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The M23 rebels announced the capture of Goma in a statement minutes before a 48-hour deadline imposed by the group for the Congolese army to surrender their weapons expired. CBC | World News
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Congo severs ties with Rwanda, accusing it of backing M23 rebels
The three-year M23 insurgency in eastern Congo has intensified in January with the rebels seizing control of more territory than ever before, prompting the United Nations to warn of the risk of a broader regional war. CBC | World News
Read More »Congo provincial governor dies after fighting with rebels closing in on capital, authorities say
The governor of eastern Congo’s North Kivu province has died from injuries sustained during fighting on the front line, authorities said Friday, as M23 rebels closed in on the provincial capital. CBC | World News
Read More »Rebels fighting their way closer to Goma in eastern Congo
Panic spread in Goma on Thursday, with M23 rebels steadily inching closer to the city in eastern Congo as they battle the Congolese army. Bombs were heard going off in the distant outskirts and hundreds of wounded civilians were brought in to the main hospital from nearby towns and villages. CBC | World News
Read More »Israel launches new airstrikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen, WHO chief says he was metres away
Houthi rebels in Yemen said Israeli airstrikes on Thursday targeted the rebel-held capital of Sanaa and the port city of Hodeida, following several days of Houthi launches setting off sirens in Israel. Meanwhile, an Israeli airstrike killed five Palestinian journalists outside a hospital in the Gaza Strip overnight. CBC | World News
Read More »Russia is protecting Syria’s former strongman. But it’s also talking to the rebels who ousted him
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Read More »Sir Keir Starmer warns it is too early to remove Islamist rebels from terror list
MPs have warned the Government should consider the “potential threat” posed to the UK by a Syrian rebel group Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »President Assad reportedly flees Syria as rebels enter capital Damascus
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Read More »Syrian rebels advance on heavily defended key city of Homs
Syrian rebels pressed their lightning advance on Saturday, saying they had seized most of the south, as government forces dug in to defend the key central city of Homs to try to save President Bashar al-Assad’s 24-year rule. CBC | World News
Read More »Rebels close in on central city of Homs as aid groups sound alarm on Syria
Rebel forces pushed their offensive in Syria further south early Friday, closing in on the city of Homs, as humanitarian groups sounded the alarm on the escalating conditions for civilians trapped in the fighting. CBC | World News
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