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Fragile unity pushes Myanmar junta to the brink
Reuters, Published on 18/04/2024
» MYAWADDY - Myawaddy, a critical trading post in Myanmar that rebel forces seized from the ruling junta last week, offers a glimpse of dynamics playing out across the Southeast Asian country as its vaunted military reels from battlefield losses.
Yemen's Houthis target 'US ship Pinocchio' in Red Sea
Reuters, Published on 12/03/2024
» CAIRO: Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis targeted what was described as the "U.S. ship Pinocchio" in the Red Sea with missiles, according to a speech by the group's military spokesman televised early on Tuesday.
Rebel fire and China's ire: Inside Myanmar's anti-junta offensive
Reuters, Published on 15/12/2023
» YANGON - Generals from Myanmar's junta held peace talks in June near the border with China with representatives of three powerful ethnic armies. They sat across a wide table covered with blue cloth and decorated with elaborate bouquets.
Dozens killed in stampede at funeral of Iranian commander
Reuters, Published on 07/01/2020
» DUBAI/BAGHDAD: Dozens of people were killed in a stampede as crowds of mourners packed streets for the funeral of a slain military Iranian commander in his hometown of Kerman on Tuesday, forcing his burial to be postponed, state-affiliated media reported.
Hun Sen eases pressure on unions as EU sanctions loom
Reuters, Published on 07/11/2018
» PHNOM PENH: Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen told his ministers to ease pressure on labour union leaders on Wednesday, after threats by the European Union to remove the country's duty-free trading access.
More bombs fall on Syria's Ghouta after heaviest toll in years
Reuters, Published on 20/02/2018
» BEIRUT: Pro-government forces bombarded Syria's eastern Ghouta on Tuesday, killing at least 49 people, after the heaviest one-day death toll there in three years on Monday, a war monitoring group said.
More than 100 pro-Syrian forces said killed after thwarted attack
Reuters, Published on 08/02/2018
» WASHINGTON: More than 100 fighters aligned with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad were killed after US-led coalition and coalition-backed local forces thwarted a large, apparently coordinate attack late on Wednesday and early on Thursday, a US official said.
IS fighters 'less than 1,000' in Iraq, Syria
Reuters, Published on 28/12/2017
» BAGHDAD: Fewer than 1,000 Islamic State fighters remain in Iraq and Syria, the United States-led international coalition fighting the hard-line Sunni militant group said on Wednesday, a third of the estimated figure only three weeks ago.
Saudi warplanes strike Houthis as alliances shift in Yemen war
Reuters, Published on 04/12/2017
» SANAA: Saudi-led coalition warplanes struck at Houthi militia positions in Yemen's capital Sanaa for a second day on Monday in support of ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh, a former Houthi ally who has now renounced his alliance with the Iranian-backed group.
Saudi-led coalition provides air support for Yemen's Saleh
Reuters, Published on 03/12/2017
» ADEN: Aircraft from the Saudi-led coalition bombed Houthi positions in Sanaa overnight on Sunday, residents and local media said, aiming to shore up supporters of former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh as they battle the Iran-aligned Houthi group.