The ISIL militants remain much smaller in number compared to Al-Shabaab, which controls large parts of Somalia. The group’s fighters are estimated to be 1,500, mostly scattered in the Al-Maskad region ...

Fighters from Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have torched parts of Sudan’s largest refugee camp, firing ...

The interim government in Damascus has called for a powerful Kurdish-led militia backed by the United States to disarm and ...

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