Islamist Rebel Forces

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  Philippine Army Kills 42 Islamist Militants In Battles In South

  Philippine security forces killed as many as 42 Muslim rebels claiming links with ISIS and captured their stronghold during five days of fighting in the mountains of a southern island, an army spokesman said today.

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  Philippine Troops Clash With Islamist Terrorists, 15 Dead

  Philippine troops clashed on Tuesday with Islamist militants on a remote southern island and 15 people were killed as security forces step up an offensive against rebels who beheaded a Malaysian captive, an army spokesman said.

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  Russia kills 4 Dagestan Rebels Linked to Imam Murder: Official

  Russian security forces today killed four Islamist militants linked to the murder last month of a moderate imam in the volatile North Caucasus, the national anti-terror committee said.

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  Islamist Rebel Handed Over to Uganda From Tanzania: Army Spokesman

  A Ugandan Islamist rebel leader accused of heading a group that has killed hundreds of people has been handed over to Uganda after being extradited from Tanzania, an army spokesman said.

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  Syria Rebels Seize Most of Sweida Military Airport: Report

  Syrian rebels seized most of a military airport in regime-controlled Sweida province today, their first such advance in the Druze-majority region, a spokesman told AFP.

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  Rebels Seize Hospital Holding 150 Syrian Soldiers: Monitor

  Islamist rebels on Friday overran a hospital in northwest Syria where at least 150 regime forces and dozens of civilians were trapped for nearly a month, a monitor said.

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  'Ugandan Islamists' Behead At Least 5 in Democratic Republic of Congo

  At least five people were beheaded in a machete attack in an eastern area of the Democratic Republic of Congo that has seen frequent massacres perpetrated by Islamist Ugandan rebels, an official said.

• Syrian Army Takes Town Near Damascus in Blow to Rebels

  Syrian government forces backed by Lebanon's Hezbollah took control of a town just outside Damascus from Islamist fighters on Thursday, a blow to the rebels who had held it for more than a year.

• Benghazi Suspect Fighting Anti-Islamist General Before US Raid

  The suspected ringleader of a 2012 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, snatched this week by U.S. forces, had been fighting a Libyan general committed to root out Islamist rebels when he vanished without trace, according to his brother.

• 13 Dead As Libya Ex-Rebel Chief Battles Benghazi Islamists

  Forces loyal to a rogue general clashed with former rebel Islamist groups in lawless Benghazi of eastern Libya killing at least 13 people on Friday.

• Syrian Islamist rebel leader freed after clashes among rival rebels

  The local commander of a Syrian rebel group affiliated to al Qaeda was freed on Sunday after being held by Kurdish forces in a power struggle between rival organisations fighting President Bashar al-Assad, activists said.

• President Bashar al-Assad's forces capture strategic town in southern Syria

  The Syrian army captured a strategic southern town from rebel fighters on Wednesday after a ferocious two-month bombardment, in an advance likely to result in President Bashar al-Assad's forces regaining control of an international transit route, opposition sources said.

• France starts troop pullout from Mali

  France has started withdrawing its troops from Mali after an operation to help local forces push back an offensive by Islamist rebels, an army spokesman said on Tuesday.

• Mali troops sweep Timbuktu for Islamist rebels after battle

  Malian troops swept Timbuktu for remaining Islamist fighters after a weekend battle that left seven dead and forced France to dispatch reinforcements and fighter jets to help Mali's army.

• Fears of 'catastrophic' violence in tense Mali

  Mali risks descending into "catastrophic" violence, the UN rights chief has warned, after a string of attacks by Islamist rebels increased the pressure on French-led forces in the West African nation.