Al-Shabaab militants have released several prisoners in the southern Somali town of Bardere following major onslaught by African Union and Somali National Army (SNA) troops in the militants' strongholds.
Algerian army killed 16 armed militants affiliated to al-Qaida on Sunday, apparently in response to one of the deadliest militant attacks in months last week that claimed lives of at least nine Algerian soldiers, according to local media.
Iraqi security forces Wednesday repelled an attack by Islamic State (IS) militants, including a suicide bombing in the oil refinery town of Baiji in the Salahudin province, killing at least 12 IS militants and 12 security members, a provincial security source said.
Gun battle and rocket attacks have killed two people and injured 16 others, including six civilians, in the northern Baghlan province on Monday, police said.
The Islamic State (IS) militants released a video footage on Saturday, purporting to show the execution of as many as 25 government forces in the ancient city of Palmyra in central Syria, according to a monitor group.
A total of 61 people were killed on Sunday, most of them were Islamic State (IS) militants, in clashes, air strikes and gunfire across Iraq, security sources said.
A total of 25 people were killed and 28 wounded on Monday in air strikes, clashes with the Islamic State (IS) militants and violent attacks across Iraq, security sources said.
A total of 44 people were killed Tuesday in the U.S.-led coalition air strikes and clashes between Iraqi forces and Islamic State (IS) militants in Iraq, security sources said.
A Taliban shadow provincial governor was killed along 14 militants following an airstrike in eastern Afghanistan's Kunar province on Sunday, an official source said.
Iraqi security forces on Thursday repelled multiple suicide car bomb attacks by the Islamic State (IS) militants, while clashes with the extremist group continued in the provinces of Salahudin and Anbar, security source said.
A total of 28 Islamic State (IS) militants were killed Monday in the U.S.-led coalition airstrikes and clashes with the Iraqi security forces in the province of Anbar, a provincial security source said.
A total of 47 people were killed on Thursday in separate clashes between the Islamic State (IS) militants and Iraqi security forces in the provinces of Salahudin and Anbar, security sources said.
Iraqi security forces on Sunday continued advance and clashes with the Islamic State (IS) militants in the northern central province of Salahudin, while U.S. -led coalition and Iraqi aircraft pounded suspected IS positions in Anbar province, a provincial official and security sources said.
The fall of Ramadi, capital of Iraq' s largest Anbar province, to the hands of Islamic State (IS) militants is a big blow to both the U.S. policy and the Iraqi security forces who originally were preparing to free the territories held earlier by the extremist group.
About 86 Taliban militants have been killed during military operations and clashes with the security forces within the past 24 hours, said the authorities on Tuesday morning.
Iraqi security forces and allied Shiite and Sunni militias on Monday are building up at a military base in Iraq's western province of Anbar, preparing for a major counter-offensive to recapture the provincial capital city of Ramadi that fell in the hands of the Islamic State (IS) militants after deadly battles in the past few days, a provincial security source said.
The Islamic State (IS) militant group on Sunday took full control of the city of Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province, Iraq, after the Iraqi security forces withdrew from their positions, a provincial security source said.
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