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Eight soldiers killed in attack on LNA camp in Sabha
Islamic State group, fighters of Chadian opposition carried out Saturday’s attack

Gabon soldiers attempt to stage coup, government says situation under control
President Bongo has been out of country since October amid reports suffering from a stroke

4 Soldiers killed in North Sinai: army spokesperson
Another three soldiers were injured in another attack

Israel razes homes of two knife attackers
Israeli troops have clashed with protesters while destroying the family homes of two Palestinians in Qalandiya refugee camp. During the demolition, the soldiers opened fire and wounded four Palestinian youths.

Refugees in Iraq caught between soldiers and jihadists
Iraqi fighting forces are preparing an attack on Mosul. Thousands of people have fled the city ahead of the expected battle, yet aid organizations expect even larger waves of refugees soon.

‘Sinai Province’ claims it killed 15 soldiers using explosives
Army launches its largest operation against the IS affiliates, no civilian deaths in army’s last attack, says military expert

15 police officers, soldiers killed in Al-Arish attack
“Sinai Province” has killed 32 police officers and soldiers since February: IS report

Scores of Afghan soldiers defect to Taliban during battle
At least 65 Afghani troops, including several commanders, have joined the Taliban forces in the volatile Helmand province, officials said. The government troops have been clashing with insurgents in the area for weeks. The authorities launched an investigation into the incident, Helmand province governor Mirza Khan Rahimi said on Saturday. “Soldiers from an Afghan army …

Police officer shot in Sharqeya
Roadside bomb explodes in North Sinai, no injuries reported

New role for German soldiers in Mali?
It seems that German troops are soon to be sent to northern Mali. They will not take part in combat operations but will play more of a support role to Dutch peacekeepers already stationed there. It seems to be a foregone conclusion – the German armed forces, the Bundeswehr, are to expand their area of …

Egypt extends condolences to UAE over killed soldiers in Yemen
Three Emirati soldiers were killed Saturday, announced the UAE armed forces
Three Turkish soldiers killed in PKK attack: military
The Turkish military says three soldiers have been killed by militants from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in an attack in the southeast. The deaths come as Ankara steps up its campaign against the rebels. The three soldiers were killed when PKK militants attacked an army battalion in Turkey’s southeastern province of Sirnak on Thursday, …
Death toll rises to 7 in Sinai clashes: Military spokesperson
Conflicting media reports over Sinai attacks
205 killed in North Sinai military operations in 3 days
President Al-Sisi blames media for sending “misleading” Sinai image to local and foreign public
Houthi foreign allies criticise Egypt’s support of Saudi-led airstrikes
A string of rumours in April targeted Egyptian affairs by state-run Iranian news agencies

Al-Sisi decree establishes ‘forbidden’ areas along Egypt’s borders
Law intended to stabilise “sensitive regions, where people could have hostile intentions”, says analyst

Fear, violence and hardship part of everyday life in volatile North Sinai town
Residents of Al-Arish are caught in the fight between militants and the military

Israeli troops injured by gunfire from Sinai
2 soldiers injured and evacuated to Israeli hospital for treatment
Israeli troops injured by gunfire from Sinai
2 soldiers injured and evacuated to Israeli hospital for treatment
3 soldiers die in Gaza border tunnel collapse
One officer, two conscripts dead; another soldier injured in collapse

Another UN school hit after Israel moves to next stage of operation
Israeli military concludes that Israeli soldier suspected to have been captured in Gaza is dead

Egypt stands by ceasefire initiative; Hamas says there was ‘no serious initiative’
Hamas says ceasefire must be preceded by Israel’s commitment to Palestinian conditions
Three soldiers dead in Sinai, more injured
Security forces have been increasingly targeted in the peninsula
Six NATO soldiers killed in Afghan air crash: NATO
The Taliban immediately claimed responsibility for the deaths, saying their fighters had shot down a US helicopter in the province of Zabul.

The forgotten plight of the girl combat soldier
By Dr Cesar Chelala For the past few decades girls have become unwilling warriors or sex partners for soldiers throughout the world. It is estimated that, between 1990 and 2003, girls as young as 13 served in military and paramilitary groups in 55 countries and participated in armed conflict in 38 of those countries. At …

Sniper kills soldier in Sinai
Dozens of soldiers and policemen have also been killed in near daily attacks in the Sinai.
Egypt soldiers wounded in Sinai bombings: security
The attack came a day after a suicide bomber killed four soldiers when he rammed his bomb-laden car into a checkpoint near the northern Sinai town of El-Arish.

One army conscript dead, three soldiers injured in Port Said
The attack follows clashes between residents and pro-Morsi protesters leaving one dead and 25 injured.

Armed forces commemorates Rafah’s border guards
The army honoured the families of 16 soldiers killed last year in Ramadan
Road accident kills 15 Egyptian soldiers, injures 40
The bus had been travelling on the El-Alamein highway when the accident took place