40 militants (TT: Islamonazi terrorists) from ISIS killed south of Baghdad
BAGHDAD / NINA / A force from Baghdad Operations Command foiled an attempt for elements of the Islamic State In Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) to attack one of the military checkpoints, south of Baghdad and killed more than 40 militants.
The spokesman of the command, Brigadier Saad Maan told the National Iraqi News Agency / NINA / that “a force from BOC foiled an attempt for the terrorists of ISIS to attack one of the military checkpoints in the Dolibah area of Yousyfiah district.”
He added: “The force clashed with the gunmen and managed to kill more than 40 of them, while the rest escaped”. / End
Egypt police general killed in Cairo bomb blasts
Egyptian police brigadier-general killed as three bombs explode outside Cairo campus
By Olivia Nwabali and agencies
5:17PM BST 02 Apr 2014
Three bombs exploded outside Cairo University on Wednesday, killing a police general and leaving several injured.
Two roadside bombs were detonated in quick succession outside the university’s engineering faculty, killing Brigadier General Tarek al-Mergawi.
The third bomb struck close to the main gates, where police investigators and journalists had gathered, causing no casualties.
After the bombing, police chased and detained several students on the streets nearby. There was no immediate confirmation on the number of arrests.
A police general at the scene told AFP that a tree, between two small police posts, was used to conceal the two initial explosives. Egyptian state TV said that the bombs were home made.
Libyan bank staff start strike after colleague killed
State news agency LANA said Jumhuriya staff across the country had gone on strike to condemn the killing of a bank employee in Sabha in the south
World Bulletin/News Desk
Employees at one of Libya’s biggest banks began a two-day strike on Wednesday, demanding greater protection after a colleague was shot dead at work, staff and state media said.
Libya’s government has been unable to control militias who helped oust Muammar Gaddafi in 2011 and refuse to disarm, and alongside the deteriorating security situation, the number of bank robberies have increased in the past few months.
State-owned Jumhuriya, which employs more than 5,000 staff in 146 branches, according to its website, is the main bank through which the government pays hundreds of thousands of civil servants.
State news agency LANA said Jumhuriya staff across the country had gone on strike to condemn the killing of a bank employee in Sabha in the south, accusing the government of failing to protect the branches.
20 killed in Yemen army headquarters attack; al Qaeda claims responsiblity
APRIL 03, 2014 , 2 : 10 PM GST
Aden: Al-Qaeda has claimed an attack on a Yemeni army headquarters in a tightly secured district of Aden in which 20 people died, most of them militants, a monitoring group said Thursday.
The building targeted in Wednesday’s attack is located in the heavily patrolled coastal district of Tawahi that hosts intelligence and political police headquarters, a naval base and a presidential residence.
The Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) affiliate of the global jihadist network claimed the attack in an online message, said the US-based SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors extremist organisations.
AQAP, which the United States views as Al-Qaeda’s most dangerous branch, said the attack killed “nearly 50 soldiers” and was part of its campaign “to “target the joint operation rooms that manage the US drones in the country”.
Washington has stepped up drone strikes in Yemen against the group in recent months.
Militants launched Wednesday’s attack on the northern side of the army headquarters, with some climbing a wall into the building as a suicide car bomber rammed his vehicle into a western entrance, Yemen army officials said.
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Jonglei: 5 killed and 2 injured in Twic East raid
April 3, 14 (BOR) – Five people were killed and two others injured in Twic East county in Jonglei state following a raid on Kiir-Adhiok cattle camp at around 1am on Thursday morning in which has been blamed on South Sudanese rebels led by former vice president, Riek Machar.
Twic East county commissioner, in a statement released on Thursday evening, said armed groups believed to be part of the SPLM-in-Opposition carried out the attack.
The raiders, according to Dau Akoi, were from counties inhabited largely by the Lou Nuer ethnic group, attacked Kiir-Adhiok cattle camp in Lith payam of Twic East. The camp borders Poktak payam of Duk county to the north.
“This is the first time Twic is attacked by the rebels since this crisis occurred in December. Four people [were] killed on spot during the attack, and two others were injured. They were evacuated to Panyagoor hospital”, explained the commissioner.
Akoi said one of the raiders was killed in the clash and was identified as a member of the Luo Nuer tribe by his distinctive facial scarring – the deceased had six parallel lines running across his forehead.
Of the thousands of cattle believed to have been stolen, the cattle owners, with the help of the police, pursued the raiders and managed to rescue around 300 cattle.
Syrian troops kill 20 rebels near Damascus
The Syrian government troops killed 20 rebels on Thursday in a wide-scale offensive against rebel-held areas in the eastern countryside of the capital Damascus, the media reported.
The troops killed 20 rebels and injured tens of others near the Big Mosque of Damascus’ eastern suburb of Jobar, a hotbed of insurgency against the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad, Xinhua reported citing official SANA news agency.
The battles in the rebel-held Jobar started three days ago, according to reports. The Syrian troops unleashed an offensive to dislodge the rebels from Jobar and other rebel-held suburbs in the eastern edge of Damascus.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the government troops bombarded Jobar on Thursday, adding that 10 rebels from radical militant groups were killed in the suburb of Mlaiha, another rebel-held suburb.
The Syrian troops decided to rid the eastern rim of Damascus from the armed rebels, following the army’s successive victories in the northern countryside of Damascus and the country’s central and northern regions.
