Saturday

March 12, 2016

Armed conflicts and attacks

Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017)

Naxalite–Maoist insurgency

Two Indian Border Security Force soldiers are killed and four injured in a conflict in the state of Chhattisgarh. (PTI via Hindustan Times)

Israeli–Palestinian conflict

A 10-year-old Palestinian boy and his 6-year-old sister in Gaza are killed by fragments from a missile fired by an Israeli aircraft targeting four Hamas training camps after four missiles landed in open areas in southern Israel late yesterday. (LA Times) (Reuters)

Turkey–PKK conflict (2015–present)

Turkish Air Force airstrikes reportedly kill at least 67 PKK militants in northern Iraq. (World Bulletin) (VOA News)

Syrian Civil War

Jaysh al-Nasr rebels say they have shot down a fighter jet over the Hama Governorate in western Syria. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights confirmed the shoot down, saying a rebel group had brought down the jet by firing two heat-seeking missiles. A pro-government source acknowledged that a MiG-21 warplane went down over Kafr Nabudah, but said it was due to “technical difficulties”, denying it had been shot down. (Reuters via Yahoo! News) (The Guardian)

Yemeni Civil War (2015–present)

Aden unrest

Airstrikes on the Al-Qaeda-held Al-Mansoura district in the port city of Aden, kill at least 17 militants and injure 20 civilians, according to local medics and a Yemeni security official. (Reuters)

Arts and culture

For the first time the Pope Francis’ monthly prayer intentions are featured on video. The videos are filmed in collaboration with the Jesuit-run global prayer network Apostleship of Prayer and the Vatican Television Center. (Catholic News Agency)