Two months after the Jaffar Express, a passenger train with 450 passengers onboard, was hijacked in Balochistan, the Baloch Liberation Army’s media wing Hakkal released a detailed 35-minute video documenting its operation. The Baloch Liberation Army, a separatist group seeking Balochistan’s secession from Pakistan, hijacked the Peshawar-bound Jaffar Express on March 11 after blowing up…
The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has claimed responsibility for seven coordinated attacks across several districts in Pakistan. The rebel group stated that these attacks were part of a campaign named ‘Operation Herof 2.0’, which involved a total of 78 operations conducted at 58 locations. In a statement issued by BLA spokesperson Jeeyand Baloch, the group…
Suspected US airstrikes pounded Yemen overnight into Saturday, reportedly killing at least one person as the American military acknowledged earlier bombing a major military site in the heart of Sanaa controlled by the Houthi rebels. The full extent of the damage and possible casualties wasn’t immediately clear. The attacks followed a night of airstrikes early…
The United States bombed Yemen, hitting Houthi rebels, who are supported by Iran. In retaliation, the rebels vowed to take revenge. The US and the Houthi rebels have been using social media to disseminate their messages. Houthis rebels posted an animated video on social media showing American flag-draped coffins floating near destroyed Navy ships. The…
President Donald Trump said he ordered a series of airstrikes on Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, on Saturday, promising to use “overwhelming lethal force” until Iranian-backed Houthi rebels cease their attacks on shipping along a vital maritime corridor. “Our brave Warfighters are right now carrying out aerial attacks on the terrorists’ bases, leaders, and missile defenses to…
Rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday entered the vital trading hub of Bukavu in the east of the country, according to the fighters and videos circulated by local residents. If confirmed, Bukavu would be the latest city to fall in a sweeping offensive that has revealed the weakness of the crumbling Congolese…
Rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday entered the vital trading hub of Bukavu in the east of the country, according to the fighters and videos circulated by local residents. If confirmed, Bukavu would be the latest city to fall in a sweeping offensive that has revealed the weakness of the crumbling Congolese…
On Sunday, the streets of Goma buzzed with motorcycles and were consumed by panic. Asifiwe Iragi Rugesha tried to navigate her six children through the crowds of fellow dispaced people. They had fled bombing in Kibati that morning. But with M23 closing in on Goma, they had hardly fled to a place of safety. Still,…
A rebel militia backed by Rwanda has announced the capture of the city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a major victory for the group and one of the most significant escalations in the conflict between the two countries in years. The militia, known as M23, briefly occupied Goma once before, in 2012,…
Rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo have surrounded the eastern city of Goma, in one of the sharpest escalations in years of a conflict that has pitted the Central African country against its neighbor Rwanda. On Thursday, fighting raged between rebels from the Rwanda-backed M23 group and Congolese forces in the town of Saké,…