt
MYITKYINA: Thousands of young people in northern Myanmar have staged one of the largest protests in years, successfully urging authorities to rescue civilians caught...
Syrian rebels withdraw from enclave northeast of Damascus
BEIRUT/AMMAN: Syrian rebels began withdrawing from an enclave northeast of Damascus on Saturday and will go to northern Syria, state TV and a rebel...
Islam Army rebels start evacuating from northeast of Damascus
DAMASCUS: Hundreds of Islam Army rebels and their families left Dumair town in northeast of Syrian capital Damascus on Thursday to northern Syria, state...
Syrian state media: last rebel group starts leaving Ghouta
BEIRUT: The last Syrian rebel group in eastern Ghouta near Damascus began withdrawing on Monday under an agreement with the government, state media said,...
Sudan rebels demand compensation for releasing Kenyan pilots
JUBA: South Sudanese rebels are holding two Kenyan pilots and will not release them until compensation is paid to the family of a civilian...
DRC army launches operation against Ugandan rebels
GOMA: Congolese troops began a military offensive in the eastern city of Beni on Saturday against the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a Ugandan rebel...
Rebels kill 15 peacekeepers in Congo in worst attack on UN...
GOMA: Suspected Ugandan rebels killed at least 15 Tanzanian UN peacekeepers and wounded 53 others in a raid on a base in Congo that...
Philippines declare Islamist rebels defeated in Marawi City
CLARK, Philippines: The Philippines declared an end on Monday to five months of fierce urban warfare in a southern city held by pro-Islamic State...
One peace keeper killed, 12 injured in attack on DRC military...
KINSHASA: Rebels from a Ugandan-dominated group on Monday attacked a UN military base in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, killing one peacekeeper and...
Two Kashmiri youth martyred in IOK gun battle
SRINAGAR: Government forces in Indian-occupied Kashmir (IOK) killed two Kashmiri youths in a gun battle on Monday, police said, and a manhunt was under way...
Negotiations underway to evacuate rebels from Syrian capital
DAMASCUS: Negotiations were under way on Sunday on evacuating insurgents and their families from two districts in Damascus, a Syrian military source on the...
Syria: Govt forces surprised as Syrian rebels launch fresh attack
BEIRUT: Heavy clashes rocked eastern districts of the Syrian capital on Sunday as rebels and militants tried to fight their way into the city...
Syrian rebels prepare to withdraw from Aleppo as truce begins
Syrian rebels prepared to withdraw from Aleppo on Wednesday after a ceasefire agreement that ended years of fighting in the city and gave President...
Syria rebels capture emblematic IS stronghold Dabiq
Syrian rebels dealt a major symbolic blow to the Islamic State group on Sunday by capturing the town of Dabiq where the jihadists had...
Suspected rebels attack government compound in IHK
Indian police say government forces are battling a group of suspected rebels inside a government compound in the occupies Kashmir.
Police say the Indian army...