U.S.-backed Syrian force says advances into final Islamic State enclave
The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have advanced into Islamic State’s final territorial enclave where heavy fighting is under way, the SDF media office said on Friday.
U.S.-backed Syrian force expects final IS battle to be over ‘soon’
The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) expect the battle to take Islamic State’s last territorial enclave to be over « soon », the head of the SDF media office Mustafa Bali said on Saturday.
Tens of thousands of Algerians call on Bouteflika to step down
Tens of thousands of people in cities across Algeria called on President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to leave office on Friday in the country’s biggest anti-government demonstrations since the Arab Spring eight years ago.
Pakistan and India step back from the brink, but unease continues
A flare up between arch-foes India and Pakistan appeared to be easing on Saturday after Islamabad handed back a captured Indian pilot, amid efforts by global powers to prevent a war between the nuclear-armed neighbors.
Syrie : de la chlorine, arme chimique, utilisée contre Douma en 2018
Un rapport de l’Organisation pour l’interdiction des armes chimiques publié vendredi 1er—mars confirme l’utilisation de la chlorine, arme chimique, contre Douma, en Syrie, en avril 2018.
Juan Guaido promet de rentrer au Venezuela « malgré les menaces »
Après une mini-tournée en Amérique du Sud, Juan Guaido, autoproclamé président par intérim, promet de rentrer lundi au Venezuela « malgré les menaces ».
India welcomes Pakistan’s return of captured pilot, as powers urge de-escalation
Indian military officials said on Thursday they welcomed Pakistan’s planned return of a captured pilot, but refused to confirm they would de-escalate a conflict between the two nuclear powers.
Afghan forces clash with Taliban to retain control over military base
At least nine Taliban insurgents, including three suicide bombers were killed by the Afghan forces in a bid to prevent a complex attack by the hardline Islamist group on a military base in southern Afghanistan, officials said on Friday.
Gun battle rages between Al Shabaab and Somali troops after hotel attack
A gun battle raged in Mogadishu on Friday between Somali soldiers and Al Shabaab fighters, holed up in a building next to a hotel they had hit with a suicide car bomb the previous evening.
Death toll from Al Shabaab suicide car bomb in Somalia rises to 29 – police
The death toll from an Al Shabaab suicide car bombing at a Mogadishu hotel rose to 29 with 80 wounded, police said on Friday, as a gun battle raged at the site of the blast between fighters of the militant group and Somali troops.
