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Jan- 2025 -5 JanuaryWar
Syria Monitor Says Fighting Between Pro-Turkey, Kurdish Forces Kills 101
More than 100 combatants were killed over the last two days in northern Syria in fighting between Turkish-backed groups and Syrian Kurdish forces.
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4 JanuaryMiddle East
Elaborate Military Tunnel Complex Linked to Assad’s Palace
On the slopes of Mount Qasyun, a network of tunnels links a military complex to the presidential palace facing it.
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4 JanuaryTerrorism
Six Killed in Blast Claimed by Pakistan Separatists: Officials
At least six people, including Pakistani paramilitary troops, were killed and scores injured, in a bombing claimed by separatists in volatile southwestern Balochistan province.
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4 JanuaryAfrica
Mali’s Army Claims Arrest of Islamic State Group Leader
Mali's army said Saturday its forces had arrested two men, one of them a leading figure in the Sahel branch of the Islamic State group.
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4 JanuaryMiddle East
Biden Administration Announces $8B Arms Sale to Israel
The administration of US President Joe Biden has notified Congress of a planned $8-billion arms sale to Israel, a source familiar with the plan said.
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4 JanuaryTerrorism
Five Army Volunteers in Burkina Killed in Attack
Five civilian volunteers with the army in Burkina Faso were killed in an attack this week in the west of the country.
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4 JanuaryWar
Russia Vows Response After it Says ATACMS Missiles Targeted Belgorod
Russia vowed to retaliate after it accused Ukraine of firing US-supplied ATACMS missiles at the border region of Belgorod the previous day.
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4 JanuaryAsia Pacific
Myanmar Junta to Release Nearly 6,000 Prisoners in Annual Amnesty
Myanmar's embattled junta government said it would release almost 6,000 prisoners as part of an annual amnesty.
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4 JanuaryWar
Russia Says Downed Eight US-Supplied ATACMS Missiles
Russia said it had shot down eight US-supplied ATACMS missiles, whose use Moscow has warned could spark a hypersonic ballistic missile attack on Kyiv.
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3 JanuaryAfrica
Soldiers From Guatemala, El Salvador Deployed in Haiti
More than 80 soldiers from Guatemala and El Salvador arrived in Haiti as part of the Kenyan-led multinational mission to counter spiraling gang violence.
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