Northwestern Rebel Town

Syria's Al-Qaeda affiliate stormed a radio station and abducted two prominent media activists from a rebel-held northwestern town today, an opposition official told AFP.

Yemeni forces and allied tribes today captured the capital of northern Jawf province, the second rebel town to fall in 24 hours despite an announced ceasefire, tribal sources said.

A fierce battle broke out on Saturday between Syrian rebels and the jihadist Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) around the northwestern town of Saraqeb, a monitoring group said.

Sri Lankan security forces on Saturday captured the strategic northern town of Pooneryn, the last LTTE bastion in the west coast, giving the forces vital land link to Jaffna. Government troops entered the main town after pitched battles with the Tiger rebels lasting over weeks, thus ending the LTTE domination of the town for nearly two decades. "...

Syria's Al-Qaeda affiliate stormed a radio station and abducted two prominent media activists from a rebel-held northwestern town today, an opposition official told AFP.

Yemeni forces and allied tribes today captured the capital of northern Jawf province, the second rebel town to fall in 24 hours despite an announced ceasefire, tribal sources said.

A fierce battle broke out on Saturday between Syrian rebels and the jihadist Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) around the northwestern town of Saraqeb, a monitoring group said.

Sri Lankan security forces on Saturday captured the strategic northern town of Pooneryn, the last LTTE bastion in the west coast, giving the forces vital land link to Jaffna. Government troops entered the main town after pitched battles with the Tiger rebels lasting over weeks, thus ending the LTTE domination of the town for nearly two decades. "...