Rebels
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Syrian rebels strengthen border security amid tensions post Assad's ouster
News | Dec 28, 2024, 05:30 PM ISTSyrian rebels stepped up security at the country's borders with neighboring countries as tensions rise. The Islamist rebels who took over Syria were seen operating a checkpoint at the country's border with Lebanon.
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Maharashtra Assembly elections: Amit Shah meets Mahayuti leaders in Delhi, gives THESE instructions
Maharashtra | Oct 24, 2024, 04:11 PM ISTMaharashtra Assembly Elections: Maharashtra will go to polls in a single phase on November 20 and the counting of votes will take place on November 23. The term of the Maharashtra Assembly will end on November 26, 2024.
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Syrian army kills 150 rebels during Damascus offensive
World | Mar 23, 2017, 07:12 AM ISTThe Syrian army has killed over 150 rebels during the three-day long military showdown in the eastern part of the capital Damascus, state news agency SANA reported on Wednesday.
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Colombia takes another shot at peace, government signs revised peace agreement with rebels
World | Nov 25, 2016, 04:17 PM ISTColombian President Juan Manuel Santos and Rodrigo Londono, the leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia or FARC, signed a revised peace agreement here on Thursday, despite lingering opposition to the deal. Santos and
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Yemeni rebels take control of southern city
World | Jun 03, 2015, 10:10 AM ISTSanaa, Yemen: Shiite Houthi rebels and their allies took control of a strategic city in the southern Yemeni province of Shabwa Saturday, security officials and witnesses said, as Saudi-led coalition warplanes continue airstrikes across the
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130 rebels killed in clashes in South Sudan
World | Mar 17, 2015, 06:54 AM ISTKhartoum: South Sudan's army said on Monday that it killed 130 rebels in clashes over two days in Upper Nile state.It is one of the most violent confrontations since the break-up of peace talks earlier
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Yemen's Shiite rebels announce takeover of country
World | Feb 06, 2015, 11:24 PM ISTSanaa, Yemen: Yemen's powerful Shiite rebels announced on Friday that they have taken over the country and dissolved parliament, a dramatic move that finalizes their months-long power grab.The development also pushes the impoverished country further
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Civilians flee east Ukraine town as fighting intensifies
World | Jan 31, 2015, 11:02 PM ISTDebaltseve, Ukraine : Outgoing heavy-caliber fire boomed incessantly, shaking the ground and rattling windows around the besieged town. Residents of Debaltseve, seemingly inured to the racket, listened impassively as they mustered at the town hall
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Shiite rebels, Yemen's president reach deal to end standoff
World | Jan 22, 2015, 07:43 AM ISTSanaa: Shiite rebels holding Yemen's president captive in his home reached a deal with the US-backed leader today to end a violent standoff in the capital, the country's state news agency reported. The agreement promised
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Colombian president demands rebels release general
World | Nov 18, 2014, 11:27 AM ISTBogota: President Juan Manuel Santos demanded that Colombia's largest rebel group immediately release an army general it captured, saying the resumption of suspended talks to end the half-century-old conflict depend on it.Santos addressed the nation
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MH-17: Ukraine releases chilling conversation between rebels after crash
World | Jul 18, 2014, 01:30 PM ISTHrabove: Ukraine's security services produced what they said were two intercepted telephone conversations that they said showed rebels were responsible for downing a Malaysian airliner. In the first call, the security services said, rebel commander
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Syrian army kills dozens of rebels in Homs
World | Jan 10, 2014, 04:01 PM ISTBeirut: Syrian state media and anti-government activists say army troops have killed dozens of rebels who tried to break the military's siege on opposition-held areas of the central city of Homs.A news agency said on
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Rebels hold key oil capital in South Sudan
World | Dec 22, 2013, 11:41 PM ISTKampala: South Sudan's central government lost control of the capital of a key oil-producing state on Sunday, the military said, as renegade forces loyal to a former deputy president seized more territory in fighting that
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Abducted Libyan Prime Minister freed by rebels
World | Oct 10, 2013, 05:43 PM ISTTripoli: In a dramatic fashion, rebels freed Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zidan hours after he was abducted at dawn from a hotel in Tripoli on Thursday. The rebels abducted the prime minister, apparently in retialation
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Syria gives Russia 'proof' rebels behind chemical attack
World | Sep 18, 2013, 05:41 PM ISTMoscow: Syria has turned over materials to Russia which aim to show that a chemical weapons attack last month was carried out by the rebels, a top Russian diplomat visiting Damascus says.The August 21 attack
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Thai man arrested for supplying arms to Naga rebels
World | Aug 31, 2013, 09:07 PM ISTBangkok: Police here have arrested a Thai man wanted in India for allegedly acting as a middleman in arms deals with Naga rebels worth almost USD 2 million. The arrested man, identified as 57-year-old Wuthikorn
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Casualties as Congo troops, UN forces fight rebels
World | Aug 26, 2013, 08:45 AM ISTGoma, Congo: Congolese soldiers and rebel forces suffered heavy casualties Sunday as they fought for a fifth day near the city of Goma in the country's volatile east, a doctor near the front line said.Dr.
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Meghalaya bus set on fire, hunt on for rebels
India | Jun 06, 2013, 09:43 AM ISTShillong, June 6: Police and paramilitary forces launched combing operations in Meghalaya after rebels of the outlawed Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) set ablaze a government bus yesterday.In a pre-dawn attack, four-five rebels stopped the
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Death of Taliban's no 2 in Pak may hit talks with rebels
World | May 30, 2013, 12:11 PM ISTIslamabad, May 30: The death of Waliur Rehman, the deputy chief of the Pakistani Taliban, in a US drone strike could hit the incoming PML-N government's plans to hold peace talks with militants.More details about
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Rebels try to extort Rs.5 lakh from Meghalaya lawmaker
India | May 14, 2013, 03:10 PM ISTShillong, May 14: The outlawed Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) have threatened to kill Meghalaya Congress legislator Limison D. Sangma if he fails to pay Rs.5 lakh extortion money, police said Tuesday."We have been informed