WASHINGTON—A U.S. military strike has killed approximately 30 Islamist al-Shabaab terrorists near the central Somali town of Galcad, where Somalia’s military was engaged in heavy fighting, U.S. Africa Command said in a statement. The operation, which the U.S. military described as a “collective self-defense strike,” occurred on Friday about 162 miles (260 kilometers) north of…
Attack Kills 10 in Syria, Kurdish Forces Arrest 52 Terrorists
BEIRUT—A rocket attack in eastern Syria on Friday targeted a bus with oil industry employees, killing at least 10, the government said. To the north, Syrian Kurdish-led forces announced they arrested 52 terrorists in an operation against ISIS’s sleeper cells. According to Syria’s petroleum ministry, the rocket struck in the Al-Taym gas field in eastern…
Mozambique Tottering as African Allies Battle ISIS Insurgents
JOHANNESBURG—It was five days before Christmas, but the 61-armed men creeping gently through the forested hills near the village of Chai in northern Mozambique were not in a holiday mood. Their mission was to “find and engage” jihadist militants linked to Islamic State of Central Africa, whose goal was to make Christian rites a forgotten…
Pakistan Says 4 Soldiers Killed in Ambush by Afghan Terrorists Along Border
QUETTA, Pakistan—Four Pakistani soldiers were killed and six wounded in an ambush by terrorists from Afghanistan along the border between the two countries on Wednesday, Pakistan’s military said. The soldiers were working on fencing along the border in the Zhob district, an area of Pakistan’s Balochistan province, the military said in a statement. Zhob sits…
Turkey Says Terrorists Executed 13, Including Soldiers, Police, in Iraq
ISTANBUL—Terrorists from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) have executed 13 kidnapped Turks, including military and police personnel, in a cave in northern Iraq, Turkish officials said on Sunday, amid a military operation against the group. Forty eight PKK terrorists were killed during the military operation, while three Turkish soldiers were killed and three wounded,…
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