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Syrian rebels retake two villages earlier overrun in surprise Islamic State offensive

Edit Japan Times 30 May 2016
Syrian rebels retook two villages from Islamic State militants Sunday as they fought to undo gains made by the extremist group in a surprise offensive days earlier, activists said. Rebels retook the villages of Kafr Shoush and Braghida on Sunday, expanding their buffer around the rebel-held town of Azaz, home to tens of thousands of appeared first on The Japan Times. > ... ....

Gadchiroli’s Naxal victim count third highest in country

Edit The Times of India 30 May 2016
Against 53 killings till May 31 in 2015, the number of civilians killed in the guerrilla zones across country this year has already reached 81 in the same period with the rise being attributed to the growing desperation among rebel cadres cornered in their stronghold by state police and paramilitary forces ... In Gadchiroli, the rebels this year ......

Iraq forces poised for assault on Fallujah against Islamic State

Edit Deccan Chronicle 30 May 2016
Meanwhile, the Syrian opposition's chief negotiator Mohammed Alloush announced his resignation Sunday, citing the failure of UN-brokered peace talks and the continued shelling of rebel-held areas by President Bashar al-Assad's regime ... He also accused the international community of not doing enough to ease the suffering of the Syrian people....

Cherie Currie review: The Runaways' 'jailbait' singer misses lyrics and punk fervour

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 30 May 2016
ROCK. CHERIE CURRIE ★★½. The Corner Hotel, May 28. The myth came unstuck midway through Heartbeat ... The truth is, all-girl Hollywood rock band the Runaways made tonnes of headlines but little memorable music ... Advertisement ... Do You Love Me? from Kiss, and Lady Grinning Soul and Rebel Rebel from her idol, David Bowie, whose face graced her T-shirt ... ....

Top Syrian Opposition Envoy Quits Over Failed Peace Talks

Edit Voa News 30 May 2016
Writing on Twitter, Alloush -- a senior member of the powerful Jaish al-Islam rebel group -- cited what he described as "the stubbornness of the [Assad] regime and its continued bombardments and aggressions toward the Syrian people." ... But hopes waned when a temporary cease-fire agreed on in February between the Assad regime and non-jihadist rebels was repeatedly violated....

Iraq forces poised for Fallujah assault

Edit The Times of India 30 May 2016
In Syria, Kurdish rebels from the People's Protection Units (YPG) allied to Arab fighters and backed both on the ground and in the air by the US-led coalition, were targeting Raqa, IS's de-facto Syrian capital. IS countered in both countries where they declared their "caliphate" in 2014, attacking non-jihadist rebels in Syria as well as the Iraqi town of Heet, which the army recaptured just last month....

Fighting in central Yemen kills 32

Edit Arizona Daily Star 30 May 2016
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemeni security officials say at least 52 people have been killed and 25 injured in two days of fighting in central Yemen between rebels and forces loyal to the internationally recognized government ... ....

Full-Scale Assault Launched Against Rwandan Rebels

Edit Topix 30 May 2016
Full scale military operations against the Rwandan rebels in eastern Congo have resumed, with the international community urging the Kinshasa government to offer full co-operation. The offensive started on May 24 led by the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo and the United Nations Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo ... ....

military officer

Edit Daily Star Lebanon 30 May 2016
Fierce fighting between government forces and rebels in south Yemen Sunday claimed the lives of 48 fighters – 28 insurgents and 20 soldiers – a senior military officer said ... ....

US Fails to Protect Syrian Rebels It Trained

Edit Sputnik 30 May 2016
The US fails to protect the only rebel group that remains fighting Daesh after completing the Pentagon’s $500 million train-and-equip program, US media reported, citing a battlefield commander ... ....

South Kingstown doubles its pleasure

Edit The Providence Journal 30 May 2016
PAWTUCKET — Andy Carr summarized it best."We love doubles in South Kingstown," said Carr, the veteran coach whose Rebels won their second straight Division I team tennis title with a 4-1 victory over Smithfield on Sunday at Slater Park.The championship is South Kingstown's 16th Division I crown in the last 18 years.Indeed, the people of South ......

'Little House' star Melissa Gilbert reveals suffering from serious health issues

Edit The Examiner 30 May 2016
... according to a Sunday, May 2 report from Country Rebel....

Why journalists are leaving India's Chhattisgarh

Edit BBC News 30 May 2016
While the government encourages mineral extraction industries in the area, an armed left-wing rebel guerrilla group, called the Maoists, opposes it. The rebels say they are fighting for the rights of indigenous tribespeople and the rural poor who, they say, have been neglected by governments for decades ... Activists say that to implement these agreements, the government had to weaken the rebels....
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