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Rwanda-backed rebels were expanding their presence in eastern Congo after capturing Goma, the region’s major city, the UN said Friday, while also expressing concerns over executions it learned were carried out by the rebels in recent days after a major escalation of their yearslong rebellion. CBC | World News
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Rwanda-backed rebels take control of airport in Goma, eastern Congo’s largest city
Rebels seized the airport of east Congo’s largest city, Goma, on Tuesday, potentially cutting off the main route for aid to reach hundreds of thousands of displaced people, after capturing the city in an offensive that left dead bodies lying in the streets. CBC | World News
Read More »UN describes ‘mass panic’ in Goma as Rwanda-backed rebels claim control of key Congo city
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
Read More »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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